The statement is meant to reassure the public that the companies will not seek a premature approval of vaccines under pressure from the Trump administration.ImageA volunteer received an injection in July as part of a study of a possible Covid-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc.Credit...Hans Pennink/Associated PressA group of…
The statement is meant to reassure the public that the companies will not seek a premature approval of vaccines under pressure from the Trump administration.Sept. 4, 2020, 9:44 p.m. ETImageA volunteer received an injection in July as part of a study of a possible Covid-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna…
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Drug company executives plan to tell the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Tuesday they can make a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine in record time, according to written testimony…
EU money intended for underfunded public-benefit research such as preparing for a pandemic has been diverted by the pharmaceutical industry into areas where it can make more money, according to a scathing new report. Officials in Brussels wanted to co-fund research that would have ensured the European Union (EU) was better prepared for a pandemic…
A file photo of former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli.Getty ImagesIt's a no-go for the "Pharma Bro."A federal judge has flatly denied pharmaceutical fraudster Martin Shkreli's request to be released early from prison despite his arguments that he both is at risk of catching the coronavirus and that he could help develop a treatment for Covid-19.Shkreli…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…