COVID-19 vaccines

  • The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced the first six African countries that will receive technology to produce messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines. This comes off the back of the news that a South African consortium – part of the WHO’s technology transfer hub set up in 2021– had successfully replicated Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Professor Kelly Chibale talks about the significance…

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  • Alphabet’s Google reportedly told its employees they will lose pay and eventually be fired if they flout the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy, according to leaked internal documents. A memo circulated by Google’s leadership that was seen by CNBC said employees had until December 3 to declare their vaccination status and upload documentation showing proof or…

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  • As the year draws to a close, looking both back and forward to identify and anticipate trends and market behaviour is important. This week, Meziesblog has rounded up five stories which identify interesting and impactful trends and analysis with may influence the future of drug discovery.   1. Study reveals findings impacting health of Qataris  A group of researchers…

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  • More than 800 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China as of Tuesday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said Wednesday. The number has continued to rise at an ever-faster rate since China hit the landmark figure of 100 million on March 27. It only took six days for the number of COVID-19…

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