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Bern (ots) - Insights into Covid-19, recommendations for health authorities and vaccines: the findings and synthesis report for the Swiss National Science Foundation's National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) were presented today. The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) launched the National Research ...
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Bern (ots) - New findings from NRP 72, financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation, are helping to curb antibiotic resistance. In the field of new antibiotics, however, structures needed for translating results into practice are lacking. Worldwide, more and more pathogens are becoming resistant to today's antibiotics. As antibiotics lose their efficacy, infections that were once easy to treat can give rise to fatal ...
Nes Ziona, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - Intradermal COVID-19 vaccination studies are emerging in a global effort to use available doses more effectively by harnessing skin immunity to reduce the dosage required for effective vaccination, as well as to improve the immunogenicity of weaker vaccines. Additionally, there ...
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Bern (ots) - Some research relies almost entirely on animal models. An example is the SNSF-funded project on virus surveillance in the mouse brain. "The immune system has a place where it is born, a place where it is educated and a place where it goes to work." Natalia Pikor, research group leader at St. Gallen cantonal hospital, is studying one of the most complicated systems in the bodies of vertebrate animals and ...
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Bern (ots) - An interdisciplinary team funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows that the R number of coronavirus can be estimated quickly and cost-effectively from wastewater. Since the start of the coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) pandemic, many public health measures have been decided based on its dynamic of spread, more precisely, on the reproductive number of the virus, known as the R number. This value indicates ...
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Bern (ots) - Projects taking part in the National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78) of the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are pursuing highly promising approaches in a drive to develop new vaccines. Three research groups have adopted interesting approaches to the highly topical issue of vaccines. The team led by Steve Pascolo is investigating ways of improving functionality and stability of mRNA vaccines, ...
Rijswijk, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Addition due to incomplete information in the press release as sent on 4 June 2021 Analyses carried out by TNO in a BSL-3 laboratory cabinet showed that the corona gun had achieved a 94.9% reduction in the Covid -19 virus after 15 minutes. In the laboratory set-up, the (live) virus was located on stainless steel plates at 85 cm from the device. Earlier, the Dutch scientific ...
Lausanne, Switzerland (ots) - - Currently approved COVID-19 vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA) technology require two injections, given several weeks apart, for optimal protection against the virus - Debiopharm has launched a vaccine innovation challenge to a pool of international “problem Solvers” within ...
Bilthoven, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - - Intranasal administration of OMV-Spike protected against challenge with SARS-CoV-2 - Intranasal vaccine administration has significant advantages over injectables - OMV technology is a powerful vaccine platform for future pandemics Intravacc, a global leader in translational research and development of viral and bacterial ...
Dublin (ots/PRNewswire) - Magnostics is leading a consortium of University and National Researchers to develop and launch Viral RNA Extraction Kits for detection of COVID-19. A team of scientist from Saint Vincent University Hospital, National Virus Reference Laboratory, University College Dublin, and Magnostics ...
Lisbon, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - Hovione today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Ligand to significantly ramp up the production output of Captisol®. Captisol®, a Ligand product, is a chemically modified cyclodextrin proven to improve the solubility and stability of drugs. It is used in the formulation of Gilead's COVID-19 treatment Veklury® ...
Rotterdam, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Viroclinics Biosciences B.V. ("Viroclinics") today announced the appointment of life sciences industry veteran Davide Molho, DVM as the company's new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Molho succeeds Bob van Gemen, PhD who has served as the company's CEO since 2011. This transition is part of a planned succession strategy. Dr. ...
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds / Fonds national suisse
Bern (ots) - Many scientists are currently undertaking work on the Sars-CoV-2 virus. But hundreds of projects supported by the SNSF are already contributing to finding answers to the current health crisis. In Switzerland and around the world, the novel coronavirus has become a priority for scientific research. Projects supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are no exception. A special call and a ...
Visbek, Germany (ots) - IgNova announced today that it has filed a patent application covering the use of passive immunization to control SARS-CoV-2 infection in humans. IgNova, a biopharmaceutical R&D start up, researches technology based on specific egg immunoglobulins (IgY). The patented IgY binds the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, neutralizing the virus when it enters the mouth or nose and, therefore, inhibiting the ...
Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd
Taizhou, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Favipiravir is a broad-spectrum antiviral agent that inhibits the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of RNA viruses. It has efficacy against a range of RNA viruses, including Ebola, influenza and COVID-19. No evident adverse reactions have been found since it came into the market. Unlike traditional antiviral drugs, Favipiravir can directly ...
Maidenhead, England (ots/PRNewswire) - The European Commission has today given regulatory approval for the first adjuvanted quadrivalent influenza vaccine to become available across Europe. This new vaccine builds on the well-established technology used in an existing adjuvanted trivalent influenza vaccine (aTIV) available in several European countries. aTIV has ...
Rapperswil, Switzerland and Tel Aviv, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - The epitope-based vaccine will target the most vulnerable part of the viral spike protein Ramot , Tel Aviv University's technology transfer company, and Neovii , a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company and a member of Israel-based Neopharm Group, announced today that they have signed a research and license ...
Rapperswil, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Neovii, the Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company and a member of Israeli-based Neopharm Group, has signed a research and license agreement with Tel Aviv University's (TAU) RAMOT, its technology transfer company, to work in collaboration with a team led by Professor ...
Lausanne, Switzerland, and Boston (ots/PRNewswire) - SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, today announced that it is entering the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus by extending its partnership with Paragon Genomics, who developed a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay and leveraging the SOPHiA Platform analytical capabilities, as well as delivering ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - MAVENCLAD® is now approved in 52 countries worldwide - Approval brings forward new treatment option with a novel mechanism for highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis in Switzerland - Approval based on extensive clinical development program capturing more than 10,000 ...
Darmstadt, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - MAVENCLAD® is now approved in 52 countries worldwide - Approval brings forward new treatment option with a novel mechanism for highly active relapsing multiple sclerosis in Switzerland - Approval based on extensive clinical development program capturing more than 10,000 ...
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