Tag Archives: COVID

FiercePharmaAsia—Sinopharm, Sinovac COVID vaccines; Takeda’s warning letter, $2B pipeline cull

China’s Sinopharm and Sinovac reported positive midstage clinical results for their inactivated COVID-19 vaccines, just as Clover Biopharmaceuticals entered the clinic with its subunit vaccine with help from adjuvants by GlaxoSmithKline and Dynavax. A Takeda plant in Japan was slapped with an FDA warning letter, and the company is sending off seven neuroscience assets to Neurocrine… Read More »

COVID Can Complicate Pregnancy If Mom Is Obese

But, she said, it cannot give a sense of the prevalence of severe COVID-19 among pregnant women in the general population. Of the 46 pregnant women who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, 43 were tested because they had symptoms. Nearly 15% developed breathing problems that landed them in the hospital. “That’s… Read More »

COVID Bailout Cash Goes To Big Players That Have Paid Millions To Settle Allegations Of Wrongdoing

The Trump administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic-related bailouts to health care providers with checkered histories, including a Florida-based cancer center that agreed to pay a $ 100 million criminal penalty as part of a federal antitrust investigation. At least half of the top 10 recipients, part of a group that… Read More »

MOLEKULE Unveils Air Pro Rx Medical Air Filter to Protect Hospitals During COVID Pandemic

April 28th, 2020 Medgadget Editors Public Health Molekule, a company based in San Francisco, is releasing its brand new Air Pro Rx air purifier. The system has been cleared by the FDA as a 510(k) Class II medical device. Designed to purify clinical environments, such as operating rooms, ICUs, and emergency departments larger than 600… Read More »