Infectious Disease Control
Poor home hygiene contributing to antibiotic resistance, warn global hygiene experts
LONDON, Sept. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- It is estimated that rates of resistance to commonly-used antibiotics could exceed 40–60% in some countries by 2030.1 With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) set to claim the lives of 10 million by 2050 if no action is taken,2 the GHC's experts are calling for ...
2020-09-11 07:01
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China honors pandemic fighters, vows to carry on fighting COVID-19 globally
BEIJING, Sept. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by CGTN: China held a meeting on Tuesday to honor role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic - the fastest spreading, most extensive and most challenging public health emergency it has encountered since the founding of...
2020-09-09 09:08
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COVID-19 Drives Rise in Global Fab Equipment Spending, SEMI Reports
MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Soaring pandemic-inspired demand for chips that power everything from communications and IT infrastructures to personal computing, gaming and healthcare electronics will drive an 8% increase in global fab equipment spending in 2020 and a 13% increa...
2020-09-08 22:00
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Seegene introduces a High-throughput 8-plex Test for Flu A, Flu B, RSV and COVID-19 with dual internal controls
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene, Inc. introduced a single tube real-time RT-PCR assay, Allplex™ SARS-CoV-2/FluA/FluB/RSV Assay, which simultaneously detects and differentiates Flu A, Flu B, RSV A/B, and three different target genes of COVID-19 (S gene, RdRP gene and N ge...
2020-09-08 20:00
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INOVIO Adds Thermo Fisher Scientific To Global Manufacturing Consortium
INOVIO Plans to Have 100 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate INO-4800 Manufactured in 2021 PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on bringing to market precisely designed DNA medicines to treat and protect people from inf...
2020-09-08 20:00
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Otis Commissions Study on Elevator Airflow Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
* Independent study to investigate risk of airborne transmission in elevators * Findings aim to advance industry safety protocols and provide additional scientific data to inform riding public * Led by Purdue University expert TAIPEI and HONG KONG, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Otis Worldwi...
2020-09-04 18:37
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First COVID-19 Global Forecast: IHME Projects Three-Quarters of a Million Lives Could be Saved by January 1
SEATTLE, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first global projections of the COVID-19 pandemic by nation, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at theUniversity of Washington's School of Medicine is predicting nearly 770,000 lives worldwide could be saved between now andJanuary ...
2020-09-04 10:49
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Sinopharm Tech Plans to Set Up Face Masks Testing Laboratory, Aiming to Enhance Quality Control
HONG KONG, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sinopharm Tech Holdings Limited ("Sinopharm Tech" and its subsidiaries, together, the "Group", stock code: 8156) is pleased to announce that the Group has signed a management contract (" Management Agreement") with Intertek Testing Services Hong Kong Limite...
2020-09-02 20:48
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NCH Asia Pacific Launches "Everbrite Filter"--an innovation in Germicidal and Deodorizing Technology
SINGAPORE, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NCH Asia Pacific has recently
announced the launch of "Everbrite Filter", an innovative air disinfection
stick-on filter that can be integrated into all kinds of HVAC systems and kill
up to 99.9% viruses and bacteria.
2020-09-02 16:28
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Humoral immune response to SARS-CoV2 in Iceland
Titers of antibodies against SARS-CoV2 do not decline within four months REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Scientists at deCODE genetics inIceland, a subsidiary of Amgen Inc , biopharmaceutical company headquartered inCalifornia, and their collaborators, today publish a study in ...
2020-09-02 05:00
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GenScript Biotech Corporation signs exclusive agreement with PH biotech firm to distribute faster, more accurate and more affordable immunity tests for COVID-19
SINGAPORE, Sept. 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript Biotech Corporation ("GenScript", Stock Code: 1548.HK) entered an exclusive partnership with Philippines biotech company, IP Biotech. ). This will allow the firm to distribute a breakthrough test kit designed to measure the levels of neutralizing...
2020-09-01 10:30
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Million-selling Erba COVID-19 antibody tests now validated on leading ELISA analysers
LONDON, Aug. 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- To improve global availability of high-quality testing methods for SARS-CoV-2,Erba Mannheim announced the availability of validated automated protocols for their successful range of ErbaLisa COVID-19 IgG and IgM ELISA kits. Optimised protocols for popular ins...
2020-08-31 06:00
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Irish-based ROQU Group launches world-first 'Health Passport' digital platform to support increased global COVID-19 testing
- World-first technology developed by ROQU Group to protect society, economy, and jobs - Irish trial commences with national partners in healthcare, agriculture, education, childcare, logistics, entertainment, and other sectors - Irish-engineered digital platform, in partnership with advanced d...
2020-08-28 13:00
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Wellcare Introduces Digital Guide 'Enjoying an Active Life During A Pandemic'
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Wellcare Telemedicine Platform today released a digital guide, 'Enjoying an Active life during a Pandemic.' They identified the risks associated with 12-daily activities for kids and adults, along with important advice on how to avoid catch...
2020-08-28 07:42
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New Data Suggest ExoFlo is Poised for a Quantum Leap in the Fight Against COVID-19
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Biologics, LLC announces a rapid acceleration of the investigational use of ExoFlo™ for treatment of COVID-19 as new mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 have been revealed. Published inLung Cellular and Molecular Physiology in August, a recent research col...
2020-08-28 02:35
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TUV Rheinland: Certification in Spite of Coronavirus Pandemic - Quality Management in the Automotive Industry
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The standards and regulations body has made arrangements to respond to the changed conditions as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. It has focused its attentions on the following questions: Under what conditions can corporate audits and certifica...
2020-08-26 09:00
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First Rapid Corona Antigen Test Approved for Clinical Study in Germany
The health tech company Digital Diagnostics AG from Mainz, Germany, has received approval for clinical trials from a German ethics committee and the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). This is a crucial regulatory step in the ongoing approval process for the Digid Cantisense™...
2020-08-26 03:23
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Polygiene is hot in media - keeps cool and comments
STOCKHOLM, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Not even six months after launching the antiviral treatment ViralOff®, it is getting what is best described as global coverage in media. Last week culminated in an appearance on, Good Morning America - How major fashion has joined the fight against COVID-1...
2020-08-25 19:49
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FDA's Convalescent Plasma EUA Requires All Donor Blood Units be Tested Only with Ortho's COVID-19 IgG Antibody Test
RARITAN, New Jersey, Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In its August 23 Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for COVID-19 convalescent plasma for the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires all units of donor blood to be tested on Ortho Clin...
2020-08-25 04:13
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Singapore's Restalyst develops highly sensitive COVID-19 antibody test comparable to market leaders
SINGAPORE, Aug. 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore biomedical firm Restalyst has developed a COVID-19 antibody test, COVID19N-REAAD™, which will be instrumental in establishing disease prevalence in populations and the exposure risk factors associated with infection. This will enable healthcare a...
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