Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Waging war against severe COVID-19: one survivor's story
"Am I going to die?"
Apr 16, 2020
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Medical economics
Should pharmaceutical companies give up their patent protections to find a vaccine for COVID-19?
The race for a COVID-19 vaccine is on, and as the disease continues to upend societies around the world, public health officials are calling upon pharmaceutical companies to share their intellectual property—a move that ...
Apr 15, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How mapping COVID-19 could help drug companies
When the spread of COVID-19 started to affect the University of Connecticut, the state, and the country, Ranjan Srivastava, department head for Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, knew he had to spring into action.
Apr 13, 2020
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Medications
COVID-19: Physician co-authors analysis of antiviral drug
In a small group of patients hospitalized with severe complications of COVID-19 and treated with the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir, clinical improvement was observed in 68% of patients treated, according to an analysis ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Medicine shortage looms over coronavirus-hit Europe
While the world waits for a coronavirus vaccine, medicines used to deal with the symptoms of the disease are increasingly in critically short supply in Europe, the worst-hit continent.
Apr 7, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
False COVID-19 'cures' abound as multiple drugs are being tested, including head lice drug Ivermectin
Researchers testing the head lice drug Ivermectin as a possible treatment for COVID-19 have seen promising results in lab studies.
Apr 6, 2020
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Medications
How is the pharmaceutical industry responding to COVID-19?
As pharmaceutical companies work to develop potential vaccines and treatments for COVID-19, they are operating under extreme pressure—as well as the restrictions on movement and interaction that are affecting all of us. ...
Apr 6, 2020
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Medications
Canada's coronavirus aid package guards against drug shortages with compulsory licensing
Canada's COVID-19 Emergency Response Act, which provides emergency assistance to cope with the expected dramatic economic downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, contains an important clause that may get overlooked. The act ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Medications
Antimalarial drug no better than standard coronavirus care: study
Hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug dubbed a "gift from God" by US President Donald Trump for its potential ability to fight the new coronavirus, was found to be no more effective than standard treatment in a small Chinese ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New drug can ease the side effects of medication against severe depression
About one in five Danes are affected by depression at some point in their lives. The severe depressions may be treated with the so-called 'tricyclic antidepressants,' an antidepressant drug that is more effective than the ...
Mar 20, 2020
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