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UK: Trials under way for new antibody tests to help fight against Covid-19.
VOICED: Now, an antibody test that costs less than a pound and produces results in just 10 minutes could provide a vital weapon in the fight against coronavirus.
The samples being checked at Liverpool's School of Tropical Medicine...
Bloomberg
Astra’s Antibody Drug Fails Study on Preventing Covid Symptoms
Jun.15 -- An antibody cocktail from AstraZeneca Plc showed it was only 33% effective at preventing Covid-19 symptoms in people exposed to the virus. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Sam Fazeli has the details.
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Eli Lilly Pulls The Plug On Antibody Study
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which sponsored the study, pulled the plug Monday.
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Study Finds Severe COVID-19 Patients Make For Best Plasma Donations
Johns Hopkins study finds that plasma from sickest COVID-19 patients had higher antibodies and may be more effective in treatment of others.
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New York Governor: COVID-19 Rates Lower Among Front-Line Workers
Andrew Cuomo said front-line workers tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies at lower rates than the general population.
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THAILAND: A new 15 minute test has been developed that could help screen patients for Covid-19.
VOICED: A new 15 minute test has been developed that could help screen patients for Covid19 easing the burden on Thailand’s health system.
A Bangkok university launched the rapid kit this week hoping it will help to quickly identify...
Bloomberg
Coronavirus: The Long, Slow Process to Finding a Vaccine
Mar.02 -- Imperial College London Professor of Virus Genomics Paul Kellam explains the process of researching and developing a vaccine to combat a virus. He speaks with Bloomberg’s Tom Keene on "Bloomberg Surveillance."
Bloomberg
Searching for Opportunities in China's Health-Care Industry
Nov.18 -- Nisa Leung, managing partner at Qiming Venture Partners, discusses the investment opportunities she sees in China's health-care industry amid the coronavirus pandemic. She speaks with Rishaad Salamat and Juliette Saly on...
Bloomberg
Lilly Aims to Produce 100K Covid-19 Antibody Doses by Year End: CFO
Jul.30 -- Eli Lilly Chief Financial Officer Joshua Smiley says the drugmaker expects to start registratrion trials of its coronavirus antibody treatment "within the next few weeks" and to produce 100,000 doses of a successful therapeutic...
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CDC Says Virus Antibody Tests Can Be Inaccurate Nearly Half The Time
The agency is recommending that antibody tests with "high specificity" be used to reduce the chance of false positive results.
Press Association
PM: We're being led by scientific advice on coronavirus
Boris Johnson says that local regions should follow the advice of Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in containing the coronavirus. The Prime Minister announced the funding during a tour of a Bedfordshire laboratory, where British...
Bloomberg
Novartis CEO ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on Covid Impact in Fourth Quarter
Oct.27 -- Novartis Chief Executive Officer Vas Narasimhan discusses the business impact of Covid-19, the race for a vaccine, and the company’s development of a coronavirus antibody treatment. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: European Open."
Bloomberg
Will Vaccines Protect Us From All Covid-19 Variants?
Apr.19 -- Dr. Robert Gallo, co-founder of the Global Virus Network and director of the Institute of Human Virology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, discusses the global rollout of Covid-19 vaccines. Global cases passed...
Press Association
NHS calls for more people who have recovered from Covid-19 to donate plasma
NHS Blood and Transplant are calling for more people who have rcecovered from coronavirus to donate plasma, after new figures suggest only 5% agree to donate despite making best donors. Featured is an interview with Stephen Craib,42,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : AstraZeneca's new Sweden facility produces Covid-19 preventative treatment for high-risk people
AstraZeneca’s new facility in Sweden located in Södertälje was inaugurated last December and is dedicated to the production of next generation biologics such as Evusheld, a Covid-19 preventative moniclonal antibody treatment for...
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Medical Journal Says Russia's Potential Vaccine Shows Promise
Results published in The Lancet medical journal show no serious side effects.
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CLEAN : Italy: the Lombardy region starts conducting antibodies tests
The Italian region of Lombardy one of the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic starts conducting serological tests on people aiming to detect antibodies against the novel coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Testing Underway on Combining Covid Vaccines: Johns Hopkins
Feb.04 -- Johns Hopkins University Professor of Nursing Jason Farley discusses the prospect of combining vaccines from different companies and expanding the scope of vaccinations in the U.S. He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance." The...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Stockholm hospital laboratory processes Covid-19 tests
Personnel at the laboratory of the Karolinska hospital in Stockholm's Solna neighbourhood prepare and process PCR and antibody tests for members of the public who think they may have Covid-19 as Sweden tries to control the spread of the...
Press Association
Immunocompromised man on his concerns about relaxing Plan B
Tom Pearman, a 44-year-old who is immunocompromised, shared his concerns about the Plan B Covid-19 measures being relaxed in England on Thursday. Mr Pearman talks of how he was hospitalied with coronavirus in September 2021.
Bloomberg
AstraZeneca CFO Sarin on Earnings, Covid, M&A Pipeline
AstraZeneca Plc Chief Financial Officer Aradhana Sarin discusses the company's financial results, outlook and strategy. Cambridge, England-based Astra raised its outlook for 2022 revenue after second-quarter sales and earnings per share...
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CLEAN : WHO pushes two Ebola treatments found to boost survival rates
The World Health Organization says that two existing treatments dramatically reduce deaths from Ebola and should be given to people of all ages suffering from the often-fatal haemorrhagic disease (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Patients undergo coronavirus antibody testing
Coronavirus antibody tests have become widely available across the United States, but the effectiveness and reliability of such tests remain in question.
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Boris Johnson visiting Oxford vaccine research lab
CLEAN: Interior shots of Prime Minister Boris Johnson on a visit to the Oxford coronavirus lab talking to scientists on 18 September 2020 in Oxford, United Kingdom