A bartender waits for customers at the Arctice ice cream parlor in the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, Finland pawel kopczynski / Reuters Scientists in Finland have found what they claim to be a cure for the cat. Researchers have published a study showing that alcohol-induced nausea, headaches, stress and anxiety …
Read More »Roche, Regeneron participate in more than triple manufacture of COVID-19 antibody cocktail
Despite hundreds of potential therapies for COVID-19 seeking to make their case, very few have crossed the finish line. One graduate candidate, Regeneron’s two-antibody cocktail, has earned early plaudits – and now a pharmaceutical giant is jumping on board to boost production in a big way. Regeneron will partner with …
Read More »Get your flu in September – before cases start to climb
Reuters With the coronavirus still widespread, it’s time to start thinking seriously about flu, which typically spreads in fall and winter. A major flu outbreak would not only overwhelm hospitals this fall and winter, but also likely overwhelm a person who can contract both at the same time. Doctors do …
Read More »Potential Gilead blockbusters rejected by FDA. Why that’s the ‘Near-Worst-Case Scenario’ for Gilead Stock.
Text size The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday rejected Gilead Science’s application for a will-be blockbuster arthritis medicine, blind investors. One analyst called the development a ‘near-worst-case scenario’ and a ‘shock’. Dreamstime The Food and Drug Administration’s decision to deny Gilead Science’s application for a wild medicine for blockbuster …
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 …
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