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Novavax gets $384m for clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine

Global vaccine development organisation CEPI is to invest $384 million additional funding in a COVID-19 jab being developed by Novavax.

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Japan approves Gilead's COVID-19 drug remdesivir

Japan’s regulator has quickly approved Gilead’s remdesivir for patients with severe COVID-19, after the FDA allowed its use as an emergency treatment for the disease earlier this month.

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Doubts over US government plans for COVID-19 vaccine

There are doubts about the US government's plans to have 300 million COVID-19 vaccine doses ready by the end of the year, after the front-running candidate from Moderna advanced to mid-stag

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Coping with a life-changing diagnosis during COVID-19

As the UK went into COVID-induced lockdown, Matthew and Hayley Smith were receiving the news they had dreaded for four years – that Matthew’s brain tumour had come back.

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