Europe

The deals cover Roche’s arthritis drug RoActemra and Merck’s multiple sclerosis drug Rebif - both seen as potential COVID-19 therapies - and will secure supplies for any of the 27 European Union member states wanting to buy them.

A Dutch government commission on compulsory licensing was nearly sabotaged last month after one of its members leaked information to a pharmaceutical industry trade group.

The companies plan to supply Britain with 60 million doses of the vaccine, which is under development.

The United Kingdom, one of the world's largest economies, has one of the highest COVID-19 infection and death rates globally.

Angi Lamb was given days to live back in December but she hasn't stopped fighting - now she needs to raise £25k for her last-hope cancer treatment.

The European Commission said it had given conditional approval for the use of antiviral drug remdesivir in severe COVID-19 patients.

The project has started Phase III of the human trials to assess how the vaccine works in a large number of people over the age of 18.

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The German Health Ministry commented on reports that the United States has bought up all stocks for the next three months of the anti-coronavirus drug remdesivir, leaving no products left for the rest of the world.

The US has bought up virtually all stocks of a drug shown to work against Covid-19 - raising fears Brits won't be able to get hold of it until autumn.

Hundreds of volunteers are to take part in the trial of a new vaccine against coronavirus over the coming weeks, as part of a project led by scientists at Imperial College London.

A spike in demand for anti-inflammatory steroid dexamethasone could send prices of the drug higher after researchers at Oxford University showed it could provide relief to some Covid-19 patients.

Amid an ongoing row over its cost, medicine was not available to patients in UK.

A government scheme to fuel the development of new antibiotics by offering to pay pharmaceutical companies upfront for their work will start this week.

It was unclear whether any deal would involve an advance purchase of the vaccine in testing or an option to buy it.