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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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COVID-19 Oral Vaccine and Antibody Booster: B. subtilis Spores, Biotechnology Breakthrough by DreamTec
HONG KONG, Jan. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vaccines have been a trending topic
ever since the coronavirus outbreak two years ago. DreamTec Research Limited
(DreamTec,http://www.dreamtec.hk
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Ascletis Expands Ritonavir Oral Tablet Production and Announces Oral Direct-Acting Antiviral Pipeline Against SARS-CoV-2 Virus
- Ritonavir oral tablet annual production capacity has been expanded to 100 million tablets and can be further rapidly expanded based on market demand - ASC10 is an oral direct-acting antiviral drug candidate targeting RNA dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) to treat SARS-CoV-2 infection - ASC11 is ...
2022-01-03 08:30
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Novavax and Serum Institute of India Receive Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine in India
GAITHERSBURG, Md. and PUNE, India, Dec. 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, and Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. (SII), the world's largest vaccine m...
2021-12-29 03:57
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ChemRar Group announces the Russian Avifavir® drug is effective against variants of COVID-19, including Delta and Omicron
Avifavir® is effective against various variants of coronavirus, including Delta and Omicron, as it affects the highly conservative and mutation-resistant replication systems of RNA virus (RdRp). The virus is incapable of developing resistance to favipiravir even with long-term exposure on infect...
2021-12-27 21:20
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Brii Bio Doses First Patient in Phase 2a/2b Clinical Trial of BRII-179 (VBI-2601) for the Functional Cure of Chronic Hepatitis B
DURHAM, N.C. and BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences
2021-12-27 18:45
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Documentary Zhong Nanshan/ZNS Aired on Discovery Channel in Southeast Asia
GUANGZHOU, China, Dec. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 28, 2021, the single-episode character documentaryZhong Nanshan/ZNS, jointly produced by Guangdong Radio and Television and the pioneering global entertainment document provider, Discovery Inc., was broadcast on Discovery Channel inSouth...
2021-12-27 11:11
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COVID-19 Vaccine Developed by WestVac BioPharma Has High Titer Neutralizing Antibodies Against Omicron
CHENGDU, China, Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- WestVac BioPharma Co., Ltd. has achieved a significant progress in the second generation COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron mutant strain. The vaccine belongs to the latest fifth generation vaccine technology, targeting the S-RBD protein of the COV...
2021-12-24 19:57
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Novavax and SK bioscience Expand Manufacturing Agreement
- Novavax secures additional manufacturing capacity through 2022 - SK bioscience secures long-term license to supply NVX-CoV2373 for the Korean market GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializin...
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Novavax Announces Initial Omicron Cross-Reactivity Data from COVID-19 Vaccine Booster and Adolescent Studies
- Two-dose primary regimen of NVX-CoV2373 demonstrated cross-reactive immune responses against Omicron (B.1.1.529) and other variants - Third dose produced increased immune responses comparable to or exceeding levels associated with protection in Phase 3 clinical trials, with a 9.3-fold IgG rise...
2021-12-23 05:54
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World Health Organization SAGE Issues Interim Recommendations for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
- WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) recommends primary two-dose vaccination series of NVX-CoV2373 in persons aged 18 and older - SAGE recommends additional third dose of NVX-CoV2373 administered to immunocompromised persons - Recommendation follows grant of WHO Emerg...
2021-12-22 09:31
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World Health Organization Grants Second Emergency Use Listing for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
- Nuvaxovid™ COVID-19 Vaccine (SARS-CoV-2 rS [Recombinant, adjuvanted]) listed for emergency use by the WHO - EUL for Nuvaxovid complements listing for Novavax vaccine manufactured and marketedby Serum Institute of India as Covovax™ - EUL by WHO is a prerequisite for exports to numerous countri...
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