Infectious Diseases

Roche wins FDA approval for first test to detect malaria in blood donors

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a molecular test from Roche Diagnostics that screens blood donors for…

Avoid “narrow national interest” in fighting next pandemic, WHO chief says

“Narrow national interest should not come in the way” of fighting against the next big public health threat, says World…

Roche exec says more pull incentives are needed to tackle AMR

“Pull incentives such as high cost of therapy and longer exclusivity periods, similar to those granted for orphan drugs, are…

LTS wins $1.2m grant to develop mRNA therapy patches

German pharmaceutical company Lohmann Therapie-Systeme (LTS) has received a $1.2m grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop…

FDA approves first at-home chlamydia and gonorrhoea sample collection in US

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved LetsGetChecked’s at-home testing system for chlamydia and gonorrhoea. The De Novo…

Siemens Healthineers and Global Fund target AI-enabled TB screening

Siemens Healthineers and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have teamed up to bring artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled…

FDA approves BodyCAP’s eCelsius Medical System

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for French MedTech company BodyCAP’s connected medical device, eCelsius Medical…

Meet the chlamydia and gonorrhoea combo test that gives results in 30 mins

A point-of-care test for chlamydia (CT) and gonorrhoea (GN) can give results in 30 minutes, the makers of the platform…

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation backs all-in-one, home rapid STI test

Aptitude Medical Systems is swapping Covid-19 for a different type of pathogen after the company revealed a partnership with the…

UK government backs AI-powered defence technology

UK diagnostic company Pictura Bio has been awarded funding by the UK government’s Ministry of Defence to accelerate the development…

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