The company expects to produce more than 140,000 rounds of its 10-day treatment regimen by the end of May, and anticipates it can make 1 million rounds by the end of this year.
Companies including Mondelez, Nationwide and Barclays are moving to permanent work-from-home positions as a result of cost-cutting needed in a coronavirus-caused recession, as well as proof it's productive.
In a new report, researchers from the University of Minnesota stressed that Covid-19 was more contagious than the flu and was likely to continue circulating after a first wave this spring.
Amgen reported better-than-expected first-quarter results and said it plans to study psoriasis drug Otezla as a potential treatment for Covid-19, the respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus.
The grassroots effort spreading through social media is coinciding with International Workers' Day, which is typically marked by labor rights demonstrations.
Moderna and Swiss contract drugmaker Lonza Group said on Friday they would accelerate the manufacturing of the U.S. drug developer's potential coronavirus vaccine.
The president of the European Commission backed calls for an investigation into the origin of the new coronavirus and said China should be involved in the process.