Drug Research

Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccines manufacturing company, has announced that the company is going to commence research for developing a vaccine for Corona Virus (COVID-19), the pandemic which has infected more than a million and killed about...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, is accelerating its efforts with diagnostic testing and vaccine development technologies to effectively manage COVID-19 outbreak in the country. In India, Thermo Fisher is working closely with the relevant government...

Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies announced a collaboration aimed at helping address the COVID-19 pandemic. The companies will combine expertise to discover and develop fully human neutralizing antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 to potentially prevent or treat COVID-19. The mutually exclusive collaboration...

The Medicines Discovery Catapult will open a new dedicated laboratory at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park in Cheshire, making it one of the government’s national hubs for Covid-19 testing. Medicines Discovery Catapult is also helping to co-ordinate the establishment of the...

Zymo Research announced a partnership with Tecan to launch a ready-to-go processing solution to streamline viral DNA/RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, saliva, sputum, plasma, and serum. The DreamPrep™ NAP workstation, featuring Zymo Research’s Quick-DNA/RNA™ Viral MagBead Kit,...

Scientists on Standby has been rapidly conceptualised and launched in response to the COVID-19 crisis and in anticipation of the increasing pressure on UK diagnostic testing laboratories and facilities in the coming weeks and months. The portal enables scientists...

N4 Pharma Plc , the specialist pharmaceutical company developing Nuvec®, a novel delivery system for cancer treatments and vaccines, announces that it will be undertaking a proof of concept research project using a Covid-19 DNA plasmid for the purpose...