Infectious disease

The American Academy of Neurology Virtual Annual Meeting 2021 is ongoing from April 17 through 22, with literally hundreds of presentations. Here’s a peek at just some of them.
The Swiss pharma giant quietly announced the cuts this morning in a breakdown of its first quarterly financial report.
A small study by researchers in Israel published in the journal Rheumatology identified six cases of patients developing herpes zoster rashes (shingles) after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
This is an update on what is known about the clots and what the likely course of action is going to be.
Please check out the biopharma industry’s COVID-19 stories that are trending for April 20, 2021.
The companies also plan to develop the candidate for the treatment of other potential future viral diseases.
The new financing round was led by RA Capital Management, in tandem with new investors Redmile Group, Federated Hermes, Foresite Capital, ArrowMark Partners, PremjiInvest, and another unnamed investor from the health care space.
As the U.S. reports surges in COVID-19 infections despite increased enrollment in vaccines, news continues to break about therapies, vaccines, and the risks involved with the new vaccines. Here’s a look.
The vaccine distribution has been paused in the country because of six or seven cases of rare blood clots.
It has been reported that Johnson & Johnson contacted Pfizer, Moderna, and AstraZeneca about investigating the clots and to “speak with one voice about safety.” However, both Pfizer and Modera declined, indicating that their vaccines were not associated with blood clots.
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