Infectious Disease Control
Educating children about good hygiene is key to helping reduce future health threats
LONDON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened awareness globally of the role that hygiene measures like handwashing can play in infection prevention. Handwashing at high-risk moments is a proven and cost-effective way of reducing common infections by up to 50%. Resea...
Aero HygenX Partners with Ethiopian Airlines for Deployment of Autonomous UV-C Disinfecting Solution
* With hygiene in sharp focus, industry support for Aero HygenX continues to grow * Chemical-free disinfection via UV-C light offers a safer work environment for staff and is gentler on aircraft interiors * A global problem requires global solutions: It is the intention of Aero HygenX to ...
INOVIO Announces Collaboration with Colombia; Memorandum of Understanding Focuses on Protecting Against COVID-19 and Supporting Broader Health Preparedness Initiatives
Memorandum of Understanding builds on recent regulatory authorization from INVIMAto conduct INNOVATE Phase 3 trial for INO-4800, INOVIO's COVID-19 vaccine candidate,in Colombia Colombia authorization augments recent regulatory authorizations from Brazil, the Philippines and Mexico to commence it...
BioVaxys Files US Patent Application for Pan-Sarbecovirus Vaccine
VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BioVaxys Technology Corp. (CSE: BIOV), (FRA:5LB), (OTCQB:BVAXF) ("BioVaxys" or "Company"), announced today that it has filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office ("USPTO") a provisional patent application for its haptenized viral antigen va...
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Commits up to $120 Million to Accelerate Access to COVID-19 Drug for Lower-Income Countries, Calls on Other Donors to Mobilize Resources
Financial commitment aims to secure dedicated, low-cost supply of molnupiravir, if the drug is authorized by regulators; builds on long-term efforts to increase access to tests, treatments, vaccines SEATTLE, Oct. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today a comm...
CARB-X Funds the 3rd Round of Debiopharm's Targeted Antibiotic Program to Combat Resistant N. gonorrhoeae Infections
LAUSANNE, Switzerland and BOSTON, Oct. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Debiopharm (
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Novavax to Participate in World Vaccine Congress Europe
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Oct. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that Vivek Shinde, M.D., Vice President, Clinical Development, will deliver a...
Phase II Data Of Medigen COVID-19 Vaccine, Reviewed And Published In The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
TAIPEI, Oct. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Lancet Respiratory Medicine
Interim Results Of A Pioneering Combination Study In Argentina With More Than 1,000 Participants Confirm The One-shot Sputnik Light Vaccine (The First Component Of The Sputnik V Vaccine) Is An Effective Universal Booster For Vaccines Produced By AstraZeneca, Sinopharm, Moderna And Cansino Inducing Strong Immune Response And Showing High Safety Profile. Combination Of AstraZeneca And Sputnik Light Vaccines Showed High Immunogenicity Results.
* One-shot Sputnik Light is the first component of the Sputnik V vaccine, the world's first registered vaccine against coronavirus. Sputnik V pioneered the heterogeneous boosting approach (a "vaccine cocktail" using human adenovirus serotype 26 as the first component and human adenovirus seroty...
More community healthcare needed in COVID-19 planning as chronic disease rates pressure hospitals
* Allied health experts call for more community-based care models to cope with COVID surge * 'Long COVID' shown to affect one in four people who catch the virus, leading to an increase in chronic disease sufferers and the need for more rehabilitation services. The UK now has two million cases...
Brii Bio Initiates Submission of Emergency Use Authorization Filing to U.S. FDA for BRII-196/BRII-198, its Monoclonal Antibody Combination Therapy for Non-Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients at High Risk of Clinical Progression to Severe Disease
DURHAM, N.C. and BEIJING, Oct. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences
RedHill Biopharma Reports Further Analysis of Phase 2/3 Data Including a 62% Reduction in Mortality with Oral Opaganib in Moderately Severe COVID-19 Patients
TEL AVIV, Israel and RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- RedHill
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Brii Bio Presents Positive Phase 3 Data on BRII-196/BRII-198, the Company's SARS-CoV-2 Monoclonal Neutralizing Antibody Combination Therapy, in an Oral Late-Breaker Presentation at IDWeek 2021
DURHAM, N.C.and BEIJING, Oct. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences
Impact Credit Solutions and Bank Central Asia partner to offer financing to the Indonesian healthcare sector
SINGAPORE, Sept. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Bank Central Asia (BCA), a leading Indonesian commercial bank, and Impact Credit Solutions (ICS) have partnered to offer affordable financing to the Indonesian healthcare sector during the COVID-19 pandemic. BCA has committed toparticipating in the US$40 ...
Zymo Research Pays it Forward With Their Commitment to Eradicate the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
DNA/RNA Shield – DirectDetect™ reagent eliminates RNA extraction for rapid deployment of COVID-19 tests in affected countries IRVINE, Calif., Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Zymo Research has donated one million COVID-19 test kits that include its newDNA/RNA Shield - DirectDetect™ reagent and col...
Brii Bio Appoints Coy Stout as Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Market Access and Patient Advocacy
DURHAM, N.C. and BEIJING, Sept. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Brii Biosciences
LEAD Horizon: How travelers in Austria gargle against the corona virus
Austrian success model with gold standard tests is possible worldwide VIENNA, Sept. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Vienna got through the pandemic better in comparison to other European cities - thanks to a specially developed PCR test by the Austrian company LEAD Horizon, which is already used in 13 ...
Results from Novavax NanoFlu Influenza Vaccine Phase 3 Clinical Trial Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases
- Pivotal Phase 3 trial achieved all primary endpoints, demonstrating non-inferiority to a leading U.S.-licensed quadrivalent influenza vaccine - NanoFlu™ vaccine candidate induced significantly enhanced cell-mediated immune responses - NanoFlu was well-tolerated with a comparable safety profile...
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In the news release, pHOXBIO Announces Breakthrough Clinical Trial Results Concluding Prophylactic Nasal Spray Prevents Infection from SARS-CoV-2, issued Sept. 22, 2021 by pHOXBIO over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the hyperlinks have been revised. The complete, corrected releas...
Novavax and Serum Institute of India Announce Submission to World Health Organization for Emergency Use Listing of Novavax' COVID-19 Vaccine
* Novavax and Serum Institute of India file regulatory submission for World Health Organization Emergency Use Listing of Novavax' recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine GAITHERSBURG, Md., Sept. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedic...
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