Britain’s Covid research led the world – why have our clinical trials fallen off a cliff? | Andrew Pollard theguardian.com
@TheNewEuropean3 years ago
"In summer 2020, when Covid-19 raged and there was no vaccine, I signed up to be a guinea pig on a clinical trial of a vaccine called Novavax. My reward is that I’m now trapped." theneweuropean.co.uk
@WSJ4 years ago
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe disease and death from the Delta variant, according to a South African clinical trial of nearly 480,000 healthcare workers on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
A third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford generated a strong immune response in clinical trial volunteers, Oxford researchers reported on Monday. nyti.ms
@guardian4 years ago
Australia set to host clinical trial of genetically modified Covid nasal spray vaccine theguardian.com
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Regeneron said its antibody drug reduced the risk of Covid-19 hospitalization or death by about 70% in a large clinical trial, the most definitive evidence yet that the medicine can aid recovery early in the course of disease on.wsj.com
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India’s Bharat Biotech said its Covid-19 shot proved 81% effective at protecting people in a large clinical trial on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
South Africa’s hope of imminent relief crumbled after a small clinical trial of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine failed to show that it could prevent people from getting mild or moderate cases of Covid-19 caused by the variant that has overrun the country. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t appear to protect against mild and moderate illness from a fast-spreading new variant first detected in South Africa, according to limited results from a small clinical trial on.wsj.com
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Johnson & Johnson said it expects to report pivotal results of a large clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine by early next week, and to deliver 100 million doses for use in the U.S. by the end of June if the data are positive and the vaccine is authorized on.wsj.com
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Chinese authorities have inoculated nearly one million Chinese people with a Covid-19 vaccine from Sinopharm, though the state firm has yet to provide solid clinical evidence of efficacy on.wsj.com
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Brazil's health regulator said it suspended clinical trials of China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, long expected to be one of the first to be approved in the country, following a "severe adverse event" on.wsj.com
The drug maker Merck will seek authorization for the first antiviral pill for Covid. A clinical trial found that the pill cut the risk of hospitalization or death in half when given to high-risk people early in their infections. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine is highly effective in preventing severe disease and death from the Delta variant, according to a South African clinical trial of nearly 480,000 healthcare workers on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
AstraZeneca’s coronavirus antibody treatment failed in late-stage clinical trials to achieve its primary goal of preventing symptomatic Covid-19 in people recently exposed to the virus on.wsj.com
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Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna were effective in real-world use by health workers and first responders, the CDC says, confirming clinical trial results on.wsj.com
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Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine was effective against a variant that emerged in the U.K., but less so against another in South Africa, clinical studies showed on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The two-dose Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is protecting recipients about as well in wide actual use as it did in clinical trials, according to a new large-scale study from Israel. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
A vaccine candidate developed by the Chinese military and a private firm was 65.7% effective at preventing symptomatic cases of Covid-19, early clinical-trial results from several countries showed on.wsj.com
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A small clinical trial in South Africa found that AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t appear to protect against mild and moderate illness from a fast-spreading new variant first detected in the country on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The Chinese government said it had given conditional approval to a homegrown coronavirus vaccine after an early analysis of clinical trial results showed that it was effective. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Johnson & Johnson is planning to start a second large clinical trial soon for its experimental Covid-19 vaccine, this time testing with two doses, rather than the single dose being tested in another large study that is ongoing on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
'It has been a trauma': nurses on 'shambolic' 111 Covid-19 clinical service theguardian.com
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From @WSJopinion: Joe Biden has done no better than Donald Trump in defeating Covid despite the benefit of vaccines, better therapies, and more clinical experience on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Much of the world spent the past year taking vaccines and wearing masks to evade Covid-19. In the U.K., almost four dozen volunteers have had the virus dripped into their noses as part of clinical experiments aimed at conquering the pandemic. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Despite demand, the development of Covid treatments has been held back by a lack of relevant research and a scattered array of clinical trials. "We’re really limited, to be honest." on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The German company CureVac delivered disappointing preliminary results on Wednesday from a clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine, dimming hopes that it could help fill the world’s great need. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld4 years ago
AstraZeneca reiterated on Wednesday that its Covid-19 vaccine was very effective at preventing the disease, based on more recent data than was included when the company announced the interim results of its U.S. clinical trial on Monday. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
An antibody drug from GlaxoSmithKline and Vir reduced hospitalizations or death from Covid-19 by 85% compared with a placebo in a clinical trial. The companies plan to seek the drug's authorization immediately. on.wsj.com
@guardian4 years ago
Vaccine clinical trials for Covid variants to start in summer, MPs told theguardian.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
South Africa has halted use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford coronavirus vaccine after evidence emerged that the vaccine did not protect clinical-trial participants from mild or moderate illness caused by a virus variant first seen in the country. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
China’s drug regulator gave provisional approval to a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech, which has faced questions over its efficacy due to a lack of transparency around clinical trial data on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Novavax is starting a new clinical trial of up to 30,000 people in the U.S. and Mexico to test whether its experimental Covid-19 vaccine safely protects people from the disease on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Russia said its fast-tracked coronavirus vaccine has produced promising preliminary results, showing 92% efficacy in a continuing clinical trial of 40,000 volunteers on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
German biotech firm BioNTech was a niche player in futuristic cancer treatments when Covid-19 broke out in China. Now its vaccine with Pfizer is nearing the end of clinical trials. on.wsj.com
@WSJ3 years ago
Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine induced the desired immune responses in children ages 6 to 11 in a clinical trial and was found to be safe, the company said on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Much of the world spent the past year taking vaccines and wearing masks to evade Covid-19. In the U.K., almost four dozen volunteers have had the virus dripped into their noses as part of clinical experiments aimed at conquering the pandemic. on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Bharat Biotech, of India, said its Covid-19 vaccine was effective against the coronavirus and provided significant protection against the Delta variant in late-stage clinical trials on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
Efficacy of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 antibody treatment as post-infection therapy falls short in clinical trial, but potential preventative use is still undergoing testing on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
The dispute over AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine trial has exposed the crucial role played by independent expert panels in behind-the-scenes oversight of clinical pharmaceutical trials on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
India's homegrown vaccine is both safe and effective, interim results from clinical trials show, giving India’s ambitious but troubled campaign to vaccinate its vast population against Covid-19 a big boost. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
The FDA said it will quickly analyze any vaccine booster shots against Covid-19 variants such as those from South Africa and the U.K., and won’t require further large clinical trials of the new shots’ effectiveness on.wsj.com
@WSJ4 years ago
South Africa said it would halt a planned rollout of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after a small clinical trial found that it doesn’t appear to protect recipients against mild and moderate illness from a fast-spreading new strain on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld4 years ago
The WHO and the CDC provide conflicting advice on Covid vaccines to pregnant women, and experts partly blame a lack of data because expectant mothers were excluded from clinical trials. nyti.ms
@WSJ4 years ago
Novavax has delayed starting a large, decisive clinical trial of its Covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. and Mexico to sometime in the coming weeks due to manufacturing issues, versus an earlier plan to start by the end of November on.wsj.com
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Brazil’s health authority Anvisa said it has authorized clinical trials of the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine to resume after suspending them this week on.wsj.com
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A Brazilian man in his 20s died while taking part in clinical trials for the Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, the country’s health authority said on.wsj.com