The coronavirus epidemic in the world will intensify by the end of this year due to the seasonality of the infection, but in early 2021 the situation will improve. This opinion was expressed by the head of Microsoft Bill Gates at the virtual conference GeekWire Summit. This was reported by Inc.
“The good news is that by the end of the year or the beginning of the next, more effective therapies will begin to appear, especially monoclonal antibodies,” he said.
Gates explained that monoclonal antibodies are formed by cloning immune cells – leukocytes. These antibodies are specifically targeted to specific areas on the pathogen particles.
Experimental treatment with the monoclonal antibodies was given to US President Donald Trump, who recently fell ill with COVID-19, the head of Microsoft reminded. He predicted that by early 2021, two or three of the first six monoclonal-based drugs currently in the final phase of testing would be “likely to be approved.”
Chief State Sanitary Doctor, Viktor Liashko, said that the drug “Remdesivir”, which was planned to treat patients from the coronavirus, have already been purchased, and the party is taken to Ukraine. He said the news in the interview with Radio Svoboda on Sunday, October 18. “And now it is being transported to the territory of […]
The position of the richest man in the world, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos reached $ 199.7 billion, which is a record for a businessman. This was reported on Wednesday by Forbes magazine. The publication noted that during the trading of Amazon shares on Tuesday, the state of Bezos even exceeded the mark of $ 200 […]
The American satellite company Kymeta announced the attraction of $ 85.2 million in the last round of financing. The round was led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who invested $ 78.5 million in the startup. Kymeta develops and manufactures high-speed satellite systems and antennas. The main product of the company is a flat satellite antenna […]
The Verkhovna Rada adopted a law providing for the possibility of establishing state enterprises Ukrainian aircraft industry joint ventures (JVs) with foreign partners. Law №4809 “On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of Ukraine regarding the establishment of conditions for international cooperation entities of aircraft and the development of domestic aircraft” supported 241 MP of the […]
Next
As Interfax-Ukraine reports, the Administrative court rejected the claim of the International Airline Company of Ukraine (IAU) for the charge of the collection in specialised state fund of aviation activities expenses financing. On November 9, 2016, the court made the decision on materials of the state register of judgments which were published on its official […]
Next
The Ministry of Infrastructure has developed a draft order that will allow Ukraine to establish production of hydrogen-powered cars. This was reported on the website of the ministry. It is noted that today in Ukraine there are no requirements for hydrogen transport. These are electric vehicles on hydrogen fuel cells. They run on compressed hydrogen. […]
Next
According to a report by the US Department of Commerce on Thursday, the fall in gross domestic product (GDP) for the period from April to June (2nd quarter) amounted to 32.9% compared with the same value last year. Economists have noted that it is the strongest decrease since the government started to keep records in […]
Next
At the end of 2015 between UniCredit Leasing and GREENSTONE group was signed an agreement for more than $ 1.5 million. According to the agreement, The GREENSTONE will fulfill the obligations of Creative with respect to leasing trucks, agricultural vehicles and passenger cars. The agreement with UniCredit Leasing involves the renewal of the lease and […]
Next
In his new project, the pharmaceutical giant Bayer wants to unite the genome editing technology crispr with their experience in trying to develop new drugs. Bayer, in close cooperation with Crispr Therapeutics AG on the basis of new technologies will seek to establish modern medicines from hemophilia and heart disease of newborns. In a joint […]
Next
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved a list of economic activities for which entrepreneurs and employees in the “red” quarantine zones can apply for state aid. This is stated in the resolution №329. The list of types of activities for which sole proprietors and employees can receive eight thousand hryvnias: Retail trade of motor vehicle […]
Next
A Business, as well as any other sphere of professional activity, demands from the person a certain complex of knowledge, abilities and tendencies. In any case, if you actually plan to achieve stable success as the entrepreneur, the corresponding education will become some kind of catalyst in the course of achievement of this purpose. The […]
Next
The British medical regulator is considering restricting the use of the coronavirus vaccine by the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca and Oxford University among young people due to concerns about the formation of blood clots. This was reported on Tuesday by The Times. A similar decision could be made, according to her, the Agency for the Control […]
Next
The computer system of the American medical company Universal Health Services, which has a membership of over 400 medical institutions, has become the object of attack by hackers that demand the ransom. This was reported by CNBC, citing sources from the company’s employees. According to the TV channel, computers in the various institutions of the […]
Next
French oil and gas company Total and Google Cloud developed technology based on artificial intelligence to assess the potential use of the solar energy in homes. This is stated in the message of the Total. “Total and Google Cloud pooled their expertise to jointly develop innovative tools of the Solar Mapper, which aims to accelerate […]
Next
Fintech company Ant Group, a division of the Chinese Internet company Alibaba, plans to hold an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange this year. This could become one of the largest IPOs in the world in 2020, according to Reuters citing sources aware of the situation. According to one of the […]
Next
The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (AMCU) has imposed a fine on the company operating the network of gas stations belonging to the Privat group for anti-competitive concerted actions in setting oil prices. The fine amounted to UAH 4.7 billion, the press service of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine reports. Thus, on Tuesday, March 30, a […]
Next
International financial company Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Toronto headquarters, Canada) purchased 9.99% of shares of agricultural Ukrainian holding Astarta, which is the flagship of the domestic sugar market, which also is one of the largest provider of milk in the country. In addition,a new owner of shares acquired the right to purchase the remaining interest […]
Next
In the coming years, under the condition of implementation of reform and modernization of the economy, the influx of foreign investment in Ukraine can be increased two-fold to $ 8 billion, and more. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Economic Development Maksym Nefodov during the the discussion about interim plan of priority actions of […]
Next
The State Administration of Market Control on Saturday, April 10, announced a fine of 18.22 billion yuan ($ 2.78 billion) from Alibaba for antitrust violations. This is stated in a statement published on the regulator’s website. “Impose a fine of 4% of the company’s domestic sales for 2019 of 455.712 billion yuan, which is a […]
Next