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30 July 2020
• Indian generics drug producer Hetero announces the launch of Favivir, a generic version of favipiravir, which triggers a price...
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29 July 2020
The US death toll from COVID-19 exceeds 150,000 people, accounting for nearly quarter of global deaths (663,540). Source
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28 July 2020
• Moderna plans to price their COVID-19 vaccine at $50 to $60 per course in high-income countries, including the US...
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27 July 2020
• Moderna is given an additional $472 million to develop its vaccine candidate from the US government (to total of...
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26 July 2020
The New York Times reports that pharmaceutical executives are reaping huge profits from stock sales, which have reached over $1...
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24 July 2020
Cipla secures approval to market Ciplenza, a generic version of favipirvir, for treating COVID-19; it will be priced at 91...
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23 July 2020
US cases of coronavirus exceed 4 million, just over two weeks after reporting 3 million known cases.
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22 July 2020
Pfizer and Biontech announce a $1.95 billion agreement with the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US...
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21 July 2020
• Global coronavirus cases top 15 million. • US prosecutors charge two Chinese men with hacking hundreds of organizations, including...
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20 July 2020
• In the wake of accusations that Russian hackers were attempting to steal vaccine research, Russia’s R-Pharm announces that it...
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18 July 2020
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres warns that the pandemic will push 100 million more people into poverty and trigger...
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17 July 2020
• India surpasses one million cases of coronavirus. • Executives at Moderna increased their stock sales prior to the release...