LONDON – A single dose of Pfizer Inc./Biontech SE’s COVID-19 vaccine does not promote a strong enough immune response to provide protection against variants of SARS-CoV-2, including the Kent variant B.1.1.7, which as of April 29 had caused 226,635 confirmed infections in the U.K.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Arup Laboratories, Conventus-Flower, Cynosure, Evon Medics, Genome Medical, Midiagnostics, Myellevate, Patientsafe Solutions, Red One Medical, Specific Diagnostics, Techcyte, Vocera.
Urgency to meet the world's worsening load of COVID-19 cases appeared unflagging Thursday, with four new trials kicking off to evaluate treatments aimed at keeping people from progressing to worsened disease and reports on two new variant-focused efforts yielding signs of preclinical promise.
PERTH, Australia – After gaining European clearance for its Eugeni COVID-19 rapid antigen test, Anteotech Ltd. reported a A$12 million (US$9.3 million) capital raise to launch its first global product that will help screen travelers, making it easier and safer to open borders. The Brisbane, Australia-based company was largely unheard of before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, but it has emerged as one of the few companies that has developed a low-cost, high sensitivity rapid COVID-19 test.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Atricure, Cerapedics, Celltrion, Lumenis, Soliton, Sommetrics.
Urgency to meet the world's worsening load of COVID-19 cases appeared unflagging Thursday, with four new trials kicking off to evaluate treatments aimed at keeping people from progressing to worsened disease and reports on two new variant-focused efforts yielding signs of preclinical promise.
CMS has posted the draft Medicare inpatient rule for fiscal year 2022, replete with the usual controversies over reassignment of procedures under the Medicare diagnostic grouping system. One bit of good news is that the agency may carry over several expired new technology add-on payments (NTAPs) into the coming fiscal year, a move prompted by the difficulty of collecting claims data from fiscal year 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Advanced Biological Laboratories, Fractyl Laboratories, Johnson & Johnson Vision.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Brainsway, Lucira Health, Neurolutions, Phoenix Cardiac, Speedx.
