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Alzamend Neuro Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering and Full Exercise of Underwriter’s Over-allotment Option for Gross Proceeds of $14.4 Million
firstwordpharma
June 18, 2021
Alzamend Neuro, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 2,500,000 shares of its common stock and full exercise of the underwriter's over-allotment option to purchase 375,000 additional shares of common stock at a price to the public
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Ahead of Tokyo Olympics, Japan Eases COVID-19 Restrictions
drugs
June 18, 2021
A coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and six other areas will be downgraded when it expires on Sunday as new daily cases continue to decline, the Japanese government said Thursday.
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CureVac's COVID-19 Vaccine Only 47 Percent Effective
drugs
June 18, 2021
CureVac's COVID-19 vaccine was only 47 percent effective in a clinical trial, according to preliminary results released Wednesday that suggest the vaccine may not help fill the worldwide need for vaccines.
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Drop in Havana COVID-19 cases boosts hopes Cuban vaccines working
firstwordpharma
June 18, 2021
Official data from Cuba indicate that COVID-19 infections have halved in Havana since authorities started administering the country's experimental vaccines in the capital a month ago, raising hopes about their efficacy even as cases increase nationwide
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New York Lifts Pandemic Restrictions
drugs
June 17, 2021
New York state has reached a milestone of having at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose in 70 percent of its residents and joined California in lifting many pandemic restrictions on Tuesday.
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CureVac blames variants for COVID-19 vaccine fail in pivotal trial
firstwordpharma
June 17, 2021
CureVac's stock was cut in half on Wednesday after the company reported that its vaccine candidate CVnCoV was only 47% effective at preventing COVID-19 disease of any severity in a second interim analysis, falling short of pre-specified statistical.
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China’s First mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine Preps to Enter Final Stage Trials, Abogen CEO Says
firstwordpharma
June 17, 2021
Suzhou Abogen Biosciences’ mRNA COVID-19 vaccine is expected to start Phase III tests in overseas countries later this month, said CEO Ying Bo, Yicai Global reported.
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Brazil to buy single-shot Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
PharmaSources
June 17, 2021
According to a negotiation document, Brazil plans to purchase 60 million doses of the single-shot COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's CanSino Biologics for delivery in the third and fourth quarters of this year, as reported by NASDAQ.
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eTrueNorth Offers Five Tips for Travel-related COVID Testing
prnewswire
June 17, 2021
eTrueNorth is one of the largest providers of COVID-19 tests to Americans.
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Third Dose of COVID Vaccine Boosts Protection in Transplant Recipients
drugs
June 16, 2021
Researchers say an extra dose of two-dose COVID-19 vaccines may improve immune system protection for organ transplant patients, a group that's so far responded poorly to two-dose vaccines.