Ashen-faced, manacled and locked inside a steel cage, British fraud investigator Peter Humphrey confesses to his ‘crimes’. From a forbidding Shanghai jail, dressed in an orange prison tunic and, he says, drugged with sedatives, he grovels to the dozen television cameras trained on him. ‘We obtained personal information by illegal means,’ he mumbles, his voice wavering. … Read more
Shares for a cannabis company spiked 324% after the FDA said it could apply to run a clinical trial of its marijuana-derived drug to treat coronavirus patients FSD Pharma received approval from the FDA to apply to run a clinical trial of a cannabis-derived drug on coronavirus patients The drug mimics molecules naturally found in marijuana … Read more
UK trial will follow covid-19 patients for a year to see what long-term damage the virus has inflicted By Sophie Goodchild for the Daily Mail Published: 01:11 BST, 2 June 2020 | Updated: 01:12 BST, 2 June 2020 A ground-breaking trial will examine the long-term damage inflicted by Covid-19 on major organs. While growing evidence … Read more
Moderna has dosed its first set of patients in a second phase clinical trial for its coronavirus vaccine, the company announced on Friday. Vaccines are a top-priority for health officials and biotech firms in the battle against coronavirus, as a shot to prevent infection would finally make it safe for people to return to work … Read more
A new leukaemia drug produced ‘very promising results’ in a trial, scientists have said. A team from Great Ormond Street Hospital tested the CAR-T cell therapy ‘CAT-19 CAR’ in 14 acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) sufferers. CAR-T cell therapies involve taking white blood cells from a patient’s body and engineering them to destroy specific tumours. The patients … Read more
Ian Haydon, 29 (pictured), Seattle, Washington, is one of 45 people enrolled in Moderna Therapuetics’ coronavirus vaccine trial A coronavirus vaccine trial participant says he suffered a serious adverse reaction after a dose, but still wants people to get the jab when it becomes available. Ian Haydon, 29, from Seattle, Washington, is one of several … Read more
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was suspending the hydroxychloroquine arm of its trial over safety concerns (file image) A major British coronavirus trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going ahead despite fears it might raise the risk of death, it emerged today. Oxford University researchers were given the green light by the … Read more
On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was suspending the hydroxychloroquine arm of its trial over safety concerns (file image) A major British coronavirus trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine is going ahead despite fears it might raise the risk of death, it emerged today. Oxford University researchers were given the green light to … Read more
Moment of truth for Astrazeneca: Results of UK drug firm’s Covid-19 vaccine trial due ‘within weeks’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 25 May 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 25 May 2020 Astrazeneca’s bid to produce the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine is facing a moment of truth, with results from a … Read more
Real estate scion Robert Durst’s murder trial will be moved to a larger California courtroom to allow for social distancing Robert Durst’s murder trial will be moved from the Los Angeles Airport courthouse to the larger Inglewood courthouse for social distancing Durst, 77, is the millionaire heir to one of NY’s wealthiest real estate dynasties … Read more