British cigarette maker BAT said Wednesday that its US biotech division Kentucky BioProcessing will launch trials of a potential coronavirus vaccine, developed using tobacco plant technology.
Dec 16, 2020
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Americans began receiving Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week, and many people are eagerly awaiting their turn at vaccination, which they see as a ticket to normalcy.
Dec 16, 2020
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A Chinese pharmaceutical company said Wednesday it had agreed to buy at least 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine from German company BioNTech, subject to Beijing approving its use.
Dec 16, 2020
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French-Austrian biotech firm Valneva said Wednesday it will begin clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Britain, where the government has already ordered at least 60 million doses.
Dec 16, 2020
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Nearly a quarter of the world's population may not have access to a COVID-19 vaccine until at least 2022, warns a study published by The BMJ today.
Dec 15, 2020
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The World Health Organization warned Friday that Christmas celebrations could turn to tears if people fail to keep up their guard against COVID-19 during the festive season.
Dec 11, 2020
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Two vaccine candidates stumbled Friday in the race among researchers to combat COVID-19, a setback for the global immunisation effort even as the Pfizer-BioNTech jab neared approval in the US.
Dec 11, 2020
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Drugmakers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline said Friday that their potential COVID-19 vaccine won't be ready until late next year because they need to improve the shot's effectiveness in older people.
Dec 11, 2020
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The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine this week became the first major COVID vaccine candidate to have efficacy results from phase 3 trials published in a peer-reviewed journal.
Dec 10, 2020
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Phase 2 trials in 1,200 adults, young children, and infants suggest new poliovirus vaccine may have the potential to overcome outbreaks caused by a mutated polio strain linked to the oral vaccine that typically circulates ...
Dec 10, 2020
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