Focus:
Infectious Diseases
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9 June 2020 Analysis
Covid-19: digital contact tracing for those without smartphones
One of the many solutions to easing lockdown restrictions under UK government plans is to harness is an app that can enable large-scale digital contact tracing – but not everybody...
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5 June 2020 News
Vapotherm to expand nasal cannula production in response to Covid-19
Vapotherm is set to scale up capital equipment manufacturing capabilities to increase the production of its Precision Flow systems.
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3 June 2020
Syngene and HiMedia partner to manufacture Covid-19 test kits in India
Biocon’s research arm Syngene has partnered with bioscience company HiMedia Laboratories to manufacture and distribute ELISA antibody test kits for Covid-19 in India.
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21 May 2020 News
FDA grants EUA for Color’s Covid-19 testing technology
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Color to use its Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) technology for Covid-19 testing.
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20 May 2020 News
Bio-Techne, Kantaro Biosciences to deliver Covid-19 antibody test kits
Bio-Techne has partnered with Kantaro Biosciences, a joint venture of Mount Sinai Health System with Renalytix AI, to deliver Covid-19 antibody test kits.
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19 May 2020 News
Quidel receives EUA for Lyra Direct Covid-19 test
Quidel has received EUA from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Lyra Direct SARS-CoV-2 Assay to allow direct Covid-19 test sample processing.
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18 May 2020 News
GeneME develops on-premise FRANKD mouth swab test for Covid-19
Polish biotech company GeneMe has developed FRANKD, a fast, scalable mouth swab test for Covid-19.
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6 May 2020 News
Euroimmun’s serology test obtains EUA to identify Covid-19 antibodies
PerkinElmer company Euroimmun has received the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) emergency use authorisation (EUA) for Anti-SARS-CoV-2 ELISA (IgG) serology test to identify Covid-19 antibodies.
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6 May 2020 News
VitalConnect receives EUA status from FDA for wearable biosensor
VitalConnect has obtained emergency use authorisation (EUA) status from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its VitalPatch wearable biosensor as part of the response to Covid-19.
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5 May 2020 projects
Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL) Ventilation Device
The Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally (VITAL) is a new high-pressure ventilator developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California to treat...