NIH begins dosing people with Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine booster shot to see if it protects against the South African variant The NIH has begun clinical trials testing a booster shot of Moderna Inc’s COVID vaccine to see if it will protect against the South African variant Approximately 210 healthy adult volunteers will be enrolled at … Read more
Oxford accidentally under-dosed participants in its coronavirus vaccine trial because of a measurement blunder by the university’s researchers, it emerged today. In May, scientists running the trial conducted a quality check on a delivery of vaccines that arrived from a manufacturer in Italy and found the chemicals were more potent than the university had ordered, according to … Read more
Oxford accidentally under-dosed participants in its coronavirus vaccine trial because of a measurement blunder by the university’s researchers, it emerged today. In May, scientists running the trial conducted a quality check on a delivery of vaccines that arrived from a manufacturer in Italy and found the chemicals were more potent than the university had ordered, according to … Read more
Dosing ERROR by researchers in the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine trial boosted its success rate to 90%, firm’s vice-president reveals AstraZeneca scientist Mene Pangalos says ‘serendipity,’ led to a break through ‘Mistake’ helped scientists discover half-dose was more effective than a full one More analysis needed to explain why an initial lower dose was more effective … Read more
Persil cleans up its act and ditches plastic dosing ball as it moves to 100 per cent recyclable bottles for its washing detergent Plastic ball had come under fire from environmentalists for adding to landfill It came with every bottle despite it being argued people didn’t need more than 1 Persil estimates ditching it will … Read more
Kids Robitussin and Dimetapp cough syrups recalled over fears missing marks on their dosing cups could lead to accidental overdoses GlaxoSmithKline has issued a voluntary recall of three combined lots of two of its cough syrups Two lots of Children’s Robitussin Honey Cough and Chest Congestion DM nd one lot of Children’s Dimetapp Cold and … Read more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed highly unusual guidance from its website informing doctors on how to prescribe the anti-malaria drugs recommended by President Donald Trump to treat coronavirus. The medications, chloroquine and its analog hydroxychlorquine, are also used to threat arthritis and the autoimmune disorder lupus. Initially, the CDC webpage had … Read more