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11 May 2020
• The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommends expanding access to remdesivir through compassionate use for hospitalized people requiring supplemental oxygen,...
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10 May 2020
US intelligence officials plan to issue a warning about theft of research on coronavirus testing, vaccines and treatment by Chinese...
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7 May 2020
Remdesivir (Veklury) approved in Japan for people with severe COVID-19. Source
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5 May 2020
Dr. Rick Bright, who led the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) from 2016 until his ouster in 2020,...
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4 May 2020
• The European Commission hosts a global pledging event to support the ACT-Accelerator; it raises over € 9.8 billion. Source...
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1 May 2020
• US FDA issues an EUA for remdisivir enabling access for people hospitalized with severe COVID-19. Source • Glenmark receives...
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30 April 2020
A deal between the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca is announced for global production and distribution of candidate SARS-CoV-2 vaccine....
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29 April 2020
• NIAID issues a press release with preliminary results from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACCTT) of twice-daily infusions of...
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24 April 2020
• WHO announces the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A), a global collaboration of organizations and governments to speed up...
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23 April 2020
• An analysis by researchers at the United States (US) Veteran’s Administration reported no benefit and evidence of increased mortality...
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17 April 2020
• US National Institutes of Health launches Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV), a public-private partnership to expedite and...
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16 April 2020
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro fires the Minister of Health, Luiz Henrique Mandetta, who publicly disagreed with the President for ignoring public...