It's official - Gilead's remdesivir helps severely ill patients recover faster from COVID-19, according to results from a phase 3 placebo-controlled trial.
Shares in US pharma Vertex were up sharply in premarket trading after its newly-launched cystic fibrosis triple therapy attained blockbuster status almost overnight, leading
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in drug development has been hyped up for some time now – and the COVID-19 pandemic is finally a chance for these technologies to prove their worth.
AstraZeneca has joined with Oxford University to develop and distribute the institution’s potential coronavirus vaccine, ahead of an early trial readout as soon as June or July.