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UK launches trial to study alternating COVID-19 vaccines for different doses

4 February 2021 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The UK Government has given £7 million of funding for a clinical trial which will investigate whether patients can be given different COVID-19 vaccines for each dose.

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Phase I/II trial initiated to study VLA2001, potential COVID-19 vaccine

17 December 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Valneva has initiated its Phase I/II trial for its inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate, VLA2001.

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UK leads Europe in Phase I and Phase II trials, ABPI findings show

12 October 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The ABPI has found that the UK is leading the rest of Europe in early-stage clinical trials and makes suggestions on how the country can maintain this position.

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Further £8.4 million in funding given to UK researchers studying immune response to COVID-19

28 August 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The funding is being split across three research projects that will hopefully improve the treatment of COVID-19 and inform the development of vaccines and therapeutics.

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UKRI announces six research initiatives into COVID-19 and ethnicity

29 July 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The UKRI and NIHR will fund projects worth £4.3 million to investigate the disproportionate death rate from COVID-19 among people from BAME backgrounds.

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Experimental motor neurone disease therapy shows promise

14 July 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Tofersen reduced expression of the SOD1 gene known to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and slowed clinical decline in the Phase I/II trial.

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UK national priority COVID-19 trial now recruiting patients

20 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The PRINCIPLE trial aims to evaluate therapeutics that could slow the progression of COVID-19 symptoms in patients most at risk of complications.

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Positive results from initial lopinavir-ritonavir COVID-19 clinical trial

7 April 2020 | By Hannah Balfour (European Pharmaceutical Review)

Researchers found that the combination of lopinavir-ritonavir HIV antivirals led to rapid symptom improvement in COVID-19 patients.

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Dr William van’t Hoff next NIHR Clinical Research Network Chief Executive

4 February 2020 | By Victoria Rees (European Pharmaceutical Review)

The next Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health Research’s Clinical Research Network has been announced as Dr William van’t Hoff.

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UK launches trial to study alternating COVID-19 vaccines for different doses

Phase I/II trial initiated to study VLA2001, potential COVID-19 vaccine

UK leads Europe in Phase I and Phase II trials, ABPI findings show

Further £8.4 million in funding given to UK researchers studying immune response to COVID-19

UKRI announces six research initiatives into COVID-19 and ethnicity

Experimental motor neurone disease therapy shows promise

UK national priority COVID-19 trial now recruiting patients

Positive results from initial lopinavir-ritonavir COVID-19 clinical trial

Dr William van’t Hoff next NIHR Clinical Research Network Chief Executive