Infectious Disease Control

"Don't forget leprosy" campaign gathers pace as World Leprosy Day approaches

TOKYO, Jan. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sasakawa Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Initiative is collaborating with 32 organizations from 13 countries to promote the message "Don't forget leprosy" in the run-up to World Leprosy Day onJanuary 30. The international campaign includes awareness-raising events ...

2022-01-28 19:00 1762

Yum China Certified Top Employer China for Fourth Consecutive Year, Honoring the Company's Commitment to Employee Care and Sustainable Career Development

SHANGHAI, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Yum China Holdings, Inc. (the "Company" or "Yum China", NYSE: YUMC and HKEX: 9987) announced that the Top Employers Institute has certified the Company as a Top Employer China for the fourth consecutive year, withYum China the only restaurant company named ...

2022-01-20 17:32 2402

Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Grants Provisional Registration for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

Nuvaxovid™ is the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine to receive approval for provisional registration inAustralia GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for seri...

2022-01-20 07:29 1440

SQREEM's New AI-powered Study Examines Motivations Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccine Resistance in the US

NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 vaccines have once again become a hot topic inthe United States as President Joe Biden pushes on with vaccination mandates in a bid to manage concerns around the Omicron variant ahead of the winter flu season. Despite vaccination ratesreaching  60%...

2021-12-15 22:00 1507

Info-Tech Research Group Reveals 2022 Tech Trends

SYDNEY, Dec. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Info-Tech Research Group, one of the fastest-growing information technology and research advisory firms in the world, has revealed its annual tech trend insights for the coming year. Info-Tech offers research, diagnostics, and workshops to systematically impr...

2021-12-15 06:00 2442

Biotron Drug Effective Against COVID-19 In Animals

* BIT225 administered orally significantly reduced viral load in the lungs and blood of animals challenged with SARS-CoV-2. * BIT225 protected against severe disease, indicated by the significant prevention of body weight loss in animals treated with BIT225 compared to non-treated controls. ...

2021-11-25 19:00 2115

Simcere and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica Enter a Collaboration to Jointly Develop Next-Gen COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatments

NANJING, China, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 17, 2021, Simcere Pharmaceutical Group Limited (2096.HK) announced that the company has reached collaboration agreement with the Shanghai Institute ofMateria Medica (SIMM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), to develop novel antiviral drug...

2021-11-23 11:22 1972

Baidu Enters Into License Agreement With Sanofi to Enable Next-Generation mRNA Therapeutics and Vaccines

BEIJING, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ:BIDU and HKEX:9888), a leading AI company with strong Internet foundation, and Sanofi, a leading biopharmaceutical company focused on human health, have entered into an agreement to integrate Baidu's messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) desi...

2021-11-22 20:00 1990

Kangtai Adenovirus Vector COVID-19 Vaccine (KCONECAVAC) Exported for the First Time

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- At 3 a.m. on November 19, the first batch of more than 4 million doses of adenovirus vector COVID-19 vaccines produced by Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co., Ltd. will depart from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport and will arrive in Jakarta...

2021-11-19 18:52 1692

Vazyme to Reveal Its Latest COVID-19 Testing Products and Solutions at MEDICA 2021

DÜSSELDORF, Germany, Nov. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese biotechnology company Nanjing Vazyme Biotech Co., Ltd (Vazyme) will exhibit its advanced COVID-19 testing products and solutions in Hall 3 Stand F 94 at MEDICA 2021, the world's leading trade fair for the medical sector, in Messe Düsseldor...

2021-11-03 15:00 1769

Novavax Files for Provisional Approval of its COVID-19 Vaccine in Australia

-- Application marks the first protein-based COVID-19 vaccine submitted to regulatory authorities for provisional approval inAustralia  -- In addition to today's submission to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, the company recently filed for authorization with MHRA, with additional filings in...

2021-10-29 19:15 5843

Senhwa Presents Positive Initial Data from Phase 2 Clinical Trial of Silmitasertib (CX-4945) in Moderate COVID-19 Patients At the ISIRV-WHO Conference

* Statistically significant 133% faster time to COVID-19 clinical symptoms recovery versus standard of care (SOC)/best supportive care. * Statistically significant 114% faster time to reach EQ-5D-5L Q6 ≥ 90% versus SOC/best supportive care. * Statistically significant 57% faster time to norm...

2021-10-20 20:52 1803

Kintor Pharma Announces Brazil's ANVISA Approves Phase III Clinical Trial of Proxalutamide for the Treatment of Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients

SUZHOU, China, Sept. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited ("Kintor Pharma", HKEX: 9939), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative small molecule and biological therapeutics, today announced that onSeptember 22 the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) ...

2021-09-26 23:09 5846

Clover's COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Demonstrates 79% Efficacy Against Delta in Global Phase 2/3 SPECTRA Trial Dominated by Variants of Concern and Interest

* Trial enrolled over 30,000 adult & elderly participants across 4 continents; 100% of SARS-CoV-2 strains observed in efficacy analysis were variants (Delta was predominant strain) * Primary and secondary efficacy endpoints were successfully met * 100% efficacy against severe COVID-19 & hosp...

2021-09-22 18:56 1692

COVID-19 Scoop: Epoch-Making GoldenBiotech's Oral COVID-19 New Drug Trial Got Green Light from the FDA to Extend Recruiting Severe COVID-19 Patients

TAIPEI, Sept.16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Biotechnology Corp.(TPEx:4132) ("GoldenBiotech", GBC), a leading Taiwanese biopharmaceutical company, announces that its oral investigational new drug Antroquinonol (HOCENA®) has made headway withCOVID-19 treatment development in more broaden clinical ...

2021-09-16 18:05 2056

Biokangtai: Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine(Adenovirus Vector) licensed for manufacturing, which actively promotes vaccine export and improves vaccine accessibility

SHENZHEN, China, Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The other day Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co., Ltd. announced that the company and AstraZeneca signed the "Amendment 1 to License Agreement". In addition to authorizing BIOKANGTAI to commercialize its Recombinant COVID-19 Vaccine(Adenovirus ...

2021-09-09 11:40 3496

Aqueous Ozone by BES Group Proves Effective in Killing COVID-19

SAN ANTONIO, Aug. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aqueous ozone by BES Group's Multi-Purpose Ozone Bottle and Professional Ozone Spray Bottle has proved effective in killing SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 in testing by a third-party lab at Nara Medical University inJapan.

2021-08-25 22:00 2181

INDICAID(TM) COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Receives Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

GARDEN GROVE, Calif., Aug. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PHASE Scientific International LTD (PHASE Scientific), a high-growth biotech company founded by bioengineers fromUCLA, today announced that itsINDICAID™ COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test (INDICAID) received Emergenc...

2021-08-10 22:00 1771

ImmVira's MVR-T3011 Obtained NMPA's Approval for Intravenous Administration (IV) Phase I Clinical Trial

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ImmVira announced that as a global first, its lead oncolytic virus therapy program MVR-T3011 IV (also known as T3011), obtained approval from National Medical Products Administration (" NMPA") for clinical trial for treatments using intravenous adminis...

2021-08-06 19:50 2560

TCM Lianhua Qingwen shows stable in vitro antiviral effect on the Delta variant: Expert

GUANGZHOU, China, Aug. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest research findings from the team of Professor Yang Zifeng from the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease inGuangzhou, China, have showed that Chinese medicine Lianhua Qingwen has an effective inhibitory action on the Delta variant of ...

2021-08-03 15:27 2594
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