Companies Vir Biotechnology, Inc. and GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced the global extension to phase 3 of the COMET-ICE study, which evaluates the effectiveness of monoclonal antibodies – VIR-7831 for early treatment of COVID-19 in patients at high risk of hospitalization. VIR-7831 (also known as GSK4182136) is the fully human monoclonal antibody against SARS-CoV-2, selected for its ability to neutralize the virus, to kill infected cells and reach the high concentrations in the lungs (one of the main foci of infection). Following the positive evaluation of the safety data at the initial stage of the Independent Data Monitoring Committee on 30 September 2020, COMET-ICE’s registration study will now be expanded worldwide to include additional clinical bases in the North and South America as well as Europe. Prior to this expansion, COMET-ICE, originally planned as the Phase 2-3 study, took place only in the United States. It is expected that in early 2021 the product will be available for limited clinical use.
The increased risk of the hospitalization is judged by such comorbidities as diabetes, obesity, renal or heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial asthma, age over 55 years. In addition to VIR-7831, the immunology company is also developing antibodies against hepatitis B virus, influenza A, human immunodeficiency virus and tuberculosis.
The American oil and gas giant Exxon Mobil had one of the worst years in its history. Exxon shares have fallen by 45.36% since the beginning of 2020. The company has lost money for three quarters in a row, and in August they were excluded from the benchmark index of “blue chips” Dow Jones Industrial […]
Johnson & Johnson plans to complete the third phase of trials of its single-dose vaccine against COVID-19 in mid-January 2021. Paul Stoffels, vice chairman of the executive committee, senior scientific expert at Johnson & Johnson said they plan to deliver to market 1 billion doses. “We are in the middle of the third phase of […]
The American company Pfizer and the German BioNTech have applied to the European Medicines Agency for registration of their coronavirus vaccine. The announcement was published on the BioNTech website. “On Monday, November 30, Pfizer and BioNTech filed a formal application with the European Medicines Agency for a conditional authorization to use their COVID-19 candidate vaccine […]
The National Bank did not go out this week with interventions on the interbank market, according to the press service of the regulator on Friday, November 27. The Central Bank has been refusing to buy or sell currency for three weeks in a row. At the same time, since the beginning of the year, the […]
Last week, from November 16 to 22, more than 4 million people in the world became infected with the new type of coronavirus, which is a record number since the beginning of the pandemic. This was announced on Tuesday, November 24, the press service of the World Health Organization. According to the WHO, in these […]
With the appearance of an effective vaccine against coronavirus and the subsequent recovery of the world economy, the US dollar may fall by 20%. This was reported by the Financial Times. It is noted that banks, which already had negative forecasts for the dollar next year, deteriorated expectations against the background of the emergence of […]
If coronavirus vaccines become widely available and help restore international trade and economic growth, the dollar is likely to fall by 20% in 2021. Bloomberg reports that this forecast was made by Citigroup Bank. If the forecast comes true, it will be a record drop since 1985, when the DXY index fell by 18.5% over […]
BioNTech from Mainz and US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer have announced the successful third phase of clinical trials of the vaccine from COVID. The company said in a statement that registration is expected in November. According to the release, the third phase of clinical trials of BNT162b2 showed its effectiveness by more than 90% among trial […]
Hundreds of thousands of workers could lose their jobs in the aviation sector if states do not provide the additional assistance. “In the absence of additional government measures to provide assistance and open borders, hundreds of thousands of airline jobs will disappear, ” – said the executive director of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) […]
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Shares of Dell Technologies rose after the company released results for the second quarter of fiscal 2021, which ended July 31 this year. Since the beginning of the year, shares of Dell Technologies have risen by about 21.5% compared to the growth of the S&P 500 by 7.85%. Dell reported a decrease in earnings per […]
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On December, 23 this year it was a private press conference with the representatives of the Ministry of Regional Development, Construction and Housing of Ukraine. The meeting was attended by: Lev Partskhaladze (Deputy Minister of Regional Development, Construction and Housing), Oleksiy Honcharuk (head office of effective regulation – BRDO) and Olena Shuliak (Sector Manager of […]
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The American company Google on Wednesday, March 3, announced its intention to abandon tracking the individual activity of users. Instead, the Internet giant will introduce new technologies that protect users’ privacy and allow advertising to be targeted without gathering information about them. “People don’t have to accept that their online activity is tracked to benefit […]
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The American company SpaceX will launch the first Starship spacecraft into Earth orbit, most likely in 2021. It said its founder Elon Musk, speaking at a video conference on the problem of human flight to Mars, according to TASS on Tuesday, September 1. Mask was asked when the first test flight of Starship into orbit […]
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China in addition to the purchase of the coal business in Australia, aims to get the appropriate transport infrastructure for the supply of its raw material in many corners of the world, reports Bloomberg. Acquisition of Australian Yancoal Australia Ltd. (which is a part of Chinese coal-mining giant Yanzhou Coal Mining Company), a controlling stake […]
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The chain of one of the world’s most popular fast food restaurants McDonald’s is suspected in violating tax laws in Europe. Today, the European Commissioner for Competition Margaret Vestager plans to announce a formal investigation into tax treaties with Luxembourg McDonald’s – reports Reuters with reference to informed sources. The investigation is scheduled to consider […]
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Asian and Pacific Forum of Economic Cooperation (APFEC) of countries has taken place on 19-20thof November 2016 in Lima (Peru).The key political figures who representing different regions of the world will discuss the prospects of a further cooperation within the two-day meeting. It is especially important against the background of presidential elections in America results. It […]
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According to Resolution №269 of March 29, wheat, sunflower oil, detergents, newsprint, cardboard, craft paper and craft cardboard, toilet paper, cosmetic wipes, hand towels, tablecloths and napkins were added to the list. The list also includes boxes, boxes, bags, packages, rope made of other alloy steels, drilling tools, and other carts and running balancing carts, […]
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Panasonic Corporation shareholders intend to invest $ 260 million in the continuation of construction for production of solar plant in the State of New York (Buffalo). This is reported by foreign journalists edition of The Wall Street Journal referring to representatives of the Japanese company. According to official information, the company will be put into […]
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Spouses McMahon, the owners of the “Morgan Fenice company ” – a large manufacturer of the upholstered furniture (Morgan Furniture LLC, Kvasyliv, Rivne region), are going to invest 280 million UAH (€ 9.3 million) within the next three years to expand production capacity and specialty-equipment. This will increase the volumes of production and export by […]
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One of the biggest Ukrainian trade and industrial groups Fozzy Group, which is a part of PJSC Holding Invest (Kyiv), has received permission from the Antimonopoly Committee for the purchase of Boguslavskii zavod prodtovariv (Kyiv region, city Bohuslav) and a plant for fish processing Vohni hestii (legal address – Kyiv, physical address – Zhytomyr). This […]
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Former special representative of the US State Department on Ukraine Kurt Walker on Tuesday, September 1, became an independent member of the Board of Directors of BGS Rail. This was reported by LIGA. Business with reference to the press release. It is noted that Kurt Walker will also work as an advisor to the chairman […]
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Over the past three years, the number of vacancies in the world has tripled with a four-day working week. Their number increased to 62 per 10,000. It is noted that the effectiveness of the reduced working week is also confirmed by the results of research conducted by the British think tank Autonomy. “The four-day week […]
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The opening of the plant of the Fujikura company in Ukraine should be a strong signal to all investors willing to believe in our country. The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko wrote about this in his Twitter after the opening of the new plant of Fujikura in village Pidryasne near Lviv. “You will not find […]
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Uber has already tried to give drivers more autonomy so that they are considered contractors rather than employees. A California court has issued a preliminary order ordering Uber and Lyft to immediately retrain drivers from contractors to company employees. The order will take effect in 10 days. As independent contractors, Uber and Lyft drivers do […]
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