Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Healthy.io has launched a smartphone-based diagnostic for urinary tract infections available to women at home, without a trip to the doctor or pharmacist. The new service comes amid concerns that some people are deciding to stay…
First doses of Gilead’s COVID-19 drug remdesivir to arrive at US hospitals
The first doses of Gilead’s COVID-19 drug remdesivir are set to arrive in US hospitals this week after the FDA said the medicine can be used to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Although remdesivir is yet to be formally reviewed by the FDA, the…
Lockdown sparks global yoga craze, digital health survey shows
Digital health firm Withings has used its technology to produce a read-out of how COVID-19 lockdowns have affected the health of its users, showing a smaller than expected increase in weight, a global yoga craze and an increase in exercise in some areas…
Trump Administration’s ‘Operation Warp Speed’ Zeroes in on 14 Possible COVID-19 Vaccines
President Trump’s Operation Warp Speed has a goal of making 100 million doses of a vaccine against COVID-19 available by November, 200 million by December and 300 million by January 2021. Operation Warp Speed has reduced a possible 93 vaccine…
Race for vaccine against coronavirus heats up in India; 6 firms in the fray
With vaccines of some firms already in the animal trial phase, developers say that if all goes well, India can have a vaccine by next year, ahead of the earlier timelines As Chinese research firm may have made news by…
Coronavirus: First patients injected in UK vaccine trial
The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study. Half will receive the Covid-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine…
BIOTECHNOLOGY COMPANIES TURNING TO ASIA-PACIFIC FOR CLINICAL TRIALS DURING NORTH AMERICA SLOWDOWN
The Asia-Pacific’s largest specialist biotech CRO Novotech said biotech companies are currently initiating more clinical trials in Asia and Australia/New Zealand than in North America. The number of clinical trials initiated by biotechnology companies in Asia-Pacific since the beginning of March…
Health Organizations Jointly Develop COVID-19 Research Database
As more companies aim resources at COVID-19, a consortium launched the COVID-19 Research Database, a secure repository of HIPAA-compliant, de-identified and limited patient-level data sets made available to public health and policy researchers to extract insights to help combat the…
Thousands sign up to large-scale COVID-19 trial in UK
Thousands of patients have signed up in a few days to support a large-scale NHS trial for potential treatments for COVID-19 in the UK, one of the countries worst hit by the global pandemic. The chief medical officers of England,…
UK clears first trial of VivoPlex digital uterine sensor
VivoPlex Group has been given the go-ahead by the UK regulator to start the first clinical feasibility study of its uterine sensor system as a tool to help women with fertility problems. The wireless and battery-free monitor device – roughly…
