Digital devices enable the measuring of biomarkers such as heart rate, blood sugar and even sleep that can help in assessing the health of a patient. Digital biomarkers measured by wearables, sensors and other digital devices are increasingly playing a…
OnQuality: developing treatments to combat cancer therapy side effects
OnQuality’s chief medical officer and co-founder Hong Tang discusses the firm’s pipeline of cancer supportive care drugs. The oncology space is one of the largest hotbeds for drug development and innovation, and in the past few decades, a spate of…
Covaxin commences Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials in children
On Tuesday, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Patna started clinical trials of India’s homegrown Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin in children between the ages of two to 18 years old. The vaccine, developed by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech in…
Pfizer advances clinical trials for 5- to 11-year-olds at lower doses
The study will examine vaccine safety, efficacy and immunity at lower doses. Pfizer is advancing Phase 2/3 clinical trials for young kids at lower doses than vaccines for adults, the pharmaceutical company announced Tuesday. Based on safety, efficacy and…
Covid-19 vaccine patch outshines injectable jab in pre-clinical study
Vaxxas, an Australian clinical-stage biotechnology firm spun out of the University of Queensland, has announced promising results from pre-clinical trials into its novel high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) for vaccination against Covid-19. A novel SARS-CoV-2 spike subunit vaccine was dry-coated onto…
US eager to involve Indian investigators in clinical trials on Covid: Fauci
Dr Anthony Fauci said his country is eager to involve Indian investigators in global clinical trials to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 therapeutics America’s top infectious disease specialist Dr Anthony Fauci on Thursday said his country is eager…
