News: Akston launches Covid booster Trial
A Netherlands-based clinical trial for Akston Biosciences’ Covid-19 booster vaccine is set to begin its second phase. The trial will...
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The Citruslabs blog covers all things clinical trial patient recruitment and retention as well as exciting news and developments in the medical research industry. Browse our recent posts or search for a topic you're interested in to learn more.
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Morgan Carpenter
Feb 2, 20222 min read
News: Controversy over Ivermectin use in Covid-19
Kowa Co Ltd. has announced that their anti-parasite drug, Ivermectin, demonstrated an antiviral effect against new variants of the...
Morgan Carpenter
Jan 19, 20222 min read
Bod Australia's cannabis trial for Long-Covid
Bod Australia is beginning a clinical trial hosted in the UK, exploring the effects of their MediCabilis 5% medicinal cannabis product on...
Morgan Carpenter
Jan 12, 20222 min read
J&J vaccine protects against breakthrough Covid-19
A recent report from Johnson and Johnson has confirmed data from a real-world study, demonstrating their single-shot Covid-19 vaccine...
Morgan Carpenter
Jan 5, 20222 min read
News: “deadly carrot” may fight Covid-19
A new study has found that a recently discovered antiviral (thapsigargin) blocks Covid-19 infection in cell cultures. The compound is...
Morgan Carpenter
Nov 10, 20212 min read
News: Pfizer oral therapy reduces Covid mortality risk
Interim data has been released from Pfizer’s Phase II/III clinical trial of oral COvid-19 therapy, called Paxlovid. In the trial, the...
Morgan Carpenter
Sep 22, 20212 min read
News: RedHill trialing oral Covid drug in South Africa
Biopharma company RedHill had previously been trialing a new drug candidate, RHB-107 (upamostat) at research sites in the US, but has...
Morgan Carpenter
Jun 21, 20213 min read
Clinical research on isolation and Social re-entry
As more areas in the US ease into the summer months with lowered Covid-19 Restrictions, it’s no surprise that a lot of people are...
Morgan Carpenter
Jun 9, 20212 min read
Australian Covid-19 Patch outperforms Injection
In a pre-clinical study of a novel microarray vaccine patch, Vaxxas reported enhanced immune response against Covid-19. The Australian...
Morgan Carpenter
May 12, 20212 min read
News: FDA Approves Pfizer vaccine use in 12-15 year olds
On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the dual dose Pfizer vaccine in 12 to 15 year olds. The decision is...
Morgan Carpenter
Apr 26, 20216 min read
Why the Covid-19 Vaccine Wasn't Rushed
The development of the Covid-19 vaccines has brought relief to a lot of people, but has left others wondering about the safety of an...
Morgan Carpenter
Apr 14, 20212 min read
Asthma treatment shortens Covid-19 recovery time
Researchers at Oxford University have discovered that an easily accessible asthma treatment can help speed up Covid-19 recovery times, by...
Morgan Carpenter
Mar 5, 20213 min read
How Covid-19 slowed clinical studies, and How We can Help.
Since the start of the Covid-19 Pandemic, many clinical studies have experienced disruption in enrollment levels, or even stopped running...
Morgan Carpenter
Jan 6, 20213 min read
News: UCLH begins dosing in two Covid-19 treatment studies
The University College London Hospital has begun dosing for two clinical trials testing a long-acting antibody (LAAB or AZD7442) therapy...
Morgan Carpenter
Dec 23, 20202 min read
News: CureVac begins phase three Covid-19 vaccine trials
CureVac, a biopharma company based in Tübingen, Germany, has announced their entry into phase three clinical trials for their Covid-19...
Morgan Carpenter
Dec 16, 20203 min read
News: COVID-19 rules for Christmas scrutinized in the UK
The UK was poised to relax Covid-19 restrictions in the coming weeks to allow for families to see each other at Christmas but has faced...
Joanna Thomson
Sep 23, 20202 min read
3 Bio-pharmas release Covid-trial timeline
In the last 48 hours, 3 of the big names studying the virus have published their latest clinical protocol to ease global anxiety.
Joanna Thomson
Sep 16, 20203 min read
Covid update: $890m to German biopharmas for clinical trials
Three German firms will receive crucial funding towards their vaccine research projects and clinical trials.
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