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18 March 2020
Covid-19: start-up that saved lives with 3D-printed valve may face legal action
Italian 3D printing start-up Isinnova has saved the lives of ten Covid-19 patients after developing a replacement ventilator valve when supplies at Chiari hospital in Brescia ran dry.
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17 March 2020
FDA relaxes regulations around Covid-19 diagnostics
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has relaxed the regulations around diagnostics for Covid-19 to expedite the availability of testing.
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13 February 2020
Coronavirus: CDC finds some test kits sent to states are faulty
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found that some coronavirus test kits delivered to state laboratories are faulty.
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11 February 2020
Coronavirus: India revokes export ban to supply masks to China
India has withdrawn a ban on medical gear exports to supply surgical masks and other medical accessories to China, which is battling with the deadly coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.
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10 February 2020
UK distributes new coronavirus diagnostic test
The UK has launched a new coronavirus diagnostic test to boost its testing capabilities as the outbreak in China continues.
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6 February 2020
Coronavirus: China boosts medical supplies imports, cuts tariffs
The Ministry of Commerce of China has issued a notification on the expansion of imports of medical supplies and daily necessities to fight the ongoing coronavirus outbreak in the country.
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29 January 2020
Coronavirus: Australian researchers grow the virus in lab
Scientists in Australia have developed the deadly coronavirus, becoming the first to recreate the virus outside China.
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28 January 2020
Mauna Kea gets FDA approval for Cellvizio with fluorescein dye
Mauna Kea Technologies, France has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval for Cellvizio 100 series and all associated Confocal Miniprobes for visualisation of blood flow when...
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22 January 2020
FDA reclassifies medical image analysers as class II devices
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final order to reclassify select radiological medical image analysers, including computer-assisted detection (CADe) devices, from class III to class II...
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22 January 2020
Coronavirus: CDC confirms first US case; search for cure underway
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US has reported the first case of the new coronavirus, named 2019-nCoV, in a man who returned from Wuhan city...