Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering licensed its Erapid electrochemical sensing platform to IQ Group Global to integrate with the Australian consortium’s transistor technology in a SARS-CoV-2 test. The combined solution could greatly simplify serological testing for the virus and help monitor immunity in individuals and populations over time.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Avinger, Australian Biotechnologies, Elixirgen, Flowmetric, Onegevity, RenalytixAI, Ricoh, Sherlock Biosciences, Shockwave Medical, Spartech, The Commons Project, Theracell, Tolo Biotech, Tufpak.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: AB Science, Apeiron, Ascletis, Clover, Cortexyme, Precision, Takeda, Sutro.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbott, Caretaker Medical, Viveve.
Shares of immunotherapy developer Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd. (NASDAQ:ENLV) climbed as much as 69% Dec. 3 after interim data showed the apparent benefits of its lead candidate, Allocetra, for severe and critical COVID-19 patients.
The extraordinary speed with which mRNA technology has delivered what appear to be safe and highly efficacious vaccines for preventing COVID-19 herald the start of a “golden age of vaccinology,” according to C. Buddy Creech, director of the vaccine research program at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and principal investigator on the phase III trial of Moderna Inc.’s mRNA-1273 COVID-19 vaccine.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: DEA gets on board with partial Rx fills; USPTO touts early results of amendment pilot; FDA posts combo product feedback final guidance.
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