The first drug to treat COVID-19 of several being developed in China could get the green light for use in December and is based on the use of monoclonal antibodies capable of neutralizing the virus, state media reported. The treatment is the result of a joint investigation by the Tsinghua University, the Shenzhen People’s Hospital […]
Tag: Covid-19
Pfizer and Medicines Patent Pool to facilitate global access to pharmaceutical company anti-COVID pill
Updated on 11/16/2021 07:47 am Pfizer has signed a voluntary license agreement that should allow access to its anti-COVID pill beyond rich countries once it has been licensed, the US pharmaceutical giant and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced Tuesday. Manufacturers of generic drugs “that receive sublicenses will be able to offer the new drug […]
Use of antidepressants could reduce risk of death from COVID
Updated on 11/16/2021 01:30 am A common antidepressant appears to reduce the risk of death in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 symptoms, according to a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. About 9.8% of the 470 COVID-19 patients who participated in the study who were taking fluoxetine, also marketed under the brand name […]
Hernando Cevallos on the announcement of new measures: “We need to take care of workers who were vaccinated”
The head of the Ministry of Health (Minsa), Hernando Cevallos, spoke in reference to the new measures ordered by the Government, through Supreme Decrees No. 167-2021-PCM and No. 168-2021-PCM, in which it is established that from December 15, companies will only be able to resume their face-to-face work with their fully inoculated workers, in order […]
Food banks in the US have problems due to more demand from families battered by COVID-19
Banks of food on USA Already dealing with the increase in demand from families battered by the pandemic, they now face a new obstacle: the rise in food prices and problems in the supply chain in the country. High costs and limited availability mean that some families may receive smaller rations or substitutions for supplies […]
Companies will only be able to operate in person if they prove complete vaccination of workers
The government de Pedro Castillo announced that as of December 15 of this year, every company With more than ten workers you can only operate in person if all your workers certify their full dose vaccination against coronavirus, according to Supreme Decree No. 168-2021-PCM published this Sunday, November 14 in the newspaper El Peruano. Likewise, […]
COVID pills will not end the pandemic
Updated on 11/14/2021 05:29 am Pfizer and Merck’s new COVID-19 pills raise a promising question: Is this how the pandemic ends? The best answer anyone can give is “maybe”. No matter how effective antiviral pills are, it will be months before we can say that we are close to the end. The pills have been […]
AstraZeneca Creates New Vaccine Division for COVID Assets
Updated on 11/14/2021 04:24 am AstraZeneca Plc is creating a new unit to house its coronavirus assets, after the pandemic prompted the British pharmaceutical giant to venture into the vaccine space. The company’s COVID-19 vaccine and antibody therapy will be part of the new division, which will be led by executive Iskra Reic, Astra said […]
COVID-19: How is the development of new treatments to combat this virus progressing?
It has been almost two years since the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the existence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 and that caused a global pandemic. Since then, various studies have been launched to end this terrible disease that has already taken millions of lives with it. In fact, with the arrival of […]
Viruses and the economy sink Biden’s popularity
Por Jonathan Bernstein President Joe Biden’s approval rating continues to decline. He currently has a 42.8% approval (and 51.3% disapproval) based on the FiveThirtyEight survey average. One can turn a blind eye and argue that its approval has stabilized (it was at 43.0% on Oct 30), but it is equally likely to continue on a […]