Supporting Science in a world of COVID-19 - August 4th 2020!

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Researchers have found a newer more dominant COVID-19 variant. A specific change in the virus genome of SARS-CoV-2, previously associated with increased viral transmission is now shown to be more infectious in cell culture.

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CEPI has signed an agreement for the supply of glass vials to speed up the development of a COVID-19 vaccine. The partnership between Stevanato Group and CEPI sees them agree to supply 100 million Type 1 borosilicate glass vials, which will be able to hold up to two billion doses of the vaccine.

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Major pharmacists are interested in the discovery of an antibody, which has been made by a group of researchers from Utrecht University and Erasmus MC. The antibody in question was left over from previous research on other coronaviruses such as SARS and MERS viruses.

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As of 3rd August, there have been a total of 18,237,573 COVID-19 cases and 288,015,745 tests carried out worldwide.

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1. https://www.biotecnika.org/2020/07/newer-dominant-covid-19-variant-is-more-infectious-in-the-lab-study/, 2. https://www.biopharma-reporter.com/Article/2020/06/29/Stevanato-partners-with-CEPI-for-vaccine-vials, 3. https://eindhovennews.com/corona/2020/05/major-pharmacists-interested-in-dutch-covid-19-antibody-discovery/, 4.1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1043366/novel-coronavirus-2019ncov-cases-worldwide-by-country/, 4.2. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1028731/covid19-tests-select-countries-worldwide/