God is 58 seem. To subsist. On. Love and respect. The brace continues for a Coronavirus Vaccine still the highest hopes of treating infections with the medicines that already exist approved for other diseases or in development. Its called repurpose saying. You want to go with the things they do know that work such as severe appears to be. So you want to drugs like that. Its important to know at what stage a treatment is most effective medicines helpful early on when the infection is mild when there are no breathing problems could be affective or harmful to a patient. Continue to scour their portfolios for possible solutions the world has never faced a pandemic of these proportions in a moment ill talk to an expert from the European Medicines Agency 1st a look at some of the drugs that are being repurposed. Antiviral medicines were originally developed for hiv ebola hepatitis c. Influenza and 2 other coronaviruses sars and mares theyre designed to stop the disease from reproducing or entering long cells antiinflammatories are used to treat Rheumatoid Arthritis or inflammatory diseases theyre supposed to limit the bodys defenses and severe long infestations to avoid further information which would cause more damage than the disease medicines for long complications are designed to treat Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis they help supply the patients longs with sufficient oxygen and help to long to repair themselves cardiovascular medicines were developed to treat blood clots or Heart Disease theyre now being used to prevent complications from covert 19. Is head of biological Health Threats and strategy at the European Medicines Agency is a pharmacologist who spent several years in antibacterials and antifungals in preclinical and Clinical Development so where are we at in treating corona with repurposed medication. Yeah were seeing some important advancements in particular i think they use autism at those on up or up to and all the lights patients we copy 19 and with important results from the recovery study showing the benefits to immortality using this a medicine has an important enfants ment and will be used and also the anti virus does appear one of the 1st ones to be tested in Clinical Trials for the treatment of corby 19 it showed that the ability over a few scenes at the time to recall very so the time to start from the off the gulf agents meet all the lies that call the 19 and therefore ds are so far the most significant upon spend that we are reaching tons of the dis ease i went through the various treatments before what are the most effective of these treatments. Yet theres a macas on indeed the movement giving us the most impressive results so far and we really hope to see other interventions that will be as effective as this one and really the combination of different more dolly piece of treatment will be but important to be investigating the future we are causing the hope being then you want to cling onto bodies with that and neutralizing the activity so really acting as unto biros and probably that combination all bunty bar as we say knew no more do leaders might might be the most interesting were to follow in the future it took a long time to find the right mix to treat hiv we going to have to wait that long suppose it. We are not of course your everything is much more compressing time and fortunately there are still a lot of patients out we need severe call the 19 and be hospitalized and we have seen progress when youre up new wave all of the cases including similar cases so were really all that Clinical Trials that are running at the moment and there are several efforts well be able to deliver you know much faster way what we need to know about what could be the best intervention here now to combine the different agents of course is very important and one of the Lessons Learned that we need a lot from the my skin the court trial and the small mentee Clinical Research that weve seen in the beginning part all seen europe is not really elsewhere because we need a lot of studies to tell us exactly what its 14 and which patients but instead of free pass a single these different drugs developed to treat different diseases what what about new therapies. Yet in terms of one to virus in the new way both products are brand new and they cover all the small molecules seem not to read that severe or indeed these unto bodies that have the potential to naturalize the virus and being badly affected by any indeed we see these with other emerging viruses like it how they can be a really bad feeling times all reducing the burden of disease so we are really hoping that all these new maxines will provide really new opportunities and really be helpful in fuck food in treating the station as he said the new drugs could reduce the burden the need to hospitalizations i guess what we do need is a drug that works at all stages. Absolutely in fact so were really supporting the effort by Many Developers to study different drugs that different state is all caught in 1000 d. C. s starting really from their profile oxys impulse the sport of lux is going to treatment of mind p. C. s in the out patient and then of course the treatment of severe cut me 19 patients that i was brutalized and maybe we will need a combination of different drugs depending on the different thanks on to all the zs all of your encouraging new therapies but why isnt more being spent on that potential vaccines are saved about 6 times more funding than therapies and we dont even know if well get a vaccine. I guess for what i can say is that hes believed that the vaccine could ever be the end of the day yet bigger in parts are on the course of the fund than it can also in trying to contain the spread of the virus and this is what will be learned for a number all of our old diseases over years and decades but of course youre absolutely right that probably we need not to forget that also tara pure ticks are a stream important that and that effort should be put also in that ira to make sure that we have a group or fawley or or Treatment Options that cover different pharmacological activities in order to make to make sure that we can treat this one as possible in a non christian way patients with different stages of the disease from the he used top strategist Michael Company thank you very much for your time thank you building a high end is germanys 2nd because Pharmaceuticals Company with close to 6 and a half 1000 staff and busy working on various drugs including a special covert 19 therapy. These antibodies may be invisible to the human eye but they could play a vital role in neutralizing the corona virus scientists in the laboratories and bieber of half said they are developing new treatments as fast as they can. We are generating antibodies they bind with the virus and prevent it from infecting other cells and the human body in fact. So these antibodies are designed to catch the virus after it has entered the body yet before it can do any damage. Besides in a persuade b. A is brilliant in the himes Largest Research and Development Center the head of the German Division says the prospects for b. Are good. We are in the middle of the process of building up our team and our workforce and we expect a slight increase in personnel over the next few years i mean. Another approach to fighting the corona virus is the inhouse molecular library the socalled treasure troves these shells contain over a 1000000 different Chemical Substances the accumulated knowledge of the pharmaceutical giant researchers are investigating whether these substances are suitable for treating some of the effects of covert 19 the scientist said person or have joined 36 other pharmaceutical companies and Research Institutes around the world to form a consortium to fight the corona virus. Invent some enough by if we can Work Together and we can pull the best information from each contributor and that is precisely the goal of the consortium to bring together all the experts and move forward quickly on sakia but it could take years before an anti coronavirus drug is approved the scientists at drilling on him say its too early to speculate about a possible release date. Time to look at the viewer questions that have been coming in on how you tube channel is derrick williams. Its covered 19 now endemic. When i read this question i thought ok its time to talk about the elephant in the room the fact that despite all of our fondest hopes this virus is not going to fizzle out and go away 1st lets define endemic the way were using the word here is in its epidemiological sense which describes when an infection is more or less constantly present in the background within a specific population and geographic region but it also implies that its in a kind of steady state which hope in 1000 is not at the moment its still spreading fast and furiously in many places all over the planet one of 2 things could happen next when enough people build up immunity to it through infection or vaccination covert 19 could become an endemic disease or it could just apparently burn itself out and disappear like sars dead but not thats not going to happen in other words at this point if we could say that the disease was endemic wed actually be farther along the road towards returning to life as usual than we are it would mean covert 9000 was no longer out of control but was a disease we had tools to cope with well develop those tools eventually just like we did. Aids and influenza in fact probably a lot faster but but wiping the virus out entirely at this point would take a massive planet wide strategy like the one that wiped out smallpox and is nearly banished polio but projects like that take high levels of cooperation between nations and they take time so covert 19 is going to be with us for the foreseeable future but to some extent at least for how long will depend on us. Humans are the only ones going through difficult times during the pandemic some zoos are closed or have very few visitors and often lack the funds to feed their animals but merchants from perots launches wholesale food market have joined forces and donated over 10 tonnes of fruit vegetables to help feed the animals of lima zoo it seemed visited numbers tumbled from around 5000 to under 500 a day and leave you with the animals nice to have you along for another code special here on the w one it was only 7 i thought of going through. Germanys business in the middle kingdom is going well my friend how much longer. As a trading partner is becoming increasingly. Free Market Access is becoming more difficult intellectual property. Humans rights violations. How can these things continue. Made in germany. To the point of strong opinions clear positions International Perspectives. From our say that munich paris to prague corona virus infections are surging in europe the big cities at the for. If the weights can new restrictions bring the situation under control joining us on to the point. To the point. Being 60 minutes on d w. D to know that 77 percent of lucky are younger than. Me and me and. You know why this time of course is 100. 77 percent talk about the issue. From 1. 2 flashes from polls like to thank you tom this is where. The media. Step aside usa soon to take over as the worlds biggest economy china is no longer just an emerging giant its already clearly stealing the top spot on the podium staking out its claims on every continent with its sprawling belt and Road Initiative impacting how most every country does business officials in beijing as setting the Global Standards in tech theyre drawing up their own treaties and deals and theyve got the upper head with an immense amount of financial firepower but chinas also quietly secretive fad restrictive the question is is china more of a partner or rival. President xi jinping has promised time and again to open his mammoth economy to the world to lead in International Investment and allow for a level playing field. The executives ive spoken to say its going in the other direction they say chinese officials clamping down on foreign firms more than ever china and the European Union have been hammering out a comprehensive agreement on investment for 7 years now but of the multiple rounds of negotiations theyve basically got no way. The skyscrapers a friend high have all been built in the past 30 years. Almost all the big German Companies have an office in this business metropolis but some are starting to get nervous. 5000 German Companies operating in China Business is good but for how long the German Chamber of commerce in beijing has confirmed that German Companies are increasingly worried. The 1st issue is Market Access is asymmetrical access to the Chinese Market. A 2nd point is the Regulatory Environment and the 3rd point is obvious protecting intellectual Property Rights and finally a big concern these days is digitalisation and the Free Exchange of information and the Digital World. To get a hole. In chinas Digital World no one is really free beijing monitors its internet and Messenger Services like we chat for years now Foreign Companies in china have been required to store their data on chinese servers and the socalled social Credit System uses big data and Artificial Intelligence to monitor the behavior of its citizens and its companies. Why do western Companies Put up with that. For example western Companies Still have to form joint ventures with Chinese Companies. Germans can own 49 percent of the joint venture but the chinese retain the majority stake. A well known example is fox wagon which has been partners with the Chinese Automotive Company s. A. I. C. Since 1988 but joint venture requirement means the transfer of technology is almost mandatory to build in china a company has to make its know how Available Technology and systems have to be expo. To china the reward is access to the Chinese Market but not to all markets theres a list of approved sectors thats updated regularly teef list negative list is a register of the Chinese Government uses to control what types of Foreign Investment are allowed into the country. And. On the list is used to limit which industries these companies can invest in. In the studio. Currently the prohibited industries include medical Technology Environmental technology and aerospace the negative list includes 33 industries that are closed to Foreign Investment. Do the 300 Chinese Companies in germany have similar problems to deal with negative lists here the Chinese Chamber of commerce in germany deflects the question. Of course we value the partnership between germany and china very highly and this Political Security is very important for us we are entrepreneurs of course we invest here we want to earn money here and do good business. Good business its something that German Companies are also doing in china but 44 percent of them want to see more fanous according to an Anonymous Survey by the German Chamber of commerce in beijing why isnt anyone willing to say that on camera. Targets is no end of the day the station the economy here are so closely interwoven from the point of view of German Companies its sometimes better to address things behind closed doors rather than speak out publicly. And theres a lot to lose of all the cars it produced in the 1st half of 2020. Over 40 percent in china b. M. W. Sold 34. 00 p. And dima which makes most sadies sold 33 percent that. No other western industrial country has become as dependent on china as germany. This is especially true in the auto industry. Only a few German Companies have left china like model train maker met leave the company moved back to germany because production costs were too high and the quality too low. But that was 10 years ago. Looking at real trains is much more revealing chinese high speed trains are as good as their european counterparts much of the technology was copied from european trains made by siemens and storm which also built in china those companies shared their know how with that chinese partners now the copies are challenging the originals on the European Market on the one side is the gigantic state company subsidized with millions of euros an