The U.S. FDA has nudged the emergency use authorization (EUA) program forward once again, this time with a template for applications for tests that can be performed entirely at home, in the office and at schools. FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn said in an accompanying statement that tests of this sort “will be a game-changer in our fight against COVID-19 and will be crucial as the nation looks toward reopening.”
VANCOUVER – Sorrento Therapeutics Inc., which is working to build a comprehensive lineup of COVID-19 products, has in-licensed a self-contained test for SARS-CoV-2 that may produce accurate results in half an hour.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Arthrex, Image Processing Technologies, Smith & Nephew.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Hai Kang, Philips, Sinapi Biomedical, Truvian.
Thermo Fisher Scientific expanded its Globalaccess Sequencing Program to include oncology laboratories in addition to research labs working on COVID-19 studies. The company will subsidize a limited number of Genexus systems to help pathology laboratories around the world.
Diagnostics testing company Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings Inc. (Labcorp) saw its second-quarter revenue decline by 4% to $2.8 billion, but that still beat the Street consensus of $2.5 billion. Diagnostics revenue fell 3.9% year over year to $1.7 billion, but that was offset by solid demand for the company’s COVID-19 tests.
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held the first of its two hearings on the supply chains for a variety of products vital to the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. While electoral politics were on full display during the hearing, a recurrent theme was the need to bring supply chains back to the Western Hemisphere as a solution to the fraudulent products shipped to the U.S. from Hong Kong and China.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Neocis, Nowdiagnostics.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Aegea Biotechnologies, Aminoverse, Bioivt, Ciox Health, Cytosorbents, Datos Health, Edifecs, Exagen, Guided Therapeutics, Heart Health Intelligence, Hims & Hers, Ireceptor Plus, Medal, Midwest Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapies, Neuroone Medical Technologies, Orbis Diagnostics, Osi Systems, Saykara, Tauriga Sciences, Truework, Tscan, Twist Bioscience, Vaica Medical.
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