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European drug manufacturers Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline or GSK announced yesterday that they are launching large-scale clinical trials for their new COVID-19 vaccines.
Many people who decide to get a vaccine as protection from COVID-19 can now back their decision with data containing clinical trial, which has demonstrated vaccines' safety and effectiveness.
Cambridge immunologist Claire Bryant joins BBC's The Naked Scientist podcast to discuss the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine candidate. Bryant answers key questions about the vaccine technology, side effects, and probable availability.
Traumatic brain injury is one of the major head injuries seen around the world with limited available therapy. Researchers look into light therapy, which may someday be effective in treating other forms of brain injuries.
CanSino was the first biotech firm to complete successful human trials with a COVID-19 vaccine. They've continued to take the lead as they will soon begin Phase 3 with consistent promising efforts.
Some studies published under clinical journals are under fire after it was revealed that the data used in their papers were deemed questionable. The said data were provided by a company called Surgisphere, which has yet to release a statement about the issue. Click the link above to learn more.
The World Health Organization is temporarily putting a hold on clinical trials for the antimalarial drug, hydroxychloroquine. This decision was after studies showed that the drug potentially caused heart problems and even death. Click the link above to learn more.
A network of clinical trials was set for the development of new treatments for pancreatic cancer, after a £10 million investment from Cancer Research UK.
In light of promising results conducted by an independent data monitoring committee, Pfizer’s newest treatment IBRANCE (Palbociclib) ended clinical trials early this week as phase 3 of the trials ended demonstrating improvement in progression-free survival in women who had undergone treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
The experimental ZMapp treatment created by Mapp Biopharmaceutical will soon begin human clinical tries in the United States and Liberia, following efforts to boost production capacity.