Japan-funded study explores antibodies to neutralise omicron
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2021
An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralize omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants. Th...Read more
Nasal spray to fight COVID-19 heads to clinical trial in Australia
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 24 Dec, 2021
An at-home nasal spray treatment for COVID-19 will be put to the test by Melbourne biomedical researchers, as the Univer...Read more
New Zealand approves use of Ronapreve to prevent & treat COVID-19
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2021
The Ministry of Health’s medicine regulatory arm Medsafe in New Zealand has approved a new COVID-19 medicine Ronap...Read more
Hong Kong develops first anti-COVID-19 stainless steel
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 23 Dec, 2021
A team of researchers at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Hon...Read more
Australia updates COVID-19 calculator for Pfizer vaccine efficacy
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 22 Dec, 2021
The University of Queensland in Australia has updated a calculator to help people understand their risk factors for COVI...Read more
Any New Way to Track Omicron Besides the Sequencing?
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 16 Dec, 2021
WHO has officially appealed to countries that they must enhance surveillance & sequencing efforts to curb Om...Read more
Fapon Biotech Introduces POCT Test Solution for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Identification
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 15 Dec, 2021
Omicron variant has showed surging cases in nearly 77 countries around the world in less than one month and seems to bec...Read more
Singapore extends use of Pfizer vaccine for children of age 5 to 11
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2021
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore has extended the authorisation of Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine by Pfizer-...Read more
Hong Kong studies impact of Pfizer vaccine on Omicron variant
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 13 Dec, 2021
A recent study jointly conducted by the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the Faculty of...Read more
$540 M to continue and expand Australia’s COVID-19 response
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 08 Dec, 2021
The Australian government has invested a further $540 million in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including significant...Read more
Korea offers niclosamide-based drug as possible cure for COVID-19 variants
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 08 Dec, 2021
Experimental results have been published for the first time showing that an antiviral drug containing niclosamide, an an...Read more
Singapore secures additional supply of mAb sotrovimab for COVID-19 treatment
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 07 Dec, 2021
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Singapore has announced an agreement with the Government of Singapore to supply additional doses o...Read more
COVID-19: A Crash Course on ‘The Art of Living’!
COVID19 | Opinion | By Dr Ashok Kumar, President – Centre for Research & Development, Ipca Laboratories | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2021
Most of our life time efforts are bound in securing a good future, but time and again it has been proved that it is not ...Read more
Taiwan explores mix-and-match booster trial of COVID-19 vaccines
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 06 Dec, 2021
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and Taiwan-based Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp. (MVC) will c...Read more
Webinar: COVID-19 Molecular Testing – Supporting Back to Life & Work
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 28 Dec, 2021
On-demand webinar is available now Duration: 60 minutes Language: English Platform: Virtual Key Topics: L...Read more
ADB approves $1.5 B for COVID-19 vaccines in India
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 01 Dec, 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $1.5 billion loan to help the Government of India purchase safe and effe...Read more
US partners with Thailand to combat COVID-19 pandemic
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 26 Nov, 2021
The United States (US) delivered one million life-saving doses of the Moderna mRNA vaccine to help Thailand fight COVID-...Read more
Pakistan receives funding worth $11.7 M for mix-and-match trial of COVID-19 vaccines
COVID19 | News | 0 Comment | 25 Nov, 2021
Norway-based Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and the Aga Khan University (AKU) have announced a n...Read more