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China and Russia tactics will undercut their vaccines

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CHINA/RUSSIA

For Russia, it would be a chance for international acclaim and to stoke national pride. For China, success would offset its shortcomings in responding to the emergence of COVID-19…

Sex bias in medicine has high costs

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INTERNATIONAL

Yet women continue to be under-represented in clinical trials: a joint 2018 review of clinical trials in 2015 by the University of Illinois and University of Wisconsin (by S…

COVID-19 therapeutic drugs may be slow to arrive

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INT

So far, only few treatments have shown benefit in clinical trials. The complexity of the disease means a ‘one treatment for all’ drug may still be a long way away from discovery…

Brazil pharma growth faces data protection challenges

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BRAZIL

While Brazil’s recent enactment of its Data Protection Law represents a milestone for the domestic data protection culture, it also generated growing concern about data breaches…

COVID-19 cases are likely to surge in winter

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INTERNATIONAL

Viruses, however, survive better in the environment during winter and respiratory viruses transmit more readily during a colder, drier season. While some countries experienced the…

Medical advances may shorten COVID-19 duration

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INTERNATIONAL

COVID-19 is accelerating towards a pandemic, but scientific promptness and efficient communication between countries is acting as a brake. This is the third recorded…

Global COVID vaccine roll-out will face many hurdles

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INT

Initial data are expected to become available before the end of the year, and subject to evidence of safety and efficacy, to be submitted for approval and fast-tracked so that a…

Innovative policy will combat rising cancer rates

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INTERNATIONAL

Cancer advances.

India’s vaccine roll-out faces key obstacles

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INDIA

Earlier this month, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, marketed in India as ‘Covishield’, and a locally developed jab. The…

Prospects for COVID-19 in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Having struggled to control the virus as was done in East Asia and the Pacific, many countries are pinning their hopes on ending the pandemic through vaccination. Quantity and…