Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 3M, Advanced Human Imaging, Arya III, Autolomous, Avantor, Bio-Techne, C2i, Echonous, Eko, Fittrack, Gynesonics, Inqb8, Intervenn, Nautilus Biotechnology, New England Biolabs, Novogeneait, Paxman Coolers, Peijia, Portal Bioscience, Ritter, Trxade Health, Veranome Biosystems.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbott, Alpha Tau Medical, Angiodynamics, Elute, Eyeyon Medical, Glaukos, Mimedx, Roche.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Avacta Group, Medtronic, Opgen, Orasure Technologies.
LONDON – A new U.K. study indicates the Pfizer Inc./Biontech SE COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the India variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that was designated as of global concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 10.
With the U.S. launch of the first deployable airborne COVID-19 detection system, Bioflyte Inc. is working to provide effective ways to sample the air and deliver results within an hour. The Sentinel integrated solution aims to prevent widespread infection in schools and workplaces.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cognoa, Edwards, Sorrento.
HONG KONG – Following a wave of concern about the efficacy of two COVID-19 vaccine candidates developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm), interim analysis of an ongoing phase III trial, published May 26 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, has shown that adults receiving at least one dose of either of the company’s two inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines had significantly reduced the risk of symptomatic COVID-19.
