Volunteers are being recruited to test its effectiveness A group of British blokes are set to become the first in the world to test a new male contraceptive pill that could see the tables turned once and for all. The new daily pill prevents sperm production by blocking access to vitamin A, which is the bit […]

2 years ago

Trials on mice have targetted fat-storing stem cells Scientists have made a significant breakthrough in their quest to find a pill that can replicate exercise. In news that will come as cause for celebration for many, MIT researchers have been targetting fat-storing stem cells in mice to see if they can manipulate them. They found […]

3 years ago

Pfizer will price its drug on a country by country basis On Tuesday, everyone’s favourite vaccine manufacturer Pfizer said that it would allow generic companies to supply its Covid-19 pill to low and middle-income countries. Through a licensing agreement with the international health group Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), sub-licences will be granted to generic drug […]

4 years ago

A huge step for Pfizer and the pandemic Pfizer has said its revolutionary Covid-19 pill reduced hospitalisations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89 per cent. In a statement released on November 5, the pharmaceutical company said it not taking any more new patients into its clinical trial “due to the overwhelming efficacy” of the […]

4 years ago

A Covid pill could change the course of the pandemic A study on a potential antiviral pill to treat Covid-19 has found that the chances of hospitalisation and death are reduced by half in patients newly diagnosed with the virus. Made by the US firm Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, this pill could be the first […]

4 years ago