Infectious Disease Control

Sqkii's S$100,000 #HuntTheMouse is Back -- First Ever Safe Distancing Hybrid Hunt

SINGAPORE, Jan. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore's viral #HuntTheMouse cash hunt bySqkii is back as #HuntTheMouse — Safe Distancing Edition (HTMSD). Launched last December, this edition offers hybrid physical and virtual game mechanics to prioritise the safety of players in...

2022-01-31 16:49 4522

Ready to Enter the Middle East Market, Vazyme Showcases Its COVID-19 Testing Solutions at Medlab Middle East 2022

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading China-based biotech company Vazyme (688105.SH) participated in the 2022 edition of Medlab Middle East in the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) fromJanuary 24th to 27th, a leading laboratory and flagship exhibition and conference that brings together...

2022-01-28 13:00 3925

Brii Bio Appoints Karen D. Neuendorff as Chief People Officer and Head of Human Resources

DURHAM, N.C. and BEIJING, Jan. 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences Limited ("Brii Bio" or the "Company", stock code: 2137.HK) a multi-national company developing innovative therapies for diseases with significant unmet medical needs and large public healt...

2022-01-27 21:00 3355

ESTA Lunar New Year with UltraBactech, proven to target and kill 99.999% of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, presents the new Spring collection design & gift sets

SINGAPORE, Jan. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ESTA's natural plant based hand sanitiser with the refreshing scent of Yuzu ushers in the Year of the Tiger Chinese New Year 2022, with certified efficacy to kill 99.999% of SARS-CoV-2 Covid-19 virus. This ESTA's collectable design of the Porcelain Pocket ...

2022-01-21 10:30 2496

Sputnik V demonstrates strong protection against Omicron variant, with over 2 times higher virus neutralizing activity compared to the Pfizer vaccine according to a unique independent comparative study conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Italy

Previous studies also demonstrated additional significant strengthening of protection against Omicron by Sputnik Light booster, which can also be a universal booster to other vaccines to strengthen and lengthen their protection against Omicron. MOSCOW, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- * A uniqu...

2022-01-20 19:00 5092

"JEWISH NOBEL" AWARDED TO PFIZER CEO ALBERT BOURLA

Genesis Prize Chairman highlights immense role of Jewish scientists and doctors in combatting the pandemic: "A very proud moment for the entire Jewish community" JERUSALEM, Jan. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, The Genesis Prize Foundation announced Dr.Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO of Pfizer,...

2022-01-20 06:13 1882

NCH Taiwan Donated Disinfectants and Accompanied the Elders

TAIPEI, Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In December 2021, NCH Taiwan donated 50 pails of Everbrite Plus to Landseed International Hospital, which has been supporting and conductingCOVID-19 test in Taoyuan International Airport since the outbreak of virus. "Landseed hospital has been given great res...

2022-01-19 10:00 1996

Manulife Asia Care Survey: Hong Kong public keen to learn more about "Long COVID" as pandemic continues

* 59% of Hong Kongers say pandemic will last at least another 12 months; a fifth even say it will never end * Only a third are aware of "Long COVID" despite widespread concerns about COVID-19's impact across people from all walks of lives inHong Kong; with nine in ten wanting to better unders...

2022-01-19 09:41 4655

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome Pledge US$300 Million to CEPI for COVID-19 Pandemic Response and to Accelerate Epidemic Preparedness

SEATTLE and LONDON, Jan. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Wellcome each pledgedUS$150 million for a total of US$300 million to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), a global partnership launched five years ago this week by the government...

2022-01-19 07:01 2323

CliniSys acquires HORIZON Lab Systems and combines with Sunquest Information Systems to create one of the world's largest organizations dedicated to diagnostics and laboratory informatics

·  Combined group to enable better public health outcomes through innovation in diagnostics and laboratory informatics technology TUCSON, Arizona, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CliniSys is announcing the recent acquisition of HORIZON Lab Systems and the combination with Sunquest Information Syst...

2022-01-18 22:00 1900

Menarini Diagnostics CoronaMeltVAR Real-Time PCR kit simultaneously detects SARS CoV-2 and identifies the Omicron Variant

FLORENCE, Italy, Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new Omicron variant is spreading rapidly causing an increase in infections at unprecedented speed. On November 28th, WHO officially recommended laboratories to use Real Time PCR detection kits capable of identifying putative Omicron variant in...

2022-01-17 22:12 2877

Seegene Continues to Support Israel's Effort to Manage the Omicron Variant With Timely Delivery of Five Million Tests

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ 096530), South Korea's leading molecular diagnostics company, announced today that it has delivered over five million COVID-19 tests toIsrael to help detect and mitigate the spread of the Omicron variant. The company sent 1.7 mill...

2022-01-17 20:00 2429

Seegene's Allplex™ SARS CoV-2 FluA/FluB/RSV Assay approved under Health Canada's Interim Order

SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (KQ 096530), South Korea's leading molecular diagnostic company, announced it has received approval of its Allplex™ SARS CoV-2 FluA/FluB/RSV Assay under Health Canada's Interim Order onJanuary 11. Seegene's Allplex™ SARS CoV-2 Flu...

2022-01-17 20:00 2604

LumiraDx Lab Analysis Confirms its COVID-19 Antigen Test Detects the Omicron Variant

Results from ongoing testing and monitoring of COVID-19 variants shows the rapid microfluidic test detects Omicron at a comparable sensitivity to other variants LONDON, Jan. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LumiraDx (Nasdaq: LMDX), a next-generation point of care diagnostics company, today announced tha...

2022-01-14 19:18 2868

Everest Medicines Enters into a Global Licensing Agreement to Develop and Commercialize Singapore's Experimental Drug Development Centre's 3CL Protease Inhibitors as Potentially Best-in-Class COVID-19 Oral Antiviral Treatments Worldwide

SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everest Medicines (HKEX 1952.HK, "Everest", or the "Company"), andSingapore's Experimental Drug Development Centre ("EDDC") today announced a global licensing agreement under which Everest will obtain exclusive...

2022-01-14 08:00 4880

South Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Approves Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and SK bioscience, Co. Limited, a vaccine business subsidiary of Korea-based SK Group, today...

2022-01-12 20:43 2086

Singapore biotech firm JN Medsys develops a PCR test kit that specifically detects for the Omicron variant with high accuracy

SINGAPORE, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore-based biotech firm, JN Medsys announces that it has developed a new PCR kit that detects for SARS-CoV-2 and identifies if the Omicron variant is present. It can be used on upper respiratory samples and the results can be available in just 1 hour....

2022-01-12 18:18 1816

BGI Genomics, Chinese gene test company, showcases high-throughput COVID testing air lab at Dubai World Expo

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From January 11 to 13, a model of BGI Genomics' Huo-Yan Air Laboratory, was showcased at the China Pavilion of Dubai World Expo. With the continuing spread of COVID-19 worldwide, the Huo-Yan Air Laboratory, which can be set up anywhere in a very...

2022-01-12 17:18 2010

MGI Aims to Boost its Market Share through Participation at Expo 2020 Dubai's Guangdong Week

DUBAI, UAE, Jan. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Global life science innovator MGI Tech Co. Ltd. (MGI) is aiming to boost its market share in theMiddle East and Asia through participation at Guangdong Week, a dedicated event taking place at the world exhibition's China Pavilion fromJanuary 11-13. The ...

2022-01-11 14:00 1965

Keep Your Home Safe and Build a Protected Community Against Omicron with Circle HealthPod

* Circle HealthPod detects >99.9% of known COVID-19 strains, including the Omicron variant, in approximately 20 minutes * With technology developed at the University of Oxford, the Circle HealthPod is a CE-IVD marked rapid detection system with 98.4% molecular accuracy * Frequent testing wit...

2022-01-11 09:00 2272
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