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Drugmakers have continued to hike their drug prices during the COVID-19 crisis, increasing prices on average 23.8 percent for 245 drugs, many of which are used in COVID-19 treatments or research. Read More
At least five drug developers working on COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines with U.S. government funding have contracts that bypass laws that ensure taxpayer-funded drugs and vaccines are affordable, a new report says. Read More
Japanese drugmaker Fujifilm is partnering with India’s Dr. Reddy’s and Dubai-based Global Response Aid (GRA) to manufacture and sell its influenza drug Avigan (favipiravir) for the treatment of COVID-19. Read More
Bharat Biotech has received approval to begin clinical trials in India of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. The trial will be the first for a COVID vaccine developed in that country. Read More
Inovio Pharmaceuticals has released data from the phase 1 clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate showing it was safe and well-tolerated and induced immune responses in a majority of participants. Read More
The University of Oxford is resuming recruitment this week for its global clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, which was paused after a now-retracted study found the antimalarial drugs had no benefit as a treatment for COVID-19. Read More
FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said yesterday that he was “optimistic” that more than one COVID-19 treatment could be available by the fall in addition to Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir, which has already received Emergency Use Authorization from the agency. Read More
Any COVID-19 vaccine the FDA approves would have to be at least 50 percent more effective than a placebo, according to a new guidance it released yesterday. Read More