Tag: Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading to every corner of the world. During this worldwide attack of virus, human beings are highly concerned for their immune system, since it is the only savior currently. In circumventing a response to pathogenic infections like coronavirus, a healthy microbiome is essential to maintain an optimal immune system in preventing

As we know, COVID-19 is causing large scale loss of life and severe human suffering. With the pandemic spreading across the globe, researchers are racing against the clock to develop diagnostic tools, vaccines and treatments. Recently, WHO has launched a Solidarity clinical trial to assess relative effectiveness of four potential drugs against COVID-19. Further, there

The coronavirus outbreak and the drop in economy that we are facing today is unlike anything that most of us have seen in our lifetime. The pandemic has threatened the whole world to such an extent that life has come to a standstill. In fact, the initial stage of lockdown featured the fragile nature of

With the new threat to humanity presented by Pandemic COVID-19, another bigger challenges for the pharmaceutical industries are bulk vaccine production in the limited time span. How will the pharma sector be going to cope with these challenges? Well, automation has always improved the quality and efficiency of the production process in the pharmaceutical industry

Coronavirus(COVID 19) is spreading around the world, with 2.6 million global active cases[TB1] . Till date, there are no approved treatments for COVID-19. However, multiple pharmaceutical companies are doing research at breakneck speed to develop therapeutics and preventive vaccines against this novel coronavirus. The pharma industry is hoping to compress the development timelines to get a

In a blog posted a few weeks ago, I talked about the key strategies that the pharma companies can adopt to deal with the impact of COVID-19. The strategies were dependent on the position of the companies on the recession readiness evaluation framework (added below). Check out the blog for more details on this. Two

It is the first time in the history of medicine that so many scientists / researchers across the globe focused so urgently on a single disease in such a short span of time. Looking at the developments in the past few month, I really feel that COVID-19 has changed how the world does science together.

I would never have thought that a mutant flu virus could create that big panic in people at each and every corner of the world. In fact, the past few days in quarantine have really made me realize where exactly the humanity is heading. For majority of us, our lives are on a temporary hold

Comparison with other communicable diseases According to worldometers.info, as of 5 April 2020 (5:30 PM GMT), the total number of COVID-19 cases rose to over a million, with a reported mortality rate of 5%. Further, a comparison with certain other communicable disease-related deaths (Figure below) presents a worrisome situation. As of 5-April 2020, the novel

As is the case with numerous pharmaceutical companies who have been racing to find a potential cure for the patients suffering from infection with Corornavirus, the stem cell industry has been on an outlook to identify stem cell therapies which can treat the disease and / or its symptoms. Athersys is developing a possible therapy

In a recently released statement, the NHS has advised all companies that are conducting early phase clinical trials to seek confirmation that the trials have undergone a risk assessment in relation to coronavirus (COVID-19). As per the statement, this is likely to result in the halt/termination of some of the trials. With several governments announcing

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has put the pharmaceutical manufacturing supply chain under close scrutiny. The overdependence of the US on China and India to meet its API demand has been the talk of the town. However, with the number of infected cases in the US surpassing that of China, the focus has shifted from discussing

In a recent press release, bluebird bio, one of the leading gene therapy developers, announced that COVID-19 has delayed the EU launch and US filing of the company’s gene therapy candidate Zynteglo (LentiGlobin). The company now expects to dose the first commercial patient with Zynteglo in Germany in the second half of 2020. Earlier, the company had

As per a recent article published in Financial Times, Sanofi has warned that Europe lacks the vaccine manufacturing capacity to cope with pandemics like the coronavirus. Roots Analysis, in a recent report, has identified more than 40 vaccines that the currently being developed against COVID-19. To know more about the vaccines under development, check out

A lot has happened. And that too in a short span of time. A few weeks ago, everyone outside China was worried about the quarantined cruise ships. No one at that stage would have thought that, just in a few days, the virus may be knocking at the doorsteps. Now there is fear and it