Thermo Fisher Launches In-Air SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance Solution
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (Waltham, MA, USA) has launched the Thermo Scientific AerosolSense Sampler, a new surveillance solution designed to deliver fast and highly reliable insight into the presence of in-air pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2. More...25 Mar 2021
Pfizer Evaluates Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Therapy for Prescribing at First Sign of Infection Without Requiring Hospitalization
Pfizer Inc. (New York, NY, USA) is progressing to multiple ascending doses after completing the dosing of single ascending doses in a Phase 1 study in healthy adults to evaluate the safety and tolerability of an investigational, novel oral antiviral therapeutic for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. More...25 Mar 2021
Carolina Liquid Chemistries Offers FDA Emergency Use Authorized POC COVID-19/Flu A&B Combo Test
Carolina Liquid Chemistries, Corp. (CLC, Greensboro, NC, USA) has made yet another addition to its Point-of-Care product line by offering the Emergency Use Authorized Status COVID-19/Flu A&B Combo Test from LifeSign LLC (Skillman, NJ, USA). More...24 Mar 2021
Highly Accurate Prognostic Test Predicts Personalized Risk of Severe Illness Due to SARS-CoV-2 Virus
A highly accurate prognostic test that predicts personalized risk of severe illness due to SARS-CoV-2 virus could become an important tool to manage the uncertainty of daily life during the pandemic by identifying high-risk individuals and for those that cannot be vaccinated. More...24 Mar 2021
Ortho's VITROS SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test for High-Volume Testing Receives FDA EUA for New Performance, Sensitivity Data
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics (Raritan, NJ, USA) has received authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration to update key claims for the VITROS SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Test, the first high-volume SARS-CoV-2 antigen assay to receive Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) in the US. More...24 Mar 2021
Regeneron’s Antibody Cocktail Reduces Hospitalization or Death by 70% in COVID-19 Patients
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s (Tarrytown, NY, USA) investigational antibody cocktail of casirivimab and imdevimab reduced hospitalization or death by 70% in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in Phase 3 trial. More...24 Mar 2021
Novel Oral COVID-19 Vaccine Has Implications for Ease of Administration Anytime and Anywhere
An oral COVID-19 vaccine that successfully produced antibodies in a pre-clinical study after a single dose could also be a good candidate for protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants due to triple antigen targeting. More...24 Mar 2021
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