Breakthroughs in Global Research on COVID-19
- Chinese company to launch int’l phase III clinical trial at UAE ( 23-June-2020 )
- Coronavirus: Dexamethasone proves first life-saving drug ( 16-June-2020 )
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- Important milestone’: Germany to start first clinical tests on coronavirus vaccine https://www.thelocal.de/20200422/germany-to-start-first-clinical-tests-on-coronavirus-vaccine
- Preliminary data from two clinical trials using the antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients is encouraging. For further details, kindly click the link below;
https://www.webmd.com/lung/news/20200421/good-news-on-remdesivirs-power-to-treat-covid-19#1 - Global Research on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
WHO is gathering the latest international multilingual scientific findings and knowledge on COVID-19. This database represents a comprehensive multilingual source of current literature on the topic. While it may not be exhaustive, new research is added regularly. For further details kindly click the link below;
- Remdesivir Clinical Trials
Gilead has initiated two Phase 3 clinical studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of remdesivir in adults diagnosed with COVID-19 following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) rapid review and acceptance of Gilead’s investigational new drug (IND) filing. These randomized, open-label, multicenter studies began enrolling patients in March 2020 and will enroll a total of approximately 1,000 patients in the initial phase of the studies, in countries with high prevalence of COVID-19. For further details kindly click the links below;
- COVID-19 Breakthrough as Cambridge Company Identifies Top Ranked Drugs for Treatment
A revolutionary systems pharmacology platform powered by artificial intelligence has identified the top candidate drugs that are highly likely to be effective in treating COVID-19 disease. Five of the top-ranked drugs on the list, that have already entered clinical trials for COVID-19, include:
- Chloroquine, the anti-malarial drug
- Dexamethasone, a commonly used corticosteroid
- Sirolimus, an immuno-suppressant drug
- Tacrolimus, an immuno-suppressant drug
- Thalidomide, a cancer treatment drug
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- The Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences (PNAS) just secured a major breakthrough in COVID-19 therapeutics.
In preliminary findings published in the journal PNAS, a single 200 mL dose of convalescent plasma (CP) from COVID-19 patients who recently recovered shortened the duration of symptoms, improved oxygen levels and expedited viral clearance in patients who were still suffering from the disease.
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- Breakthrough: Chloroquine phosphate has shown apparent efficacy in treatment of COVID-19 associated pneumonia in clinical studies.
The drug is recommended to be included in the next version of the Guidelines for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19 issued by the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China for treatment of COVID-19 infection in larger populations in the future.
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