A Covid-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics and China’s military research unit was shown to be safe and induced immune response in most of the recipients, researchers said.

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A global trial designed to test whether the anti-malaria drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine can prevent infection with COVID-19 is to restart after being approved by British regulators. 

AstraZeneca’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine is probably the world’s leading candidate and most advanced in terms of development, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said.

French drugmaker Sanofi SA expects to get approval for the potential COVID-19 vaccine in development with Britain’s GlaxoSmithKline Plc by the first half of 2021, faster than previously anticipated.

A cheap and widely used steroid called dexamethasone has become the first drug shown to be able to save lives among COVID-19 patients in what scientists said is a “major breakthrough” in the coronavirus pandemic.

As AstraZeneca closes in on developing a vaccine against COVID-19, the U.K. pharma giant struck a deal with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance to supply up to 400 million doses of the preventative medication by the end of 2020.

AstraZeneca announced plans to manufacture 2 billion doses of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine, AZD122.

A summit hosted by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to set a goal of at least $7.4 billion to go to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.

Less than one month after the White House zeroed in on 14 vaccine candidates for COVID-19, the administration narrowed that list to five potential treatments for the prevention of the novel coronavirus.