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Man wearing mask, receiving coronavirus vaccine

Gilead’s remdesivir enters China phase III trial to fight coronavirus

Feb. 4, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – China will kickstart a phase III trial Feb. 3 to determine whether patients with 2019-nCoV can be treated with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s NUC inhibitor, remdesivir, which was originally developed for Ebola, four days after a U.S. patient was said to have recovered by using the drug candidate. 
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Time perception clocks

With rapid transmission of 2019-nCoV, how fast is fast enough for communication?

Feb. 4, 2020
By Anette Breindl and Elise Mak
BEIJING – The current speed of new developments in the 2019-nCov outbreak is illustrated by a Jan. 28, 2020, press conference in Munich, where Andreas Zapf, head of the infection task force in the Bavarian ministry for health and food safety, briefed reporters on the first confirmed German case.
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Man wearing mask, receiving coronavirus vaccine

Gilead’s remdesivir enters China phase III trial to fight coronavirus

Feb. 3, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – China will kickstart a phase III trial Feb. 3 to determine whether patients with 2019-nCoV can be treated with Gilead Sciences Inc.’s NUC inhibitor, remdesivir, which was originally developed for Ebola, four days after a U.S. patient was said to have recovered by using the drug candidate. 
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Time perception clocks

With rapid transmission of 2019-nCoV, how fast is fast enough for communication?

Jan. 31, 2020
By Anette Breindl and Elise Mak
BEIJING – The current speed of new developments in the 2019-nCov outbreak is illustrated by a Jan. 28, 2020, press conference in Munich, where Andreas Zapf, head of the infection task force in the Bavarian ministry for health and food safety, briefed reporters on the first confirmed German case.
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Coronavirus test tubes

In China, the race is on to develop, approve test kits for coronavirus

Jan. 30, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – Chinese regulators are speeding up to approve more test kits for the deadly coronavirus that already has killed 170 people and infected more than 7,700 globally. Companies also are working around the clock to develop better products and maintain supplies.
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U.S.-China capsule

Trade deal could help China’s biotech upgrade, if honored

Jan. 28, 2020
By Jihyun Kim and Elise Mak
HONG KONG and BEIJING – Not just multinational players but domestic Chinese pharmaceutical companies are poised to benefit from China’s promise under a phase one trade deal with the U.S. to better protect intellectual property (IP), even if question marks remain around how the deal will be enforced. The move is in line with China's ambition to strengthen IP rights protection and upgrade the approach to innovation of its pharmaceutical and biotech industries.
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Person holding knee, joint pain

Tennor’s prosthetic joint infections therapy, TNP-2092, set to start phase III soon

Jan. 28, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – With promising phase II data in hand – and newly designated FDA orphan drug status – Suzhou, China-based Tennor Therapeutics Suzhou Co. Ltd. is gearing up to move into pivotal testing with TNP-2092 to treat prosthetic joint infections.
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Person holding knee, joint pain

Tennor’s prosthetic joint infections therapy, TNP-2092, set to start phase III soon

Jan. 23, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – With promising phase II data in hand – and newly designated FDA orphan drug status – Suzhou, China-based Tennor Therapeutics Suzhou Co. Ltd. is gearing up to move into pivotal testing with TNP-2092 to treat prosthetic joint infections. TNP-2092 is a multitargeting drug conjugate designed to exert antibacterial activity by inhibiting three essential targets in bacterial biofilms.
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Person holding knee, joint pain

Tennor’s prosthetic joint infections therapy, TNP-2092, set to start phase III soon

Jan. 22, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – With promising phase II data in hand – and newly designated FDA orphan drug status – Suzhou, China-based Tennor Therapeutics Suzhou Co. Ltd. is gearing up to move into pivotal testing with TNP-2092 to treat prosthetic joint infections.
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China promotes real-world evidence in R&D and approval with new guidelines

Jan. 21, 2020
By Elise Mak
BEIJING – China has released guidelines to promote the use of real-world evidence (RWE) in drug development and reviews.
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