NHS England postpones activity on the Commercial Framework April 2020 NHS England has announced that it will be pausing activity on the Commercial Framework during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. NHS England has taken this decision […]
Payment by results paused during the COVID-19 outbreak March 2020 In an urgent letter, NHS Chief Executive Simon Stevens and NHS Chief Operating Officer Amanda Pritchard confirmed that the operational planning process for 2020/21 has […]
UK commits to contributing £210 million to the global search for a COVID-19 vaccine March 2020 The UK will contribute £210 million to global efforts to identify a vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19), it was announced on 26 March 2020. Following a […]
New technologies introduced to aid in the fight against COVID-19 March 2020 Two new technologies have been introduced to help combat the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). These innovations build on the following technological approaches used to date in […]
Human monoclonal antibody candidates against SARS-CoV-2 identified March 2020 The pharmaceutical company Vir Biotech recently published a press release announcing that it has identified multiple candidate human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against SARS-CoV-2, the virus underlying […]
Clinical trials of a candidate vaccine for COVID-19 to begin by September 2020 March 2020 The pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson have announced that they have selected a lead candidate vaccine for coronavirus (COVID-19) from a range of potential vaccines […]
