Jul 31, 2020
It’s been an important week with big developments in potential COVID-19 vaccines; News on how steroid therapy may help some COVID patients; There’s results from the Actemra trial in COVID pneumonia patients; News that sputum samples may be just as effective as nasopharyngeal samples for detecting sars-cov-2; And ...
Jul 24, 2020
This week: The government makes a $1.95 billion deal for a COVID-19 vaccine; Promising data from the Oxford vaccine trial; The CDC retakes control of COVID-19 data; Novel calcineurin inhibitor for lupus nephritis gets priority review; And there’s new treatment for narcolepsy.
Jul 17, 2020
This week; Significant moves in COVID-19 vaccine development; Research finds a link between PPI use and increased risk of COVID-19; We look at remdesivir’s efficacy in severe COVID-19 cases; And several Company’s recall their metformin extended release tablets.
Jul 9, 2020
The discontinuation of a trial investigating a potential COVID-19 treatment; A safety alert for toxic hand sanitizers; Vaccine guidance in the time of the pandemic; And new treatments in HIV and myelodysplastic syndromes.
Jul 2, 2020
This week on the Pod: The FDA issues guidance for COVID-19 vaccine development; Accuracy in COVID-19 antibody testing; How statins may improve outcomes for hospitalized COVID-19 patients; and in non-COVID-related news there’s a new drug approvals in breast cancer and Dravet syndome.