We won't get coronavirus vaccine results in October

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Today in healthcare news: The door has closed on getting vaccine data in October, and Eli Lilly ends its antibody trial in hospitalized COVID-19 patients — while the US is paying $375 million for 300,000 vials of the investigational drug.

Plus: A timeline of Trump's coronavirus statements matched with new cases over the course of the pandemic. 

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Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla

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Pfizer's CEO repeatedly talked up getting coronavirus vaccine data in October. Now, he's asking for patience.

• Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla effectively closed the door Tuesday on knowing whether or not its experimental coronavirus vaccine would work by the end of October.
• On the New York pharma giant's third quarter earnings call, Bourla acknowledged the company has not yet started the first interim analysis for this final study, called a phase-three trial.
• In September, Bourla set public expectations for an October data readout, a timeline at odds with top government scientists like Dr. Anthony Fauci and Moncef Slaoui, Operation Warp Speed's chief scientist.
• Instead, Bourla asked on Tuesday for patience, as the study progresses. 

Read the full story from Andrew Dunn here>>

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The logo of Lilly is seen on a wall of the Lilly France company unit, part of the Eli Lilly and Co drugmaker group.

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Eli Lilly has ended a major COVID-19 antibody test among hospitalized patients

• Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly announced Monday it would stop trials testing an antibody drug in hospitalized patients after data suggested treatment was "unlikely" to help this group recover from COVID-19.
• Eli Lilly had paused trials of the treatment in mid October after an independent board of experts raised health concerns. 
• The company said trials including patients with milder forms of COVID-19 would continue.

Read the full story from Allana Akhtar here>>

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Dr. Anthony Fauci speaks about the coronavirus.

Associated Press

A timeline of Trump's statements about the coronavirus juxtaposed with new cases throughout the pandemic

• President Donald Trump has made contradictory and false statements about the coronavirus pandemic since January.
• The chart below provides a timeline of some of Trump's statements juxtaposed with rates of new daily COVID-19 cases in the US.

See the full chart from Susie Neilson and Yuqing Liu here>>

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