Washington, April 15, 2020 (AFP) – The wealthy Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation called Wednesday for global cooperation to ready COVID-19 vaccines for seven billion people, while offering $150 million toward developing therapeutics and treatments for the virus.
Paris, April 15, 2020 (AFP) – The US decision to freeze funding to the World Health Organization over what President Donald Trump said was its “mismanaging” of the global coronavirus pandemic triggered anger and concern on Wednesday.
Geneva, April 13, 2020 (AFP) – The novel coronavirus is 10 times more deadly than swine flu, which caused a global pandemic in 2009, the World Health Organization said Monday, stressing a vaccine would be necessary to fully halt transmission.
Beijing, April 14, 2020 (AFP) – China has approved clinical trials for two more experimental vaccines to combat the novel coronavirus, officials said Tuesday, as the world’s scientists race to beat the pandemic.
Paris, April 14, 2020 (AFP) – Pharma giants Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline will join forces to work on a coronavirus vaccine they hope will enter clinical trials this year, potentially making it available in the second half of 2021, the companies said Tuesday.
The European Commission, EMA and the European medicines regulatory network have
developed a Q&A document to provide guidance to stakeholders on adaptations to the
regulatory framework to address challenges arising from the COVID-19 pandemic,
with a particular focus on crucial medicines for use in COVID-19 patients.
