Despite pressure from several lawmakers to declare the new coronavirus a U.S. public health emergency, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar said such a declaration isn’t needed, at least not yet.
Salt Lake City-based Co-Diagnostics Inc. has finished the principle design work for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) screening test for the novel coronavirus that has sickened nearly 3,000 with an acute respiratory illness and killed more than 80 people in Wuhan, China.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Cowen Washington Research Group, European Commission, GE Healthcare
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Avinger, Baylis Medical, Co-Diagnostics, Eptam Precision Solutions, Frazier Healthcare Partners, Fresenius Medical Care, Glaxosmithkline, HG Capital, Intelerad Medical Systems, Investissements Novacap, Myriad Genetics, New Heritage Capital, Oncimmune Holdings, Visquate