Biotech and Pharmaceuticals
Singapore to ease Covid measures, reopen borders and drop outdoor mask mandate
Office workers walk out for lunch break at Raffles Place financial business district in Singapore on January 4, 2022. Roslan Rahman | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Singapore will ease most of its Covid restrictions including outdoor mask mandates from March 29, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Thursday. Limits on social gatherings […]
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Omicron BA.2 subvariant will soon dominate in U.S., but Fauci doesn’t expect another surge
Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the Omicron coronavirus variant during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, December 1, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Omicron’s more contagious subvariant, BA.2, has more than doubled in prevalence over the past two weeks in the U.S. and now represents more than 34% of Covid-19 infections that […]
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Moderna Covid vaccine for kids under 6 years old was up to 44% effective against omicron infection
With her husband Stephen by her side Erin Shih hugs her children Avery 6, and Aidan, 11, after they got their second Moderna COVID-19 vaccines at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center on Friday, June 25, 2021. Sarah Reingewirtz | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Moderna’s two-dose Covid vaccine was about 44% effective at preventing […]
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Omicron’s ‘stealth’ subvariant BA.2 could go ‘wild’ in Europe before going global, top epidemiologist says
Doctor Immanuel Hardtmann holds a syringe with the vaccine Moderna in a temporary vaccination center inside the Excursion boat Alexander von Humboldt on the first day of the #HierWirdGeimpft (Get Vaccinated Here) Covid-19 vaccination campaign on September 13, 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Carsten Koall | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — While war […]
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AstraZeneca takes stake in a start-up that helps doctors conduct clinical trials virtually
Medical syringes and small figurines of people are seen in front of the AstraZeneca logo displayed on a screen. On Saturday, March 26, 2021, in Dublin, Ireland. NurPhoto | NurPhoto | Getty Images LONDON — AstraZeneca said Wednesday it has invested in Huma, a U.K.-based medical technology start-up, as part of a broader commercial tie-up […]
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Maverick Ventures’ Ambar Bhattacharyya on the future of health care
Ambar Bhattacharyya, managing director at Maverick Ventures Maverick Ventures Ambar Bhattacharyya is managing director at Maverick Ventures, a $400 million venture capital fund based in San Francisco which invests in health start-ups. His health-care portfolio firms include six IPOs and four unicorns (start-ups valued at $1 billion or more). Bhattacharyya — who currently sits on […]
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Pfizer to supply 4 million Covid antiviral treatments to poorer nations through UNICEF
Paxlovid, a Pfizer’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pill, is seen manufactured in Ascoli, Italy, in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters on November 16, 2021. Pfizer | Handout | via Reuters Pfizer will supply up to 4 million courses of its oral Covid-19 treatment to dozens of poorer nations under an agreement with the United […]
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FDA advisory committee to discuss future of Covid boosters
A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, September 29, 2021. Emily Elconin | Reuters A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will meet next month to discuss the future of Covid-19 booster shots in the U.S., and whether […]
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Investors see growth opportunity in Femtech devoted to women’s health
To Dr. Connie Lehman, a breast cancer scan is like a fingerprint that provides clues for developing personalized medical care. “There is so much information in every digital image of a woman’s breast tissue, and the deep learning technology can extract that and predict the future and in ways we haven’t been able to […]
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Here’s how Covid-19 transitions from a pandemic to endemic
It’s been two years since Covid-19 crept across the globe, battered the U.S. economy and wreaked havoc on health-care systems unprepared to defend themselves against the novel pathogen. Now, as the latest wave of infections driven by the fast-spreading omicron variant rapidly subsides, many are beginning to question: Is Covid-19 becoming endemic? “There’s a high […]
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