FDA expert warns the US could run out of researchers to run coronavirus drug trials

There are more than 70 trials for treatments for coronavirus happening in the US, and the race for a therapeutic leave labs shorthanded of researchers, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official has said.  ‘Although we may not run out of patients, unfortunately, we may run out of research personnel and time availability to do … Read more

Coronavirus: Scotland drug trials to treat respiratory damage

Hydroxychloroquine  What are the brand versions of the drug? Plaquenil. What does it treat? Malaria, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. It is a less powerful and, by some experts’ accounts, less toxic, version of chloroquine phosphate. Hydroxychloroquine, sold under the brand name Plaquenil, may treat COVID-19 Who makes it and where has it already been tested? … Read more

Coronavirus UK: Oxford University vaccine trials start this week

A call has been made for volunteers to take part in the first human trials of a new coronavirus vaccine in Britain. Imperial College London asked for people to take part in the study to test if a new potential vaccine is effective in tackling the disease. The COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford … Read more

Oxford University coronavirus vaccine trials will start this week

Coronavirus vaccine being developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on people from THURSDAY, Health Secretary Matt Hancock says By Sam Blanchard Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 17:24 BST, 21 April 2020 | Updated: 17:32 BST, 21 April 2020 A COVID-19 vaccine developed at the University of Oxford will be trialled on … Read more

Ford trials vibrating wristbands to ensure employees stay 6ft apart during coronavirus pandemic

Ford is trialling wristbands that vibrate when employees come within six feet of each other to ensure social distancing in its factories during the coronavirus crisis Ford is reportedly trialling the vibrating bracelets on a dozen employees    Staff will be buzzed by the accessory if they come within 6ft of someone else  The trial at a … Read more

Coronavirus Sweden: Chloroquine trials stop due to side effects

Hospitals in Sweden have stopped using the malaria drug chloroquine on coronavirus patients after reports it was causing blinding headaches and vision loss. Doctors in the Vastra Gotaland region, 200miles west of Stockholm, are no longer administering the medication, touted as a ‘miracle drug’ by Donald Trump.  A number of patients at hospitals in the county reported suffering … Read more

Hundreds of coronavirus patients are pleading to join clinical trials of a US-made Ebola drug

Coronavirus patients from around the world are pleading to join studies of an experimental US antiviral drug that could help fight off the potentially deadly disease. Interest has been so great that the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) is expanding its study of remdesvir, which has nearly reached its initial goal of 440 patients. … Read more

UK’s top medical experts issue plea for more volunteers to take part in coronavirus drug trials

The medical experts spearheading Britain’s fight against coronavirus have issued a plea for more more infected patients to take part in three major clinical drug trials.  NHS England medical director Professor Stephen Powis and the UK’s chief medical officers penned an open letter to doctors urging them to enroll more volunteers.   There are three main … Read more

Coronavirus VACCINE could be approved for human trials ‘within months’

A new COVID-19 vaccine that fires proteins in the body that destroy the virus within two weeks is just a few months from human trials. The ‘highly scalable’ vaccine is the first peer-reviewed antidote to the coronavirus that currently has much of the world in lockdown or isolation. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh say … Read more

Fujifilm begins final stage of human trials for its antiviral flu drug for coronavirus

A Japanese drug company has begun the final stages of human trials for its flu therapeutic for treating coronavirus, it announced Tuesday.  Fujifilm’s Toyama Chemical branch makes a drug called Avigan, which is approved in Japan for stopping the flu virus from replicating in the body.  Researchers with the company think it may well have … Read more