Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Akesis, Breath Direct, Clew, Datar Cancer Genetics.
With COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing still scaling up and the scarcity of some supplies, most of the vaccine doses available so far have been distributed in 75 countries while 115 countries are still waiting, World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said at the March 9 Global C19 Vaccine Supply Chain and Manufacturing Summit.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Adaptive Phage, Amgen, Circ, Demerx, Idorsia, Kiromic, Lannett, Linnaeus, RDIF, Tarus, Vertex.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Adicet, Affimed, Alar, Aligos, Beigene, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Gilead, Impact, VBI, Vertex, Viiv, Viriom.
As the World Trade Organization (WTO) debate intensified this week over a demand to waive patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines and therapies, the group’s new director-general, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, urged members to “walk and chew gum” at the same time by working with “companies to open up and license more viable manufacturing sites now in emerging markets and developing countries. We must get them to work with us on know-how and technology transfer now.”
Medi-Scan Inc. has emerged from stealth mode with cloud-based software that converts the data on ultrasound analog 2D grayscale images into a digital 3D high-definition (HD) format in less than two minutes. The company is currently focusing its efforts on the heart and lungs, with the aim of providing quick, point-of-service evaluation and triaging of patients with heart disease and other conditions, including COVID-19.
KARACHI, Pakistan – Trypanophobia is a debilitating extreme fear of needles and syringes that prevents both children and adults from receiving sometimes life-saving medical care. The condition can lead patients to resist or deny simple procedures like an intravenous drip or even essential vaccinations. The condition has taken on an added significance in the fight against COVID-19 because of its impact on vaccination campaigns.
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