Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: Stroke protection effects like night and day; Blood pressure meds help range of patients when taken as prescribed; Test IDs undetected blood clots in COVID-19 patients.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Chembio Diagnostics, Edwards, Genetron Health, Laminate Medical Technologies, Nuvaira, Surmodics.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Arbor Vita, Cambridge University Hospitals, Cancer Research UK, Crh Medical, Flir, Geisinger, Gerpang Healthcare Group, Hypertension Diagnostics, Mainstay Medical, Makemedical, Nano-X Imaging, Promedica Bioelectronics, Rti Surgical, Siemens Healthineers, Spo Global, Xoran.
When BIO 2019 closed its doors in Philadelphia last June, none of the delegates of the industry’s largest event would have predicted that the next meeting, scheduled for San Diego, would be canceled and the event would be transformed into a virtual version. In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated our normal way of life and, until effective therapeutics and vaccines become available, how we conduct the business of biotechnology will remain radically different. This will be one of the many themes explored during BIO Digital Week that kicked off today.
PERTH, Australia – Aussie biotech CSL Ltd. and the University of Queensland (UQ) have entered a development agreement with the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) to accelerate development, manufacture and distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Queensland.
HONG KONG – Israel-based Vayyar Imaging Ltd. and Hong Kong-based Meditemi Co. Ltd. have teamed up to create a more intelligent care robot that provides a range of remote monitoring capabilities, including early detection of COVID-19 symptoms.
Money raised through biopharma financings so far in 2020 is double the amount raised within the same timeframe of 2019, partly due to two large financings completed in May by Sanofi SA, which is working on candidates to treat or prevent COVID-19, the disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abiomed, Medtronic, Opti Medical Systems.