Infectious Disease Control

Virtual reality startup and Fujitsu bring immersive drug design software to Japanese market

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego–based virtual reality (VR) startup Nanome, Inc. has entered into an agreement with Fujitsu to bring their signature product—an immersive scientific design and collaboration platform—to the Japanese market. The software is already used by more th...

2020-09-14 08:17 3352

Coronavirus Breakthrough: Senhwa Reports First eIND Silmitasertib Treated Severe COVID-19 Patient - Discharged Following Five Days of Treatment

TAIPEI and SAN DIEGO, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Senhwa Biosciences, Inc. (TPEx: 6492), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on next generation DNA Damage Response (DDR) therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced today that the first patient with severe COVID-19 demonst...

2020-09-12 08:34 3396

Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene experts

LONDON, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- It is estimated that rates of resistance to commonly-used antibiotics could exceed 40–60% in some countries by 2030.1   With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) set to claim the lives of 10 million by 2050 if no action is taken,2 the GHC's experts are calling for ...

2020-09-11 07:01 3788

New school year starts amid COVID-19

BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by China.org.cn on China's new school year during the pandemic:   This September, students in China are starting to return to school amid the coronavirus pandemic. With tight prevention and control measures in place, the coun...

2020-09-09 21:00 1761

China honors pandemic fighters, vows to carry on fighting COVID-19 globally

BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by CGTN:   China held a meeting on Tuesday to honor role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic - the fastest spreading, most extensive and most challenging public health emergency it has encountered since the founding of...

2020-09-09 09:08 2977

United Imaging Announces Research Collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital Using Artificial Intelligence to Fight COVID-19

HOUSTON, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, announced today that its artificial intelligence (AI) teams inBoston and Shanghai will collaborate with Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) to continue fighting COVID-19...

2020-09-09 00:00 2230

COVID-19 Drives Rise in Global Fab Equipment Spending, SEMI Reports

MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Soaring pandemic-inspired demand for chips that power everything from communications and IT infrastructures to personal computing, gaming and healthcare electronics will drive an 8% increase in global fab equipment spending in 2020 and a 13% increa...

2020-09-08 22:00 3108

Seegene introduces a High-throughput 8-plex Test for Flu A, Flu B, RSV and COVID-19 with dual internal controls

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene, Inc. introduced a single tube real-time RT-PCR assay, Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB/RSV Assay, which simultaneously detects and differentiates Flu A, Flu B, RSV A/B, and three different target genes of COVID-19 (S gene, RdRP gene and N ge...

2020-09-08 20:00 1990

Seegene introduces a High-throughput 8-plex Test for Flu A, Flu B, RSV and COVID-19 with dual internal controls

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene, Inc. introduced a single tube real-time RT-PCR assay, Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB/RSV Assay, which simultaneously detects and differentiates Flu A, Flu B, RSV A/B, and three different target genes of COVID-19 (S gene, RdRP gene and N ge...

2020-09-08 20:00 2542

INOVIO Adds Thermo Fisher Scientific To Global Manufacturing Consortium

INOVIO Plans to Have 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate INO-4800 Manufactured in 2021 PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from inf...

2020-09-08 20:00 3463

Life After Covid-19: Big Questions on Medical and Bio-Engineering

DAEJEON, South Korea, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 9, the Global Strategic Institute at KAIST will delve into innovative future strategies for the medical and bio-engineering sectors that have been disrupted by COVID-19. The forum will live stream via YouTube, KTV, and Naver TV from...

2020-09-08 15:52 1796

Otis Commissions Study on Elevator Airflow Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

* Independent study to investigate risk of airborne transmission in elevators * Findings aim to advance industry safety protocols and provide additional scientific data to inform riding public * Led by Purdue University expert TAIPEI and HONG KONG, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Otis Worldwi...

2020-09-04 18:37 11809

First COVID-19 Global Forecast: IHME Projects Three-Quarters of a Million Lives Could be Saved by January 1

SEATTLE, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first global projections of the COVID-19 pandemic by nation, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at theUniversity of Washington's School of Medicine is predicting nearly 770,000 lives worldwide could be saved between now andJanuary ...

2020-09-04 10:49 4332

Guide IR Fever Warning Systems Help Canadian Schools Fight against COVID-19

CALGARY, Canada, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Guide Sensmart ("the Company"), a world leading manufacturer of infrared thermal imaging systems has supplied its mass fever screening solutions to schools in Canada in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as students are returning to school. Gui...

2020-09-03 00:59 1862

NIH Awards MicroGEM up to $40.9M to Fast-Track Rapid, No-Lab COVID-19 Saliva Test

The U.S. company's molecular test simultaneously identifies presence of influenza types A and B CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Sept. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroGEM today announced it has been awarded up to$40.9 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (...

2020-09-02 23:05 1978

Sinopharm Tech Plans to Set Up Face Masks Testing Laboratory, Aiming to Enhance Quality Control

HONG KONG, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinopharm Tech Holdings Limited ("Sinopharm Tech" and its subsidiaries, together, the "Group", stock code: 8156)  is pleased to announce that the Group has signed a management contract (" Management Agreement") with Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Limite...

2020-09-02 20:48 20660

NCH Asia Pacific Launches "Everbrite Filter"--an innovation in Germicidal and Deodorizing Technology

SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NCH Asia Pacific has recently announced the launch of "Everbrite Filter", an innovative air disinfection stick-on filter that can be integrated into all kinds of HVAC systems and kill up to 99.9% viruses and bacteria.

2020-09-02 16:28 4512

Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV2 in Iceland

Titers of antibodies against SARS-CoV2 do not decline within four months REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics inIceland, a subsidiary of Amgen Inc , biopharmaceutical company headquartered inCalifornia, and their collaborators, today publish a study in ...

2020-09-02 05:00 3125

GenScript Biotech Corporation signs exclusive agreement with PH biotech firm to distribute faster, more accurate and more affordable immunity tests for COVID-19

SINGAPORE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript Biotech Corporation ("GenScript", Stock Code: 1548.HK) entered an exclusive partnership with Philippines biotech company, IP Biotech. ). This will allow the firm to distribute a breakthrough test kit designed to measure the levels of neutralizing...

2020-09-01 10:30 9864

Million-selling Erba COVID-19 antibody tests now validated on leading ELISA analysers

LONDON, Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- To improve global availability of high-quality testing methods for SARS-CoV-2,Erba Mannheim announced the availability of validated automated protocols for their successful range of ErbaLisa COVID-19 IgG and IgM ELISA kits. Optimised protocols for popular ins...

2020-08-31 06:00 3077
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