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Maryland-based biotech company Novavax starts phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial of 10,000 participants in UK

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24 Sep 2020, 8:47 PM,

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HHS Sec Azar: AstraZeneca phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial still on hold in the US as FDA seeks "answers to important questions to verify safety information" - CNBC

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23 Sep 2020, 3:33 PM,

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Noah Higgins-Dunn

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Johnson & Johnson starts its vast 60,000 people phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial, 2 months ahead of initial plan. Participants will be recruited from 250 sites in US, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa

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23 Sep 2020, 12:45 PM,

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Daniella Genovese

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FDA reportedly to tighten Cvoid vaccine approval requirement

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23 Sep 2020, 1:48 PM,

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Tim O'Donnell

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Boris Johnson: UK at a ‘perilous turning point.’ New Covid restrictions could last six months

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22 Sep 2020, 12:52 PM,

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WHO unveils global plan "COVAX Facility," aiming for fairly distributing COVID-19 vaccine to the world in a staged manner, with absence of US, Russia, and China

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21 Sep 2020, 11:30 PM,

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Kai Kupferschmidt

Science

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European countries observing a second wave of Covid-19 surge, with Croatia reportedly the case study of how international travel accelerates the pandemic

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21 Sep 2020, 1:22 PM,

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Bojan Pancevski

Wall Street Journal

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Israel imposes a 2nd nationwide lockdown as Covid-19 cases re-surge

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18 Sep 2020, 1:03 PM,

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Eli Lilly antibody drug found reducing hospitalization rate in coronavirus patients from early analysis of a phase 2 clinical trial

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16 Sep 2020, 12:59 PM,

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Gina Kolata

New York Times

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China's Covid-19 vaccine approved in UAE, with 31K volunteers participated in ongoing phase 3 clinical trials and no unexpected side effects detected. China official: vaccine may be ready for public by November

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15 Sep 2020, 2:49 PM,

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Natasha Turak

CNBC

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While UK allowed the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine trial to resume, US FDA & NIH remain highly concerned on the spinal cord damage case and continue investigating

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15 Sep 2020, 2:05 PM,

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Arthur Allen

The Daily Beast

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Ex-FDA Commissioners describe staged market entry for Covid-19 vaccine to balance risk-benefit vs. sufficiency of data of efficacy and safety in different populations

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14 Sep 2020, 9:41 PM,

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Scott Gottlieb

Wall Street Journal

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Israel starts a 2nd nationwide lockdown with severe restrictions due to Covid-19

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14 Sep 2020, 2:15 PM,

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Oren Liebermann

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'Rule of six' - UK bans social gathering of more than six people in light of new surge of Covid-19 cases. Residents urged to report breaches

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14 Sep 2020, 1:24 PM,

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Pfizer, BioNTech propose to FDA to increase Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial from 30K participants to 44K, so as to increase trial population diversity, to include adolescents 16 years of age, patients of HIV, Hepatitis C or B

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12 Sep 2020, 8:25 PM,

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Matthew Herper

STAT

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Oxford & AstraZeneca resume the UK part of the Covid-19 vaccine clinical trial. Clinical trials in other countries still on-hold

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12 Sep 2020, 8:10 PM,

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Merck, late joining the race, starts phase 1/2 clinical trial in Belgium for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate. The Study projected to complete by April 26, 2022, with the goal of a single-dose vaccine

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11 Sep 2020, 10:20 PM,

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Jared S. Hopkins

Wall Street Journal

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U.S. hospitals turn down 1/3 of offered remdesivir, limit its use to sickest COVID-19 patients, indicating the shortage of this drug seemingly over

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11 Sep 2020, 10:01 PM,

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Deena Beasley

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FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn interviewed by David Rubenstein at The Economic Club of Washington DC: FDA are "not going to cut corners regarding decisions on potential vaccines. It will be based on science & data"

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11 Sep 2020, 3:48 PM,

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China pharma companies allowed to administer experimental Covid-19 vaccines to hundreds of thousands of people outside of clinical trials under emergency-use condition. Experts warn dangers. A company starts testing nasal spray vaccine

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11 Sep 2020, 3:01 PM,

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Chao Deng

Wall Street Journal

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