British drug firms fight to be first in race to beat Covid: Glaxosmithkline teams-up with French rival Sanofi By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:45 BST, 14 April 2020 | Updated: 23:08 BST, 14 April 2020 British drug firms have put themselves at the centre of the battle against the coronavirus with plans … Read more
Scientists in Brazil have stopped part of a study of a malaria drug touted as a possible coronavirus treatment after heart rhythm problems developed in one-quarter of people given the higher of two doses being tested. Chloroquine and a newer, similar drug called hydroxychloroquine, have been pushed by President Donald Trump after some early tests … Read more
Major US drug company unwittingly became a ‘super spreader’ after executives attending the annual leadership meeting took coronavirus home to SIX states and infected 99 people Executives at Biogen attended an annual leadership meeting in Massachusetts Employees unwittingly took coronavirus to six states and infected 99 people First case of COVID-19 in Tennessee and the first two … Read more
A pharmaceutical firm will donate two million antimalarials to the world’s largest COVID-19 medication trial following Donald Trump’s praise of the drug. Accord Healthcare Ltd, a global medicine distributor, will supply hydroxychloroquine to 40,000 frontline healthcare workers in the COPCOV study. They will take a hydroxychloroquine tablet daily and be followed for a five-month period to … Read more
Malaria drug hailed a ‘game changer’ by Donald Trump is used in NHS hospitals for first time to treat coronavirus patients despite controversy over its effectiveness Hydroxychloroquine is used at Barts in London and the Royal Devon and Exeter Trump said the drug is a ‘game changer’ but the NHS has discouraged its use It … Read more
Malaria drug hailed a ‘game changer’ by Donald Trump is used in NHS hospitals for first time to treat coronavirus patients despite controversy over its effectiveness Hydroxychloroquine is used at Barts in London and the Royal Devon and Exeter Trump said the drug is a ‘game changer’ but the NHS has discouraged its use It … Read more
Fresh hope for coronavirus treatment as anti-Ebola drug shows early signs it may be effective in fighting Covid-19 Gilead Sciences’ drug remdesivir was originally developed for Ebola crisis Has been tested on a trial group of 53 severely ill coronavirus patients Scientists say the condition of more than half improved but seven patients died However there was no … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed highly unusual guidance from its website informing doctors on how to prescribe the anti-malaria drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat coronavirus. The medications, chloroquine and its analog hydroxychlorquine, are also used to threat arthritis and the autoimmune disorder lupus. Initially, the CDC webpage had … Read more
Doctors around the globe report that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine seems the most effective treatment they’ve tried for coronavirus patients – but less than half as many doctors are prescribing it in the US as in other hard-hit countries like Spain. A survey of 6,200 doctors around the globe reveals that while few corners of … Read more
President Donald Trump and his administration are promoting an anti-malaria drug not officially approved for fighting the new coronavirus, even though scientists say more testing is needed before it’s proven safe and effective against COVID-19. Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro championed hydroxychloroquine in television interviews Monday, a day after the president publicly put his faith … Read more