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UK groups get £12m funding for COVID-19 monitoring software

Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in the UK are working on software to monitor the genome of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in the hope of spotting changes that could affect the fight ag

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Pfizer begins US pilot delivery programme for COVID-19 vacci...

Pfizer has begun a pilot delivery programme in the US for its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, as the company seeks to overcome logistical challenges caused by its ultra-cold storage requirem

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J&J begins trial of two-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen

Johnson & Johnson has begun a second phase 3 trial of its potential COVID-19 vaccine, including sites in the UK, testing whether it works as a two-dose regimen.

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Guido Rasi steps down, handing the running of EMA to Emer Co...

EMA executive director Guido Rasi has ended his second term at the helm of the EU medicines regulator, with Emer Cooke taking the wheel and becoming the first women in the role.

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UK eyes access deal as Moderna’s COVID-19 shot hits the mark

Moderna is the third group in a week to report encouraging phase 3 data with a coronavirus vaccine, saying today that its mRNA-1273 shot had an efficacy of 94.5% in the 30,000-patient COVE

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