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Keeping governments accountable: The COVID-10 assessment scorecard

June 16, 2020
A new commentary published in Nature Medicine calls for governments to recognise the urgent need to improve their outbreak preparation and response. The authors propose six broad actions that governments...

First adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine receives EU approval

June 15, 2020
The European Commission has now given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become available across Europe. This new vaccine builds on the well-established technology used in...

Webinar: Accepting animal-free bacterial endotoxin testing

June 15, 2020
European, US, Japanese and Chinese pharmacopeia will include a synthetic substitute for horseshoe crab blood in their next revisions, despite some initial concerns from US Pharmacopia experts in May. Lonza...

Widespread facemask use could shrink the ‘R’ number and prevent a second COVID-19 wave

June 10, 2020
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, a modelling study from the universities of Cambridge...

Global alliance for collaborative digital health

June 10, 2020
The Pistoia Alliance, a global, not-for-profit alliance that works to lower barriers to innovation in life sciences R&D, today launched a new series of programs to help organisations collaborate on...

Dose controlled drug delivery via 3D printed electromagnetic capsule

June 9, 2020
Doctors could soon be administering an entire course of treatment for life-threatening conditions with a 3D printed capsule controlled by magnetic fields thanks to advances made by University of Sussex...

Lawmakers called to protect biomedical science from false claims

June 5, 2020
Great Medical Promises Threatened by Booming Miracle Cures and Undue Pressure to Gain Fast-Track Approvals In a first-time report, the European Academies of Science (EASAC) and Medicine (FEAM) call upon...

GSK partners CRISPR discoverer to develop rapid COVID-19 test

June 4, 2020
Gene editor turns gene detective: Dermot Martin investigates a successful COVID-19 test development collaboration... A California-based company created to develop CRISPR gene editing technology, is collaborating with the UK's GlaxoSmithKline...

A roadmap for effective treatment of COVID-19

May 29, 2020
Due to the devastating worldwide impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, there has been unprecedented efforts by clinicians and researchers from around the world to quickly...

How to fast without having to fast

May 27, 2020
As modern lifestyles and high calorie diets drive the UK's obesity levels up, researchers from the University of Warwick have found how cells respond to fasting and activate the process...

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