On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that in light of the current lack of efficacy data, the FDA has put plans in place to issue an Emergency Use Authorization to treat anyone with Covid-19 with convalescent plasma, even outside the Mayo led program. (In an email, Anand Shah, Deputy …
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The first time TenOever and his collaborators gave the drug to hamsters in his lab, in early June, it offers a lot of protection against the virus that Covid-19 causes. ‘We thought,’ Oh, OK, that was weird. Let’s do it again, ” tenOever says. They were constantly repeated and saw …
Read More »Here is the ethical issue for targeting volunteers with COVID-19 to accelerate a vaccine
Despite the urgency of beating COVID-19, health officials may delay the development of an effective vaccine. Authorities in the U.S. and elsewhere have yet to authorize an ethical charge investigation procedure called “trials with human challenge.” Challenge tests deliberately involve volunteers with the disease – which explains the official retention …
Read More »States seek $ 26.4 billion from drug companies in opioid litigation
States are asking for about $ 26.4 billion from major players in pharmaceutical industry to help pay for damages caused by the opioid crisis, people familiar with the matter said, the latest question in years of litigation that companies are trying to responsible for widespread drug addiction. The current talks …
Read More »Some people produce antibodies against opioid drugs, research finds
Tablets believed to be lacre with fentanyl will be displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York.Photo: Don Emmert (Getty Images) Preliminary research from this week found that patients taking opioids for chronic pain may produce antibodies to the medication, which may …
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