Vaccine
About 30 Antiviral Drugs are being Tested for the Treatment of COVID-19
About 30 antiviral drugs are being tested by innovative pharmaceutical companies to determine if they are effective in treating patients with COVID-19, the Association of Research Pharmaceutical Manufacturers said.
Turkey to progress on vaccine development
Turkey has had remarkable progress in vaccine development projects to fight the coronavirus outbreak, determining innovative approaches to get fast results, the country's industry and technology minister said on April 2.
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Australia Tests Tuberculosis Vaccine to Fight Coronavirus
Australian medics will launch tuberculosis vaccine tests in an attempt to fight the coronavirus. They have joined a global test to find a non-traditional solution involving several countries.
Turkish scientists working on COVID-19 vaccine
A Turkish university has started to work on developing a native DNA vaccine for coronavirus, the institution's head said on March 27.
In a statement, Necdet Budak, head of Ege University in İzmir province, said that since a licensed vaccine for COVID-19 was not yet available, many countries initiated research on the subject.
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Breakthrough in the Creating of a COVID-19 Vaccine
A laboratory in Vienna has announced that it is about to create a vaccine against the new type of coronavirus, the website "oe24.at" reported. The vaccine will be created using blood plasma antibodies from the treated and successfully cured patients.
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Mitsotakis’ leadership qualities
Everything points to the fact that if we don't adopt strict measures similar to those imposed by China, Europe and the rest of the western world will not be able to control the coronavirus epidemic. Several governments have apparently realized this and are talking about the possibility of 60-70 percent of their countries' populations becoming infected.
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Tests for COVID-19 Vaccines Started in Russia
Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential coronavirus vaccines on animals at a laboratory in Siberia, the Russian consumer protection regulator quoted Rospotrebnadzor as saying today, BNR reported.
Yesterday, the number of people infected with COVID-19 in the country reached 199. So far there is only one death case.
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Pharmaceutical Industry Promises Affordable Vaccine against COVID-19 no Later than 18 Months
Multinational pharmaceutical companies have committed themselves today to deliver the vaccine against COVID-19 worldwide in 12 to 18 months, AFP reported.
Von der Leyen: We May Have a COVID-19 Vaccine by Fall 2020
Germany-based research firm CureVac, which receives EU funding, is likely to develop a coronavirus vaccine in the second half of this year. This was announced today by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, quoted by the DPA.
The Commission provided financial support to the company for EUR 80 million.
US Launches First Clinical Tests on New Coronavirus Vaccine
The first participant in a clinical test for a vaccine against the new coronavirus will receive an experimental dose on Monday, according to a government official, AP National Institutes of Health funded the trial, which is being conducted at the Seattle Health Research Institute in Washington, DC.