Pfizer launches first clinical trial of a PILL to treat COVID-19 that prevents the virus from making copies of itself inside human cells Pfizer Inc has launched early-stage human trials of an experimental oral drug to treat coronavirus called PF-07321332 It belongs to a class of drugs called protease inhibitors, which would inhibit an enzyme … Read more
US health chiefs have accused AstraZeneca of sending ‘outdated information’ as part of an application to get its Covid vaccine approved for use on Americans. The company, which is making Oxford University’s jab, revealed yesterday that a US-specific trial found the vaccine prevented 100 per cent of hospital admissions and deaths from Covid and said … Read more
The trial of a failed property developer accused of drowning his wife to cash in on life insurance policies worth £3.5million collapsed yesterday – to the anguish of her family. Donald McPherson, 47, was cleared of killing Paula Leeson despite 17 separate pieces of circumstantial evidence which created ‘clear and obvious suspicion against the defendant’. … Read more
Coleen Rooney today blasted Rebekah Vardy’s £900,000 estimated legal costs ‘grotesque’ in court as their bitter Wagatha Christie libel battle rumbles on. Rebekah, 39, launched her high-stakes High Court libel action after Coleen, 34, accused her in an October 2019 Instagram post of being the source of leaks to the media on stories about her. The … Read more
Two thugs have gone on trial in Salford for the murder of a woman who died 20 months after a petrol bomb attack that claimed the lives of her children. Manchester Crown Court heard how Zak Bolland, 26, and David Worrall, 28, launched the arson attack on December 11, 2017, while feuding with the 16-year-old … Read more
A police officer charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard faces a four-week trial at the Old Bailey. Pc Wayne Couzens, 48, is accused of snatching the 33-year-old marketing executive as she walked home from a friend’s flat in Clapham, south London, on the evening of March 3. Couzens appeared via video link for … Read more
Long-awaited results from AstraZeneca Plc’s U.S coronavirus vaccine trial are currently being reviewed by independent advisors to determine whether the shot is safe and effective. Dr Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), said the drug company and its partner, the University of Oxford, completed enrollment of 30,000 participants earlier this year. … Read more
Telegraph owner Sir Frederick Barclay’s high-stakes divorce court trial with his wife Lady Hiroko opens in secret Sir Frederick Barclay, 86, and Lady Hiroko Barclay are expected to give evidence The virtual trial is taking place in private in the Family Division of the High Court Sir Frederick is among the UK’s most well-known businessmen … Read more
The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more
The loser of the ‘Wagatha Christie’ High Court libel case between Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy faces being saddled with a legal bill of more than £1.6m if it goes to trial, MailOnline has learned. Damages on top could easily push the total cost for the losing wag to over £2m. The two sides have … Read more