LONDON – The Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust have joined forces with financial services specialist Mastercard in establishing a $125 million seed fund to accelerate development of drugs to treat COVID -19.
Despite the growing concerns about the potential for the community spread of COVID-19 in the U.S., the FDA-FTC public workshop on competition in the biologics marketplace went ahead as scheduled March 9, playing to a full house with some audience members sitting in an overflow room. And all the invited speakers and people registered to speak during the open public hearing session showed up.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Applied Biosystems, Cardinal Health, Qiagen, Roche.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Assure Holdings, BD, Certest Biotec, Change Healthcare, Clearwave, Curetis, Imprivata, Masimo, Mckesson, Microsoft, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Nemaura Medical, Opgen, Prevencio, Unlimited Systems.
LONDON – The Gates Foundation and Wellcome Trust have joined forces with financial services specialist Mastercard in establishing a $125 million seed fund to accelerate development of drugs to treat COVID -19. The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator aims to play a catalytic role by speeding up evaluation of new and repurposed drugs and biologics to treat the novel coronavirus in the near term, and other viral pathogens in the longer term
HONG KONG – U.S., China and the Netherlands-based Harbour Biomed Therapeutics Ltd. has teamed up with Mount Sinai Health System, New York City's largest academic medical system, to develop novel biotherapies in oncology and immunology. The two parties will also be using Harbour’s H2L2 Harbour Mice platform to develop a monoclonal antibody (MAb) against the coronavirus that has turned into a global epidemic.
LONDON – The World Health Organization (WHO) has released its COVID-19 R&D roadmap, highlighting the gaps in knowledge about the virus and setting out priorities for research. The organization is now calling on groups around the world to use the document – drawn up by 400 experts – to coordinate their efforts.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alertwatch, American College of Cardiology, Avellino Labs USA, Clinical Computer Systems, Cybermdx, Exagen, Eyedaptic, Hologic, Htc Vive, Invacare, Invicro, LHC Group, Medicortex Finland, Northwell Labs, Nyxoah, Pavmed, Penumbra, Relyens, Sanmina, Sham, Soliton, Ulab Systems, Vispero.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aguair, Anthem, Avricore, Blue Cross, Ehealth Technologies, Enzo Biochem, Labcorp, Mologic, Silk Road Medical.
