Respiratory Syncytial Virus Explained
Everybody knows what the common cold and influenza are, but we’d guess not many have heard of RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus). So, what it is? Well it is a very common virus that leads to mild, cold like symptoms in adults and older healthy children. The symptoms most commonly appear about four to six days after exposure to the virus and include a congested or runny nose, dry cough, low-grade fever, sore throat and mild headache. However, it can be much more serious for babies and those in high risk groups such as the elderly. The symptoms for those high-risk groups can include fever, severe cough, wheezing, rapid breathing or difficulty breathing and a bluish colour of the skin due to a lack of oxygen.
Open Orphan (LON:ORPH) was founded in 2017, with the goal of rapidly building Europe’s leading pharma services company by a management team with extensive industry and financial expertise. The company comprises of two commercial specialist CRO services businesses (Venn Life Sciences and hVIVO) and is also developing a genomics data platform business (Genomic Health Data).