Siemens Healthineers AG snagged a key role in the mystery playing out across the world's pandemic stage – what do antibody test results mean in terms of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 and how do different tests assessing different proteins compare? The U.S. CDC and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission tapped the Erlanger, Germany-based company to take the lead in developing a process to standardize antibody assays.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cerapedics, Controlrad, Eurobio Scientific, Fibralign, GE Healthcare, Genmark Diagnostics.
What’s the plan? The U.S. CDC is being asked that question a lot these days – not just about COVID-19, but also about preparing for what could be a tough influenza season as flu bugs circulate with the coronavirus.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting biopharma, including: NIH adds funding to Latino Alzheimer’s research; Sprout warned for Addyi promotion; Scripps to pay $10M over use of NIH grants.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Applied Spectral Imaging, Astrazeneca, Avita Therapeutics, Bio-Techne, Guided Therapeutics, Kantaro Biosciences, Luminultra, Meridian, Mimedx, Mount Sinai Health, Natera, Nevro, Shandong Yaohua Medical Instrument, Staar Surgical, Telo Genomics, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Transenterix.
HONG KONG – Interim results of a phase I study CT-P59, an anti-COVID-19 monoclonal antibody being developed by Incheon, South Korea-based Celltrion Inc., have confirmed the candidate’s safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics in healthy subjects, giving the company confidence to ramp up production of the experimental antiviral.
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