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CAE retools mannequin medical simulator to build ventilators in COVID-19 fight

April 15, 2020
By David Godkin
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Within two weeks of a public challenge to design user-friendly, easily built ventilators, Montreal-based CAE Inc., formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics, began gearing up to distribute 10,000 units of its newly created ventilator over the next three months.
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Regulatory actions for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Behold.ai, Chembio, Nova Biomedical, Ortho.
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In the clinic for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Cytosorbents, Nanostring, Pathnostics.
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Regulatory front for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Advamed, Cardinal Health, Face Vital, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
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Novartis enlists Tscan to discover new TCR therapies with $30M up front

April 15, 2020
By Michael Fitzhugh
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Less than a year after backing Tscan Therapeutics Inc.'s $48 million series B round, Novartis AG is tapping the Waltham, Mass.-based company to discover and develop new T-cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T-cell therapies for up to three new solid tumor targets. The collaboration includes an up-front technology access fee and research funding totaling $30 million, as well as potential clinical, regulatory and sales-based milestone payments that could total hundreds of millions of dollars, Tscan said.
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China remdesivir studies halted due to lack of new COVID-19 patients

April 15, 2020
By Jennifer Boggs
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Two phase III studies in China testing Gilead Sciences Inc.’s antiviral drug, remdesivir, in patients with COVID-19 infection have been halted after Chinese authorities reported a lack of eligible patients. Other studies, including trials sponsored by the Foster City, Calif.-based company, remain ongoing.
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First saliva test gets EUA from FDA to detect COVID-19

April 15, 2020
By Stacy Lawrence
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The collection of nasal and throat swab samples to detect the presence or absence of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has proven problematic on a few fronts, particularly in the U.S. The swabs themselves often have become scarce and difficult to obtain, while health care workers are routinely risking their own health commonly in the absence of proper protective equipment. In addition, sampling difficulties have largely been blamed for a very high false negative rate that could be as much as 25%.
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Regulatory actions for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Algernon, Athersys, Forma, Gensight, Harbour, Humanigen, Pfenex, Remegen, Sinovac, Tetra, Urogen.
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Other news to note for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 7 Hills, Aligos, Applied Biomath, Applied DNA, Atomwise, Axovant Gene Therapies, Bellicum, Benitec, Bold, Ensysce, Flow, Fujifilm, Gingko Bioworks, Halix, Hansoh, Histogen, Khondrion, LFB, LNC, Luxna, Mannkind, Moderna, Oakwood, Oncomyx, Promis, Pylum, Samsung, Takis, TFF, Transcelerate, Xenothera, Xylyx, Y-mabs.
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In the clinic for April 15, 2020

April 15, 2020
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Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Ansun, Arvinas, Cytodyn, Gensight, Ico, Mallinckrodt, Oragenics.
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