The US National Institutes of Health decided to step up and tackle the gender imbalance in clinical research. Around $10 million will be awarded to up to 82 research centers across the US to provide incentives for laboratories to go beyond the male biased approach. The 82 applicants already received NIH funding for their research, but the health organization decided to supplement the initial … [Read more...]
GSK Ebola Vaccine Going into Clinical Trials Soon
Considering the acute situation in which West Africa finds itself, drug manufacturers now face the situation of having to start clinical trials on experimental drugs. As such, GlaxoSmithKline has announced that it will start the clinical trial for its vaccine against the Ebola virus. The British drug manufacturer has been developing this vaccine together with U.S. scientists and because of the … [Read more...]