29/05 – Head of Pfizer pharmaceuticals says vaccine could be ready by October
With over 100 labs scrambling to develop COVID-19 vaccination, pharma executives hopeful for roll out before 2021, but cite ‘daunting’ challenges in producing billions of doses
https://www.timesofisrael.com/head-of-pfizer-pharmaceuticals-says-vaccine-could-be-ready-by-october/
28/05 – Israeli-designed instant coronavirus breathalyser could be rolled out globally
Device created by team at Ben-Gurion University may be installed at hundreds of entry points around the world to stop the spread of Covid-19
25/05 – Novavax Is Beginning Clinical Trials Of Its Coronavirus Vaccine
24/05 – Two more COVID-19 vaccines move towards Phase 2 human trials
https://newatlas.com/health-wellbeing/covid19-vaccine-oxford-adenovirus-phase2-human-trials
23/05 – Thailand begins coronavirus vaccine trials on monkeys
https://in.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-thailand-vaccine-monkeys-idINKBN22Z0RY
14/05 – Europe supercharges research in the battle against COVID-19
https://www.euronews.com/2020/05/11/europe-supercharges-research-in-the-battle-against-covid-19
Harvard and MIT researchers are developing a face mask that lights up when it detects the coronavirus
- For the last six years, bioengineers have been developing sensors that can detect viruses like Zika and Ebola
- Sensors in face mask would light up to signal the presence of the new coronavirus when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes
Coronavirus: New COVID-19 antibody test is 100% accurate, says Public Health England
13/05 – Australian researchers find what they believe could be a ‘secret ingredient’ in the race for a coronavirus vaccine
- Researchers may have found ‘secret ingredient’ for an effective malaria vaccine
- Research strategy could be adapted to help find a vaccine for the coronavirus
- The race for a vaccine hots up with scientists investigating viable possibilities
- CSIRO is conducting preclinical tests on two vaccines: from the UK and US
- Human trials will be done by Oxford University, UK; Inovio Pharmaceuticals
- Science Minister says vaccine may be ready in 10 to 15 months – very fast
12/05 – Moderna’s potential coronavirus vaccine gains FDA’s ‘fast track’ status
11/05 – Trump administration ‘fears Chinese hackers and spies will try and STEAL key research from the US in the race to develop the first coronavirus vaccine’
- US officials are reportedly planning to issue an accusation against China soon
- The warning accuses China of activating hackers to steal vaccine and treatment research from academic and private laboratories in America
- News of the accusation against China comes just days after it was revealed that hackers linked to Iran targeted staff at Gilead Sciences in recent weeks
- Gilead Sciences is racing to deploy a treatment for the coronavirus in the US
09/05 – Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has moved to second phase of testing
US approves new coronavirus antigen test with fast results
https://apnews.com/63b02e2681191edbc0a3979d4a76df8b
Coronavirus: Hong Kong researchers find three-drug combination suppresses virus nearly twice as fast as drug held up as major hope against pandemic
- Covid-19 patients on the antivirals are free of their mild-to-moderate symptoms in half the time as those only medicated with HIV drug Kaletra, researchers say
- Expert not involved in the University of Hong Kong study says it represents ‘a step towards finding a much-needed therapy’
A brief overview of all the Covid-19 vaccines in the pipeline
https://qz.com/1854077/a-brief-overview-of-all-the-covid-19-vaccines-in-the-pipeline/
06/05 – Italy claims world’s first Covid-19 vaccine: Report
China suspected of bio-espionage in ‘heart of EU’
https://euobserver.com/science/148244
Australia Coronavirus: ‘Malicious’ hackers in attacks on virus research
05/05 – Scientists Create Antibody That Defeats Coronavirus in Lab: Report
The experimental antibody has neutralized the virus in cell cultures. While that’s early in the drug development process, the antibody may help prevent or treat Covid-19.
Israeli scientists discover monoclonal antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2
Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Human Testing in U.S.
Healthy volunteers receive first of four vaccine candidates from Pfizer and partner BioNTech
Categories: Origins, Symptoms, Vaccine
