Infectious Disease Control

Viraleze registered for sale in Covid-ravaged India

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- India's vast population will have access from today to the Australian developed anti-COVID nasal spray Viraleze™ following its registration in the country. The announcement...

2021-06-11 15:03 2034

Dorsett sponsors 1,000 free room nights worldwide for vaccine lucky draw including 300 room nights in Japan, Hong Kong's most popular travel destination

HONG KONG, June 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- IT TAKES TWO TO TRAVEL: All it takes are two vaccine doses to get us one step closer to travelling again. In support of industry and community peers to boostHong Kong's Covid-19 vaccination drive, Dorsett Hospitality International is sponsoring 1,000 free ...

2021-06-10 18:03 5196

LivFul and Global Access Diagnostics announce partnership for COVID-19 test kit distribution

LIVERPOOL, England, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- LivFul and Global Access Diagnostics (GAD) today announced a new partnership to make a variety of diagnostic kits, starting with COVID-19 rapid antigen tests, available in Low to Middle Income Countries. While new innovations are being developed, ...

2021-06-09 10:00 1910

CCTV+: Peng Liyuan calls for global efforts in AIDS and TB prevention, treatment

BEIJING, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping and a goodwill ambassador of the World Health Organization (WHO) for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, on Monday addressed via video link the opening of a WHO meeting on "Ending TB deaths among people with HIV: Step ...

2021-06-08 23:24 3681

Frost & Sullivan Unveils Strategic Opportunities in Digital Upskilling Shaping the Future of Work and Crowd Analytics

Understand the trends and emerging prospects influencing the future of work and powering business and operational intelligence in this Frost & Sullivan webinar SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 has compelled consumers to interact more with technology and has impacted the ...

2021-06-08 20:58 1715

Copan strengthens its operations in the Americas with a millionaire investment

Copan announces a $78 million investment to expand its Puerto Rican production site. The project – partially financed byPuerto Rico's Government – will bring Copan production and distribution capacity closer to the American market, strengthening the company's presence in the US and the rest of th...

2021-06-08 14:00 3140

CGTN: Peng Liyuan calls for global efforts in AIDS and TB prevention and treatment

BEIJING, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, called on people from all walks of life in all countries to join hands and take action to strengthen the prevention and treatment of AIDS and tuberculosis (TB), in order to benefit all mankind and build a glo...

2021-06-08 09:37 3294

RedHill Biopharma Completes Enrollment of Oral Opaganib Phase 2/3 COVID-19 Study

The global Phase 2/3 study of orally-administered opaganib for the treatment of severe COVID-19 enrolled a total of 475 patients, more than the planned 464 Opaganib is uniquely positioned as a leading novel, dual-action, investigational COVID-19 oral pill Blinded blended mortality rates encourag...

2021-06-07 19:00 5304

China makes great efforts to contain COVID-19, saves more lives: SCO Secretary-General

WUHAN, China, June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- China has made great efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19 and saved more lives, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Vladimir Norov told Global Times Online on the sidelines of the SCO non-governmental friendship forum he...

2021-06-07 11:35 1992

Cigna International survey finds perception of safety and acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines improving

Key research findings: * Vaccine rollout progressing well - 25% of our sample of over 13,000 people are now vaccinated * Overall vaccine acceptance up from 63% to 66%, and 60% of people believe vaccines will be readily available to them, up 2% * Notable differences between markets, particul...

2021-06-02 11:36 13338

OPAS: A Game-Changer in Post Covid-19 Landscape

PORTLAND, Ore., May 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- We believe that it's safe to say that Covid-19 will likely be one of the defining events of 2021, and it will further have implications that will keep surfacing for years to come. The situation is drastically changing, and the amount of people that are...

2021-05-31 09:00 2231

MTD Group takes part in the global effort to accelerate the COVID-19 vaccination, thanks to its new Low Dead Space syringes

LUGANO, Switzerland, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In delivering the COVID-19 global vaccination campaign, it is of paramount importance to be able to maximize the number of individuals that can benefit from the available vaccine vials. In particular, the use of low dead space (LDS) syringes can ...

2021-05-28 03:49 3054

Merck Accelerates Scale Up of Lipids to Meet Covid-19 Demand

- Introduces new synthetic cholesterol product nine months ahead of schedule - Offers high purity, scalability, and consistent quality - One of a few companies that produces lipids in quantities needed to meet demand for mRNA therapeutics, including Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine   DARMSTADT,...

2021-05-26 20:00 3125

RedHill Biopharma Receives Allowances for U.S. Patent Applications Covering Opaganib and RHB-107 for COVID-19

The two patents protect opaganib and RHB-107 for the treatment of COVID-19 until at least 2041 once granted Enrollment in opaganib's global Phase 2/3 study in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 is almost 100% complete RHB-107's ongoing Phase 2/3 study is enrolling U.S. non-hospitalized p...

2021-05-26 19:12 9900

Aon's New Vaccine Supply Chain Solution to Benefit Response Fund for the World Health Organization

Aon will donate all 2021 revenues from new solution that protects global COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. CHICAGO, May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Aon plc (NYSE: AON), a leading global professional services firm providing a broad range of risk, retirement and hea...

2021-05-25 21:00 6906

Aiming for Zero Leprosy: 30th Anniversary of World Health Assembly Resolution and WHO Global Leprosy Strategy 2021-2030 Are Opportunities to Accelerate Efforts against the Disease

TOKYO, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Thirty years ago this month, the World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted a resolution to eliminate leprosy as a public health problem. Today, as the 74th WHA gets under way, WHO Goodwill Ambassador for Leprosy Elimination Yohei Sasakawa is urging countries not to o...

2021-05-24 15:00 1601

Chinese president addresses global health summit

BEIJING, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the Global Health Summit and delivered a speech via video link inBeijing on Friday.   The summit was co-hosted by Italy, rotating presidency of G20, and the European Commission. In his speech, Xi urged ...

2021-05-24 09:43 3165

Trip.com Group donates 400 oxygen concentrators to India to provide support during the COVID-19 crisis

SINGAPORE, May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Trip.com Group, a leading global online travel services provider, has launched a medical relief initiative this month to helpIndia tackle oxygen equipment shortages during the COVID-19 crisis. Trip.com Group has donated 400 oxygen concentrators to its indus...

2021-05-24 09:00 2624

Novavax Announces Memorandum of Understanding to Explore Expansion of COVID-19 Vaccine Activities in South Korea

Novavax and SK bioscience reaffirm partnership during meeting with South Korean leaders GAITHERSBURG, Md., May 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the signing of a non-...

2021-05-23 00:39 9866

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Simultaneously Launches First Quantitative COVID-19 IgG Spike Antibody Test As Well As A Nucleocapsid Antibody Test to Help Differentiate Cause of Antibody Response

- Ortho is the only company that offers laboratories in the U.S. a quantitative test in combination with a nucleocapsid test - Both new antibody tests help health care teams differentiate the cause of antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 - Ortho's new VITROS® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Quantitative Antibody t...

2021-05-22 05:22 9814