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Rare biblical ‘balsam tree’ found depicted on 2000-year-old amethyst seal

The small lilac stone, featuring the engraving of a bird and a branch with five fruits, had fallen into the main drainage channel of Jerusalem from the Second Temple period.

|ByROSSELLA TERCATIN
Amethyst stone depicting balsam tree.
A LAB technician works on investigational coronavirus disease treatment drug Remdesivir at Eva Pharma Facility in Cairo, Egypt, in June

Sales of first big COVID-19 drug, remdesivir, may disappoint - analysis

"A lot of people were worried about the supply and wanted to keep remdesivir for their worst-case patients."

|ByREUTERS
A LAB technician works on investigational coronavirus disease treatment drug Remdesivir at Eva Pharma Facility in Cairo, Egypt, in June

Gilead says additional data on remdesivir shows improved clinical recovery

Findings from the analysis of its late-stage study showed that 74.4% of remdesivir-treated patients recovered by Day 14 versus 59.0% of patients receiving standard of care, the company said.

|ByREUTERS
Vials of investigational coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug are capped at a facility.

Gilead to enroll pediatric patients for late-stage remdesivir study

The trial will assess the effectiveness and safety of the drug in the patients, which would include newborns to adolescents, across more than 30 sites in the United States and Europe.

|ByREUTERS