Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: American Medical Technologies, Fitbit, Medtronic, Myriad Genetics, Nanodropper, Pear Therapeutics, Serve You Rx, Todos Medical.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Novasignal’s Lucid robotic system reveals insights into COVID-19; Sensing eye mask developed to improve data capture in neuro studies; Multiple sclerosis’ early days; How antidepressants inhibit fibrosis.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Auris, Genmab, Lung, Medicenna, Novartis, Silence, Sorrento, Technovax.
The U.S. FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Lumiradx UK Ltd. for its point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 antigen test, which aims to speed the diagnosis of people suspected of having the virus that causes COVID-19. The test detects antigen nucleocapsid protein from a nasal swab taken from symptomatic patients and delivers results in less than 12 minutes.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Curetis, Lumiradx, Opgen, Pelvital, Zymo Research.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics, including: Antigen test detects spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2; Blood volume assessment study to use Daxor device; Gaining insights into loss of function.
Advanced talks between the European Commission and Curevac AG have positioned the company to potentially supply up to 405 million doses of its investigational mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine to the bloc. News of the progress, following similar EU-level talks with an alliance of Sanofi SA and Glaxosmithkline plc, Johnson & Johnson and Astrazeneca plc, sent Curevac's recently-listed U.S. shares (NASDAQ:CVAC) climbing 16% to $66 on Aug. 20.