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.
Pfizer and its development partner BioNTech have begun dosing the first people in the US with a potential COVID-19 vaccine, as part of their ongoing phase 1/2 clinical trial.
Norway’s BerGenBio has raised 500 million Norwegian kroner – around $45.4 million euros – in an oversubscribed private placement to develop its pipeline that includes a potential COVID-19 t
India’s Zydus Cadila wants to test a form of interferon, usually used against hepatitis B and C, as a potential treatment for the virus that causes COVID-19.