COVID-19 / Coronavirus

Seegene Introduces New SARS-CoV-2 Variants Detection Test That Can Screen Six Virus Variants Including the Delta and Delta Plus

2021-07-13 20:00 1348

* Seegene launches new multiplex PCR test capable of screening six SARS-CoV-2 variants including the Delta and Delta Plus variants attributable for a recent surge in global COVID-19 cases. * The new CE-IVD marked variants detection kit to differentiate 10 major COVID-19 variants including the...

Blue Launches WeMedi Top Up (Outpatient) Protector

2021-07-13 15:40 1498

HONG KONG, July 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue, the first digital life insurer in Hong Kong, today announced the launch of its WeMedi Top Up (Outpatient) Protector (the "Plan"), a market-first[1] top up outpatient plan in the digital life insurance market to subsidise existing outpatient plans to h...

Hochuen Medical Raises Tens of Millions RMB in Series A Financing

2021-07-13 01:05 1641

SHENZHEN, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hochuen Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Hochuen Medical") has raised a40 million Yuan (RMB) Series A round of financing led by Qiming Venture Partners as the sole investor. The new proceeds will be used to (1) accelerate the com...

Wearing A Mask Still Matters: The World Rallies to Continue Masking to Stop the Spread of COVID-19

2021-07-12 19:00 1265

World Mask Week (July 12-18) is a global movement to encourage continued mask-wearing to reach the end of the COVID-19 pandemic SEATTLE, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Pandemic Action Network, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Union,3M and over 50 glo...

P&G pledges an additional S$3.1 million worth of Care Packs to the Migrant Workers Centre in Singapore amid the COVID-19 pandemic

2021-07-12 14:19 16931

SINGAPORE, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Procter & Gamble (NYSE:PG), has once again partnered with Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) to provide an additional 300,000 care packs totallingS$3.1million, in support for migrant workers in Singapore as part of ongoing COVID-19 relief efforts. The care pack...

New Study Demonstrates Significantly Increased Healing Rates with NATROX® Oxygen Wound Therapy

2021-07-12 13:00 1178

Treatment offers hope for patients with long-standing chronic wounds CAMBRIDGE, England, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Inotec AMD, manufacturer of NATROX® Oxygen Wound Therapy, is delighted to share newly published randomised controlled trial (RCT) results[1]. The trial involved 145 patients with...

LEAD Horizon: How Vienna gargles out of lockdown

2021-07-12 08:30 1759

VIENNA, July 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- With the initiative "everything gargles" Vienna got through the pandemic better in comparison to other European cities. Every day, up to 70.000 people participate in the simple gargle PCR testing to inquire their Covid-19 status. Following the example ofVienn...

Kintor Pharmaceutical Announced FDA Has Greenlighted Pyrilutamide's Phase II Clinical Trial for Androgenetic Alopecia in the US

2021-07-11 21:03 19066

SUZHOU, China, July 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kintor Pharmaceutical Limited (HKEX:9939), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing innovative small molecule and biological therapeutics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has greenlighted pyrilutamide's phase...

This World Population Day, Sophie's Bionutrients issues a clarion call for the reformation of global food systems

2021-07-11 10:00 2568

SINGAPORE, July 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- This World Population Day, Sophie's Bionutrients (https://sophiesbionutrients.com/ ), a Singapore-based next-generation sustainable urban food production technology company, advocates for and promotes fair and sustainable...

BRI Deploys Teras BRI Ships to Provide Vaccination in the Maluku Islands

2021-07-10 10:02 17523

MANADO, Indonesia, July 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (IDX:BBRI) is committed to supporting the success of the COVID-19 vaccination program that is being carried out by the Government as an effort to overcome the pandemic. Through the BRI Manado Regional Office, ...

Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' Quantitative COVID-19 IgG Antibody Test First to Receive FDA Emergency Use Authorization

2021-07-10 03:33 29681

- Ortho's new VITROS® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG Quantitative Test targets the S1 spike protein and is calibrated to the WHO International Standard for anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies, which gives clinicians and public health leaders a standard tool to measure antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 - Ortho is ...

I-Mab Expands Emerging Portfolio of Next Generation Novel Oncology Therapeutics Through Cutting-Edge mRNA and AI Technology Platforms

2021-07-09 20:00 29848

SHANGHAI and GAITHERSBURG, Md., July 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab (the "Company") (Nasdaq: IMAB), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company committed to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel biologics, today announced the signing of two new collaborations with emerging biote...

Alpha Tau and Healthcare Capital Corp. to Combine and Create A Publicly Traded Company Focused on Transforming the Treatment of Solid Tumors Through the Precision Delivery of Alpha Radiation

2021-07-08 21:13 30822

JERUSALEM and WILMINGTON, Del., July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Tau Medical Limited ("Alpha Tau"), the developer of the pioneering alpha-radiation cancer therapy Alpha DaRT™, and Healthcare Capital Corp. ("HCC") (Nasdaq: HCCC), a special purpose acquisition company, today announced they have e...

Fosun International was awarded the "ESG Benchmark Awards - The ESG Leader" Gold Award

2021-07-08 16:55 46365

HONG KONG, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Institute of ESG & Benchmark (IESGB) held the inaugural awards ceremony of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Achievement Awards 2020 at the Hong Kong Productivity Council. Fosun International was awarded the "ESG Benchmark Awards – The ESG...

COVID pandemic heightens a lack of confidence amongst the public about which medicines to take and how to use them

2021-07-08 16:00 1444

New campaign, Let's treat it right, launches as online searches for self-care surge globally[1], as people take more responsibility for  their everyday health.  NYON, Switzerland, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today sees the launch of Let's treat it right, a major new health education campaign d...

COVID-19: Doctor's certificates for antigen self-tests now offered online worldwide by DrAnsay.com

2021-07-08 13:55 2050

HAMBURG, Germany, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- DrAnsay.com, the market leader for online doctor attests, now offers online test certificates for self-applied rapid antigen tests worldwide to avoid the effort, infection risk and cost of point-of-care testing.

Just 5 minutes: Game-changing PCR to complete nucleic acid amplification, Si-Gene Biotech help out against COVID 19

2021-07-08 11:28 1653

SHANGHAI, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- As is known, nucleic acid detection is currently the "golden standard" of coronavirus detection and has the high sensitivity and specificity characteristics in early diagnosis. The most common method for detecting novel coronavirus-specific nucleic acid sequ...

SKF Bearing Industries support COVID-19 response efforts with RM50,000 worth of equipment.

2021-07-08 10:00 1769

SEREMBAN, Malaysia, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- To ramp up COVID-19 response efforts, SKF Bearing Industries delivered approximatelyRM50,000 worth of medical and office equipment to the Seremban COVID-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF). With vaccinations in progress and the COVID-19 infection sh...

Reckitt and Shopee support Singaporeans in fight against pandemic with 'Protection Starts From Within' campaign

2021-07-08 09:30 1932

SINGAPORE, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Reckitt, the global leader in health, hygiene and nutrition, partners with Shopee, the leading e-commerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan to launch its first "Protection Starts From Within" regional initiative held across six markets. This collabora...

BeatO raises USD 5.7 million in funding led by W Health Ventures

2021-07-08 08:30 2817

- Fresh funds to be utilized in enlarging its subscriber base across channels/geographies and for product enhancement to provide care for more cardiometabolic conditions NEW DELHI, July 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- BeatO – India's leading digital care ecosystem for chronic condition management – has ...

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