AstraZeneca, US strike deal for Covid-19 antibody treatment touted by Trump Ruchika Sharma11 Oct 2020 10:30 AM ISTAstraZeneca said it was planning to supply up to 1,00,000 doses starting toward the end of 2020 and that the U.S. government could acquire up to an...
FDA plan to tighten guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine approval a political move, says Trump Ruchika Sharma25 Sept 2020 9:00 AM ISTWashington: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said that his administration may or may not approve a proposal from the Food and Drug...
USFDA Sets Up Vaccine Safeguards to Counter Pressure From Trump: Bloomberg Medical Dialogues Bureau10 Sept 2020 9:45 AM IST"The rapid research, development, trials and eventual distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine is emblematic of President Trump's highest priority: the...
AstraZeneca halts COVID19 vaccine trial after recipient unexplained illness Ruchika Sharma9 Sept 2020 1:05 PM ISTNew York: Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient's...
AstraZeneca COVID vaccine reached Phase 3 clinical trials in US: Trump Medical Dialogues Bureau1 Sept 2020 9:30 AM ISTWashington DC: US President Donald Trump has announced that the vaccine for coronavirus being developed by AstraZeneca NSE 1.12 % has reached phase...
US inks deal with Moderna for 100 million doses of COVID vaccine: Trump Ruchika Sharma14 Aug 2020 9:00 AM ISTWashington: The United States has made an agreement with the pharmaceutical company Moderna to deliver 100 million doses of their novel coronavirus...
Make In US Campaign: Trump's pharma executive order requires US govt to buy essential drugs from US firms Farhat Nasim8 Aug 2020 1:01 PM ISTWashington: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing some federal agencies to prioritize purchasing certain drugs and medical...
Trump to sign orders to reduce prescription drug prices: Report Medical Dialogues Bureau26 July 2020 9:00 AM ISTWashington: U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was signing four executive orders aiming at lowering prices that Americanspay for...
UK terms Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients as useless, halts trial Ruchika Sharma6 Jun 2020 10:00 AM IST"This is not a treatment for COVID-19. It doesn't work," Martin Landray, an Oxford University professor who is co-leading the RECOVERY trial, told...
Coronavirus Origin: Wuhan lab denies links to SARS-CoV-2 virus strains Medical Dialogues Bureau26 May 2020 12:55 PM ISTScientists think COVID-19 originated in bats and could have been transmitted to people via another mammal.
Drug touted by Trump to fight COVID-19 linked to cardiac issues, increased deaths Ruchika Sharma18 May 2020 9:00 AM ISTSome drug safety experts are now calling for even more forceful action by the government to discourage its use
Abbott rapid Covid-19 test potentially inaccurate, USFDA flags issue Ruchika Sharma16 May 2020 12:33 PM ISTThe researchers found that Abbott's test, run on the company's portable ID NOW system, missed one-third of the infections caught by Cepheid's test
