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Altered mindsets: Marijuana is making its mark on ballots in red states

When Tamarack Dispensary opened in the northwestern Montana city of Kalispell in 2009, medical marijuana was legal but still operating on the fringes of the conservative community.

8 Sep 2020

With schools starting online, vaccinations head for recess

As co-director of school-based health centers at Bassett Healthcare Network, the pediatrician oversees about 21 school-based health clinics across the region — a poor, rural area known for manufacturing and crippled by the opioid epidemic.

8 Sep 2020

Avacta to launch Affimer-based ELISA test for SARS-CoV-2 virus detection

Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it will launch an ELISA laboratory test for the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein to support global research efforts into the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 8 Sep 2020

World academies network urge politicians to curb falsified, substandard medical products

Falsified and substandard medical products - products such as vaccines, medical devices and veterinary products that are 'fake' or of poor quality - are an increasing global scourge that threaten life, health and security in significant ways.

3 Sep 2020

Improving COVID-19 diagnosis

News-Medical spoke to Yourgene health on their efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they developed a diagnostic test for COVID-19.

From Yourgene Health 3 Sep 2020

World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey: 74% of adults say they would get a vaccine for COVID-19

In a new World Economic Forum-Ipsos survey of nearly 20,000 adults from 27 countries, 74% say they would get a vaccine for COVID-19. This majority might still fall short of the number required to beat COVID-19, with less than a majority (37%) who are firm in their view. More than half (59%) do not expect that one will be available before the end of this year.

3 Sep 2020

FlowSyn system enables rapid evaluation of critical reactions

Uniqsis reports how a FlowSyn™ continuous flow reactor installed at Adesis Inc. of New Castle, DE (USA) is assisting them in evaluating custom synthetic routes for compounds along with improving existing batch manufacturing processes.

From Uniqsis Ltd 3 Sep 2020

Ortho announces new appointiments to Board of Directors

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, a global leader of in vitro diagnostics, today announced that David B. Perez, an accomplished global medical device industry veteran, has been appointed as an independent member to its Board of Directors.

From Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. 3 Sep 2020

New Gyrolab AAVX Titer Kit launched to support the development cell and gene therapies

Gyros Protein Technologies AB, a pioneer in automated nanoliter-scale immunoassays and a leading provider of peptide synthesizers and reagents, today announced the introduction of Gyrolab® AAVX Titer Kit for adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector titer determination in AAV vector manufacturing.

From Gyros Protein Technologies AB 3 Sep 2020

Avacta enters into manufacturing agreement with Abingdon Health for rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test

Avacta Group plc, the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Abingdon Health for the manufacture of Avacta’s saliva-based rapid SARS-CoV-2 antigen test as part of its ongoing expansion of manufacturing capacity.

From Avacta Life Sciences Ltd. 3 Sep 2020

VUMC launches clinical trial of promising COVID-19 treatments in outpatient setting

Vanderbilt University Medical Center is launching a clinical trial of promising treatments for COVID-19 in the outpatient setting.

2 Sep 2020

NIH provides scale-up and manufacturing support for new COVID-19 testing technologies

The National Institutes of Health today announced $129.3 million in scale-up and manufacturing support for a new set of COVID-19 testing technologies as part of its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative.

2 Sep 2020

FDA publishes guidance on control of nitrosamine impurities in drugs

Since the outset of our discovery of impurities called nitrosamines in some types of drugs more than two years ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has undertaken a thorough investigation in an effort to protect patients.

1 Sep 2020

Surgeons use patients' own stem cells to rebuild damaged corneas

Surgeons at Massachusetts Eye and Ear have replaced the ocular surface of four patients who each experienced chemical burns to one eye by using their own stem cells taken from the other healthy eye, in a technique known as "cultivated autologous limbal epithelial cell transplantation" (CALEC).

1 Sep 2020

Rapid COVID-19 test could enable point-of-care diagnosis

As COVID-19 continues to spread, bottlenecks in supplies and laboratory personnel have led to long waiting times for results in some areas.

1 Sep 2020

FDA approves a hybrid closed loop diabetes management device for young pediatric patients

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the MiniMed 770G System, a hybrid closed loop diabetes management device that is intended to automatically monitor glucose (sugar) and provide appropriate basal insulin doses with little or no input from the users or their caregivers for use by individuals aged 2 to 6 with type 1 diabetes.

31 Aug 2020

Aire-19: New ventilation system for COVID-19 patients approved

Aire-19, the new ventilation system for COVID-19 patients, developed by researchers from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, the Institute of Biomechanics (IBV) and Technological Institute AIDIMME, has received the authorization of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Healthcare Products (AEMPS) for its use in clinical research, which will take place for 12 months in Valencia's Hospital Clínico.

31 Aug 2020

Thomas Jefferson University receives grant for the development of CoraVax

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has announced grants totaling $10M to 23 entities to develop effective COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and therapies.

28 Aug 2020

A powerful tool for separation and sizing of virus mixtures

Postnova Analytics has published an applications report that presents data from a collaboration with the Analytical Development group at Biogen Inc. on separation of a virus mixture using Asymmetrical Flow Field-Flow Fractionation and measurement of their radius of gyration.

From Postnova Analytics 27 Aug 2020

Metal-free carbon-based catalyst could transform chemical manufacturing

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered a metal-free carbon-based catalyst that has the potential to be much less expensive and more efficient for many industrial concerns, including manufacturing of bio- and fossil fuels, electrocatalysis, and fuel cells.

27 Aug 2020