The U.S. capacity for SARS-CoV-2 testing is limited by several items, including the swabs used to collect patient specimens, but the supply of reagents has been front and center recently. Despite those concerns, several private test makers said they are quickly ramping up production, including Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., of Waltham, Mass., which said it has enough supplies of all types on hand to provide 2 million reactions per week, a volume that should increase to 5 million per week in April. Read More
As the world goes to war with COVID-19, the U.S. is ripping open the purse strings to fund mobilization against both the coronavirus and the economic devastation it’s causing. Read More
Sight Sciences Inc., of Menlo Park, Calif., scooped up $30 million in a series E preferred stock financing round that was led by D1 Capital Partners. The funds are earmarked to further advance clinical and operational development and support commercial expansion of the company’s Omni surgical and Tearcare systems. Read More
With the high need for ventilators in the face of COVID-19, Ventec Life Systems, of Bothell, Wash., is stepping up with its multifunction ventilator, known as VOCSN, for ventilation, oxygen, cough, suction and nebulization. Read More
Google sister company Verily Life Sciences LLC has been under an unprecedented amount of scrutiny since it was promoted over the weekend by President Donald Trump as responsible for a nationwide information and testing program for the emerging novel coronavirus. Read More
PERTH, Australia – Six classes of medical devices listed on Australia’s Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) will fall under new classification requirements on Aug. 25, 2020, following numerous consultations with industry. The consultations were part of the Australian government’s plans to overhaul its medical device regulations to be more in line with the European Medical Device Regulation (MDR). Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Ambu, ATTC, Biointellisense, Biomerica, Bio-Techne, Centogene, Clinical Laserthermia Systems, Dover, Em-tec, Llamasoft, MeMD, Myriad Genetics, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Pacific Biosciences of California, Parallax Health Sciences, Qiagen, Rewalk Robotics, Startx, Tomi Environmental Solutions, Tabula Rasa Healthcare, Windgo. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Canon Medical, Quidel. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Vitamin D boosts chances of walking after hip fracture; Rsip Vision reports breakthrough AI tech for 3D reconstruction of knees; Study shows disparities in outpatient care for common orthopedic problems. Read More
