July 2020

The clinical trial site network company LMC Manna Research shares insights gained from a survey of clinical trial participants’ COVID-19 views that could shed light on ways to improve recruitment and retention: outsourcing-pharma.com

Drug development firm Covance has introduced COVID-19 Clinical Trial Connect, a site designed to help potential patients match with research studies: outsourcing-pharma.com

A study of the contract research organisation field by Life Science Strategy Group (LSSG) offers a glimpse into how the virus has affected firms, and what the future might hold: outsourcing-pharma.com

As of 22 June, there were over 140 Covid-19 vaccines in various stages of development and, of these, 13 are now in human clinical trials: technologynetworks.com

Preliminary data from BioNTech and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine trial show ‘significantly elevated’ antibodies among US clinical study participants: ft.com

In Cambridge, UK, Chesterford Research Park-based biotech company NodThera has raised £44m to develop a new class of medicines to fight inflammatory diseases: cambridgeindependent.co.uk

The Scottish Government has issued guidance for laboratories and research facilities, including those on university campuses, on safer working during the coronavirus pandemic. It came into effect on 29 June 2020 and extends until further notice: gov.scot

Private and government laboratories in Puna, Maharashtra, India could face action for slow reporting of COVID-19 test results that have led to a delay in contact-tracing and treatment: indiatimes.com

The DIA Medical Information and Communications Conference will be held entirely virtually from 12:50 PM on 3 Nov 2020 to 7:00 PM on 5 Nov 2020. They are calling now for posters and presentation abstracts, and registration is open: diaglobal.org