Health Care

The coronavirus pandemic postponed the start of clinical trials for potentially life-changing, new medicines. It also could delay the time in which some of those drugs will reach the market as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration faces a potential surge in applications amid a pandemic. The full impact of the postponements for testing new drugs, treatments and vaccines for ailments besides Covid-19 may not be known for months.

CVS Health Thursday said it is delivering as promised to open 1,000 testing locations for the Coronavirus strain Covid-19.

Quest Diagnostics Inc. is offering services to large employers geared at getting their employees back to work safely, including testing for the novel coronavirus, analytics to monitor symptoms and hotspots, and services like temperature monitoring, the company announced Wednesday.

Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it would start human trials of its potential COVID-19 vaccine in the second half of July, two months earlier than planned, as drugmakers race to develop a shot for the deadly respiratory disease.

Business leaders with long-term leadership coaches say tough feedback has prepared them for the challenges of the pandemic.

The drug giant AstraZeneca said Thursday that it has found partners to manufacture and distribute 2 billion doses of the experimental Covid-19 vaccine created by Oxford University, inking a series of deals with non-government organizations and another manufacturer.

Drug company AstraZeneca is to start producing a potential vaccine for coronavirus, its boss has told the BBC.

Moderna Therapeutics has just entered phase two of its clinical trials. Here's how mRNA vaccines work and what the latest developments mean.

Eli Lilly said on Monday it had started an early-stage trial to test its potential treatment for Covid-19, in the world’s first study of an antibody treatment against the disease.

Vulcan Capital and other Seattle-area firms invested in a $1.1 million round for MDMetrix, a Seattle startup that helps hospitals manage clinical performance.