Wanted: People Willing to Get Sick to Find Coronavirus Vaccine March 19, 2020 – Posted in: Open Orphan (ORPH)

British lab is recruiting volunteers for study it says could speed development of Covid-19 vaccine By Denise Roland March 19, 2020 7:00 am ET Thousands of people have volunteered to be infected in the hope of finding a vaccine for the new coronavirus.  hVIVO, a clinical research group in London, has attracted more than 20,000 volunteers willing to be infected with tamer relatives of the virus that causes Covid-19 in exchange for a fee of…

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Tiziana Life Sciences #TILS – Announces Closing of Offering and Resulting Total Voting Rights March 16, 2020 – Posted in: Tiziana Life Sciences (TILS)

London, New York 16 March 2020 – Tiziana Life Sciences plc (Nasdaq: TLSA / AIM: TILS) (the “Company” or “Tiziana”), a U.S. and U.K. biotechnology company that focuses on the discovery and development of novel molecules to treat human disease in oncology and immunology, today announces the closing of its underwritten follow-on public offering (the “Offering”) of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) on the NASDAQ Global Market. Tiziana  issued 3,333,333 ADSs (representing 16,666,665 new ordinary shares…

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Sunday Telegraph – Vaccine hunters: meet the scientists racing to find a cure – Posted in: Open Orphan (ORPH)

As the WHO warns of a shortfall in funding for vaccines, infection experts speak of their fight to stop the spread by Joe Shute In a laboratory in the depths of Imperial College London, all eyes are on a group of mice scurrying about their daily business. The rodents were injected a few weeks ago with a prototype vaccine which it is hoped will achieve what the world has so far singularly failed to do…

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