Pfizer will spend $43 billion to acquire Seagen"Together, Pfizer and Seagen seek to accelerate the next generation of cancer breakthroughs and bring new solutions to patients by combinin...
13 Mar, 2023, 06.12 PM IST
Pfizer buys Seagen for $43B, boosts access to cancer drugsThe deal announced Monday will combine Seagen's technology with Pfizer's scale and strength, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement. ...
13 Mar, 2023, 05.46 PM IST
Covid-19: Experts worry about how US will see next surge comingAs Covid-19 infections rise in some parts of the world, experts are watching for a potential new COVID-19 surge in the U. Despite disease m...
25 Mar, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
Can exercise be an antidote for Alzheimer's disease? Study finds those will higher fitness level have 33 % reduced risk of the ailmentMain factors that determine people’s fitness are genetics and exercise.
15 Mar, 2022, 04.40 PM IST
What the future holds for the Coronavirus and usEven for a virus, evolution is a long game, and our relationship with SARS-CoV-2 is still in its infancy. We are extremely unlikely to erad...
12 Oct, 2021, 10.33 AM IST
Move to the mountains: Air pollution can increase the risk of dementia, says new studyThe study identified a link between PM2.5 or smaller and dementia.
06 Aug, 2021, 06.27 PM IST
Chinese researchers removed key Covid-19 gene data from NIH databaseJesse Bloom, a virologist at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, described the removal of the sequencing data in a new p...
24 Jun, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with casesThe coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health officials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infe...
19 Jan, 2021, 12.02 PM IST
EXPLAINER: Are new coronavirus strains cause for concern?Viruses naturally evolve as they move through the population, some more than others. It's one reason we need a fresh flu shot each year. Ne...
21 Dec, 2020, 12.19 PM IST
Gennova Biopharma to start mRNA vaccine trials by the year's end; results likely in March '21The trial results are likely to come in by March 2021, Sanjay Singh, CEO of Pune-based Gennova, told ET. There is a possibility that India ...
12 Nov, 2020, 11.53 AM IST
Wall Street closes broadly higher on deal news, vaccine hopesDrugmaker AstraZeneca resumed its British clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine, one of the most advanced in development.
15 Sep, 2020, 07.52 AM IST
Wall Street closes broadly higher on deal news, vaccine hopesAlso, Pfizer Inc rose 2.6% after the drugmaker and German biotech firm BioNTech SE proposed to expand their Phase 3 pivotal COVID-19 vaccin...
15 Sep, 2020, 06.51 AM IST
Chinese research firm attached to Army first to start 2nd clinical trial for coronavirus vaccineAn adenovirus vector vaccine, developed by a research team led by Major General Chen Wei of the Institute of Military Medicine under the Ac...
16 Apr, 2020, 04.57 PM IST
NY death toll passes 10,000; new hot spots slow to emergeThe brunt of the disease has been felt most heavily in New York, Italy, France, Spain and the United Kingdom, but grim projections of a vir...
14 Apr, 2020, 06.57 AM IST
Eerily on the mark, a gene detective's coronavirus findings raise hope and fear in equal measureTrevor Bedford started analyzing Covid genomes from China as soon as they went public.
26 Mar, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
As pressure for coronavirus vaccine mounts, scientists debate risks of accelerated testingStudies have suggested that coronavirus vaccines carry the risk of what is known as vaccine enhancement, where instead of protecting agains...
11 Mar, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
View: What the corona virus scare reveals about IndiaAn insightful article in The Atlantic says epidemics reveal the truth about societies they hit. The Chinese paid a high price for their sec...
08 Mar, 2020, 11.50 AM IST