Tag: COVID-19

March 21, 2020 Off

FDA warns about fraudulent COVID-19 test kits for home use

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is actively and aggressively monitoring the market for any firms marketing products with fraudulent coronavirus (COVID-19) diagnostic, prevention and treatment claims as part of our ongoing efforts to protect public health during this pandemic. As a result of these activities, the agency is beginning to see unauthorized fraudulent test kits that are being marketed to test for COVID-19 in the home.

March 20, 2020 Off

Teva to donate potential COVID-19 Treatment, hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to hospitals nationwide

By BusinessWire

Teva said it will donate 6 Million tablets through wholesalers to hospitals by March 31, and more than 10 Million within a month, to meet the urgent demand for the medicine as an investigational target to treat COVID-19.

March 16, 2020 Off

BioNTech, Fosun Pharma, Pfizer working on COVID-19 vaccine. Clinical testing in Germany in April

By Dino Mustafić

BioNTech SE said Monday its development a potential vaccine to induce immunity and prevent COVID-19 infection in response to the growing global health threat posed by the disease has seen rapid progress. BioNTech’s product candidate, BNT162, is a potential first-in-class mRNA vaccine in the worldwide effort against COVID-19.

March 16, 2020 Off

A Message from Akebia Therapeutics CEO During the Rapidly Evolving COVID-19 Pandemic:

By BusinessWire

John Butler, the President and Chief Executive Officer sent a message about precautions to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19…

March 16, 2020 Off

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield’s market update on the impact of COVID-19

By Dino Mustafić

The COVID-19 crisis continues to evolve rapidly and in recent days several governments in the markets in which Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (“URW”)…