A volunteer is vaccinated on September 24, 2020, at a research center in Florida, USA, at a research center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Marco Bello | Reuters Healthy, young people in the UK may soon be asked to volunteer for exposure to COVID-19 as part of a group of human …
Read More »Kramer is closing its restaurant, hoping to reopen after the Covid-19 vaccine
CNBC’s Jim Kramer said Friday he will close his New York restaurants soon due to a coronavirus epidemic but hopes to resume business when the public health crisis improves. “I’m closing my restaurant and I’m going to close them in 10 days,” Kramer said on “Squaw on the No Street.” …
Read More »Merck aims to start ‘big pivot’ studies on coronavirus treatment in September
Merck & Company, Inc., dba Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the United States and Canada, is an American pharmaceutical company and one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Igor Golovniov | LightRocket | fake pictures Merck has scheduled “very large pivotal studies” for its oral coronavirus treatment in …
Read More »Gilead Sciences Sales Drop 10% As Drug Demand Falls Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
A laboratory technician visually inspects a vial filled with remdesivir of the investigational coronavirus disease drug (COVID-19) at a Gilead Sciences facility in La Verne, California. Gilead Sciences | via REUTERS Gilead Sciences sales fell 10% in the second quarter from a year earlier, as the coronavirus pandemic weakened demand …
Read More »There could be a ‘substantial’ reduction in the death rate from coronavirus this year
Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates said therapeutic drugs to treat the coronavirus could reduce the death rate substantially this year, but a vaccine will be crucial in restoring a sense of normalcy to society. “You can see the therapeutic benefit faster than the protective benefit,” Gates said in an interview that …
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