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In race for a coronavirus vaccine, an Oxford group leaps ahead
27 April 2020 - As scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2020
Vaccine could potentially be available later this year, coalition says
27 April 2020 - Group head hopes to deliver shots sooner than 12-18 months. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2020
Ousting vaccine chief ‘is going to set us back,’ former FDA head says
26 April 2020 - Scott Gottlieb says Rick Bright’s departure is likely to be counterproductive. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2020
America needs to win the coronavirus vaccine race
26 April 2020 - Other countries might not be quick to share. Time to speed up trials and ramp up manufacturing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2020
FDA approves MenQuadfi, the latest innovation in meningococcal (MenACWY) vaccination
24 April 2020 - Latest innovation in quadrivalent meningococcal vaccination designed for use in persons 2 years of age and older ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2020
Bill Gates on how to fight future pandemics
23 April 2020 - The coronavirus will hasten three big medical breakthroughs. That is just a start. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Director of U.S. agency key to vaccine development leaves role suddenly amid coronavirus pandemic
21 April 2020 - Rick Bright, one of the nation’s leading vaccine development experts and the director of the Biomedical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Here’s why a COVID-19 vaccine could end up costing you a small fortune
21 April 2020 - Things have gone from bad to worse for Brian Helstien. For a decade, he’s been grappling ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
Coronavirus puts big pharma’s IP regime to the test
21 April 2020 - “Chaotic” is how Jorge Contreras, a law professor at the University of Utah, describes a struggle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2020
If pharma helps quench the COVID-19 pandemic, what will it want in return?
21 April 2020 - Make no mistake: the only long-term solution to the COVID-19 pandemic is a safe and effective ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Apr 2020
NIH to launch public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options
17 April 2020 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Foundation for the NIH are bringing together more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Apr 2020
The coronavirus is mutating. What does that mean for a vaccine?
16 April 2020 - Around the world, hope for a return to normalcy is pinned on a vaccine, the “ultimate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2020
Can the world find a good COVID-19 vaccine quickly enough?
16 April 2020 - And can it mass produce it fairly if it does? ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Vaccine development becomes reality TV. Can it make viewers rethink pharma?
14 April 2020 - The pharmaceutical industry’s response to the novel coronavirus may not rescue its ailing reputation. But it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2020
Vaccine development is a case of 'market failure'
13 April 2020 - Reliance on the private market to develop vaccines has failed, leaving us vulnerable to pandemics such as ...