Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Takeda-led COVID-19 plasma product to begin trial this month
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - An experimental COVID-19 therapy using blood plasma, developed by Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical Co and its partners, is scheduled to begin a late-stage clinical trial ...
Sep 17, 2020
South Korea approves Phase 2/3 trials of Celltrion’s COVID-19 antibody drug
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea said on Thursday it has approved Celltrion Inc's experimental COVID-19 treatment for Phase 2/3 clinical trials, as the firm plans to seek an emergency use authorization f...
Sep 17, 2020
BioNTech CEO expects vaccine can be fridge-stored for two weeks
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - BioNTech expects that the experimental COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Pfizer can be stored at refrigerator temperatures for at least two weeks, seeking to allay concerns ...
Sep 17, 2020
ECB’s de Guindos says exchange rate is fundamental for inflation
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The euro's exchange rate is a "fundamental" determinant of euro zone inflation, European Central Bank vice-president Luis de Guindos said on Thursday, joining a number of ECB pol...
Sep 17, 2020
WHO’s Ryan: Need consistent messaging, mustn’t turn COVID-19 into “political football”
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization's top emergency expert, asked on Thursday about contradictory remarks by President Donald Trump and U.S. health officials, said that it was important f...
Sep 17, 2020
EU okays 44 billion euro Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit companies
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU competition regulators on Thursday gave the green light to a 44-billion-euro ($51.9 billion) Italian recapitalisation scheme for virus-hit large companies, saying this would su...
Sep 17, 2020
Euro zone August price fall confirmed, core inflation slows
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone consumer prices fell in August, the EU's statistics office confirmed on Thursday, pulled down by a drop in energy prices, but core inflation that excludes such volatile ...
Sep 17, 2020
Exclusive: Suspected arms dealers moved millions in Somali money transfers, report says
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under U.S. sa...
Sep 17, 2020
Alibaba Health, Sinovac in deal to build platform for coronavirus vaccine inoculation
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Health Information Technology said on Thursday it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese coronavirus vaccine developer Sinovac Biotech. The two...
Sep 17, 2020
Kioxia says U.S. restrictions on Huawei could cause memory chip oversupply, price downturn
TOKYO (Reuters) - Kioxia Holdings Corp, the world's second-largest maker of flash memory chips, warned on Thursday that tighter U.S. restrictions on Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] could cause mem...
Sep 17, 2020
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