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BioChek Acquires BIOTECON, Creates Leading Global Player in Veterinary and Food Safety Solutions
REEUWIJK, Netherlands, April 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- BioChek, the specialist company to offer innovative and user-friendly veterinary diagnostic tools, today announced the successful acquisition of BIOTECON, specialised in development and manufacturing of PCR based solutions for food safety dia...
Skoll Foundation Announces New Gift of $100 Million from Jeff Skoll to Fight COVID-19
PALO ALTO, California, April 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Jeff Skoll made a new$100 million gift to the Skoll Foundation, which it will use to fight the COVID-19 pandemic globally. This new contribution will enable the Foundation to quadruple its grantmaking in 2020 to$200 million. Nearly ...
RB Statement: Improper Use of Disinfectants
SLOUGH, England, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Due to recent speculation and social media activity, RB (the makers of Lysol and Dettol) has been asked whether internal administration of disinfectants may be appropriate for investigation or use as a treatment for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As a...
Vela Diagnostics receives CE mark for COVID-19 detection test
HAMBURG, Germany, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vela Diagnostics announced today that the manual version of the ViroKey™ SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test has received the CE mark forin vitro diagnostic use. The test detects SARS-CoV-2 in patients suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare providers. The V...
Vakrangee Limited (VL) to Facilitate Registrations For 30 Days Free vHealth by Aetna's Virtual Doctor Consultation Service Across 10,000 Vakrangee Kendras
MUMBAI, India, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vakrangee Limited (VL) to facilitate registrations for vHealth by Aetna's 30 days free virtual doctor consultation service. This initiative will focus on providing free medical guidance to people visiting Vakrangee outlets for essential services. Ther...
Zhongchao Inc. Launches COVID-19 Knowledge and Experience Sharing Virtual Seminar Series for Global Healthcare Professionals
SHANGHAI, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/-- Zhongchao Inc. (NASDAQ: ZCMD) ("Zhongchao" or the "Company"), an online provider of healthcare information, professional training and educational services to healthcare professionals and the public inChina, announced today the launch of virtual seminar seri...
AdaptVac Partners with AGC Biologics to Develop & Produce COVID-19 Vaccine
SEATTLE, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Biologics, a global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), announced it is partnering with AdaptVac to develop and produce a COVID-19 vaccine. AdaptVac, together with its EU Horizon 2020 sponsored PREVENT-nCoV con...
TAUZIA Hotels Supports Healthcare Professionals with Meal Donation Initiatives for Hospitals across Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Given the current COVID-19 global issue, TAUZIA Hotels is committed to assist the community in need during this pandemic, particularly the healthcare professionals who are working on the frontline to contain the disease. The company is working to...
Innovent and Eli Lilly Announce NMPA Acceptance of a Supplemental New Drug Application for Sintilimab in Combination with ALIMTA® (Pemetrexed) and Platinum as First-Line Therapy in Non-squamous NSCLC
SUZHOU, China, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic and other major diseases, today jo...
Empire State Building Launches #HeroesShineBright Campaign To Show Thanks To First Responders
A week of lightings for First Responder organizations and Essential Workers kicks offApril 24 NEW YORK, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Empire State Building (ESB) today announced the launch of #HeroesShineBright, a weeklong campaign to give thanks to every person putting their lives on the l...
AliveCor and OMRON Announce Global Strategic Alliance for Comprehensive Remote Cardiovascular Monitoring
Alliance and Equity Investment Improves Access to Remote Patient Care for 70 Percent of the Global Population MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and KYOTO, Japan, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AliveCor, a leader in personal ECG products, and OMRON Healthcare, Co., Ltd., a global leader in personal heart...
First Patient in Treatment in RhoVac's Clinical Phase IIb Study in Germany
STOCKHOLM, April 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- RhoVac AB ("RhoVac") announces today, on 23rd April 2020, that the first patient in Germany is in treatment in the company's clinical phase IIb study in prostate cancer, a study entitled RhoVac-002 ("BRaVac"). The first patient in Germany is in treatment...
Henlius receives EU GMP Certificate for HLX02 (Trastuzumab for Injection)
SHANGHAI, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK) announced that the company's drug substance (DS) line and drug product (DP) line for HLX02 trastuzumab biosimilar have successfully passed the European United (EU) Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) on-site inspectio...
Volition Files Patent for Nu.Q(TM) COVID-19 Triage Test and Commences Proof of Concept Studies
AUSTIN, Texas, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced that it is actively developing a COVID-19 triage test aiming to predict the likelihood that an individual who is COVID-19 positive will develop complications and severe disease, usi...
Lianhua Qingwen Listed in the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Scheme for Laos
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Yiling Pharmaceutical (002603.SZ) announced that Lianhua Qingwen capsules (granules) have been added to the "Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Diagnosis and Treatment Scheme forLaos" (Trial Version II) as the fourth traditional Chinese medicine to tre...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan's Participation in the ASEAN-US Special Foreign Ministers' Meeting on COVID-19
SINGAPORE, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr
Vivian Balakrishnan at the Videoconference for the ASEAN-US Special Foreign
Ministers' Meeting on COVID-19.
Signifier Medical Technologies Collaborates With Global Sleep Experts on Its Innovative Snoozeal(R) Device Clinical Trials
LONDON, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Signifier Medical Technologies, an innovator in the sleep disordered breathing market, today announced that it is partnering with twenty-seven Key Opinion Leaders in Sleep to test and build awareness around its Snoozeal® product in the lead up to its commerc...
Taiwan Textile Industry Actively Helping the United States and Global Partners to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic
TAIPEI, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Taiwan Textile Federation (TTF), by integrating upstream, midstream, and downstream textile industries and with the help of textile manufacturers such as Formosa Plastic Group, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation, Far Eastern New Century Corporation, KNH E...
MiRXES to mass produce and distribute A*STAR Singapore's tested and proven SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR test
SINGAPORE, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- MiRXES, a homegrown Singapore-based biotech, has received Provisional Authorisation from the Health Sciences Authority (HSA)Singapore, to supply the Fortitude Kit SARS-CoV-2 real-time RT-PCR[1] test. With technology licensed from Singapore's Agency for Sc...
Fighting the COVID-19 Crisis with Technology; PALO IT Develops "Virtual Bed" App For Remote Patient Care
SINGAPORE, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PALO IT, an international 'Tech for Good' consultancy specialising in human-centered design, Agile software development, and tech transformation, is delighted to announce that it has developed an app to help healthcare professionals provide care for large...
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