Gilead shares jump after rethink of COVID-19 remdesivir tria...

Shares in Gilead were up in premarket trading after the company announced it had increased the size of its trials for its COVID-19 drug remdesivir.

Pfizer, BioNTech aim to start German COVID-19 vaccine trial ...

Sixth COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial begins at UK's Oxford ...

The UK government is throwing £42.5 million at two potential coronavirus vaccine candidates as it steps up efforts to fight the pandemic, as Oxford University scientists began the sixth cli

Alexion trials rare disease drug Ultomiris in severe COVID-1...

Pharma is pretty much throwing everything it has at COVID-19 and US rare disease firm Alexion has joined the fray, testing its Ultomiris in a subset of severely ill patients.

Thousands sign up to large-scale COVID-19 trial in UK

Thousands of patients have signed up in a few days to support a large-scale NHS trial for potential treatments for COVID-19 in the UK, one of the countries worst hit by the global pandemic.

Novartis plans large-scale trial of COVID-19 drug hydroxychl...

Novartis has announced plans to begin a large-scale trial of hydroxychloroquine in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, which could give a definitive answer about whether th