Expects Archives - Mediarabe

Trump expects voters to fall for the same health care trick twice

October 13, 2020

As a presidential candidate four years ago, Donald Trump not only railed against the Affordable Care Act; he also made bold promises about the magnificence of his alternative plan. The Republican’s alternative to “Obamacare” would offer everything Americans they could dream of, including better coverage at a lower price. All voters had to do was elect him.

In reality, of course, Trump didn’t know and didn’t care about how to deliver on these promises. He was peddling post-policy nonsense, counting on the electorate to not know the difference.

As a president, when it came time to follow through, Trump was lost without a map, amazed to discover the complexities of an issue he never he even tried to understand. The Republican endorsed plans that did the opposite of what he told voters he’d do, and when it came time to engage in actual negotiations, Trump struggled to keep up —

BioNTech expects pre-reserved vaccine bottling capacity to be freed up

October 11, 2020

| No Comments

| Health

By Ludwig Burger

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – BioNTech said global capacity to bottle new COVID-19 vaccines, which is in tight supply as producers hoping to develop successful candidates book up slots, will likely be more freely available once some drop out of the race.

“If clinical trials fail or get delayed, capacity may be freed up again,” Sierk Poetting, BioNTech’s head of operations and finance, told an online news conference on Thursday.

“The (fill and finish) market is indeed very tight because everyone has reserved capacity, but I believe we will see some adjustments there once the first products are on the market,” he said.

“This is certainly a type of capacity that can be more easily transferred (than production capacity).”

More than 40 experimental vaccines are currently being tested on volunteers around the globe to combat the new coronavirus, which has claimed more than 1 million lives.

Also speaking at

Department of Health expects 1 million doses of COVID-19 antibody treatments by end of 2020

October 9, 2020

| No Comments

| Dept Of Health

A government official said on Friday that he expects two leading drug manufacturers to produce 1 million doses of antibody treatments to be administered to the public at no cost.

Department of Health and Human Services official Paul Mango told reporters that the government’s Operation Warp Speed program already has produced “a couple of hundred thousand doses” of the treatments so far.

Mango said the department expects 1 million doses of the antibody treatments to be produced by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Eli Lilly & Company by the end of 2020. Mango reiterated President Trump, who said earlier this week that the drugs would be given to patients who need them for free.

Both Regeneron and Eli Lilly have insisted that their treatments, which differ in their administration, have been shown to be safe during clinical trials. Regeneron’s drug relies on a mix of two

Canada Expects to Approve New COVID-19 Tests Soon, Government Official Says | World News

September 29, 2020

| No Comments

| Health News

TORONTO (Reuters) – Health Canada expects to authorize new antigen tests for COVID-19 soon, a senior government official said on Tuesday, in an effort to provide additional testing as a second wave of novel coronavirus infections overwhelms laboratories.

Antigen tests can provide rapid results outside of a lab, but may be less accurate than some lab-based diagnostic tests. They are already widely used in the United States and elsewhere.

“We have a number of them under review at the moment – it is our priority,” Supriya Sharma, senior medical advisor for Health Canada, said during a media briefing. “For some of them we are, I think, very close to having a final decision.”

Sharma said the tests under review could be used outside of healthcare settings.

While other countries have approved new ways to test for COVID-19 in recent months, like rapid point-of-care tests, much of Canada is stuck with

M	T	W	T	F	S	S
				1	2	3
4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31