Sartorius off to a dynamic start in fiscal 2020

Sartorius, a leading international partner of life science research and the biopharmaceutical industry, started off fisc...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Novartis to sponsor HCQ clinical trial in COVID-19 patients

Novartis has reached an agreement with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to proceed with a Phase III clinical tr...

April 21, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eppendorf AG posts a strong fiscal year 2019

Revenue rises to €803.9 million (prior year: €729.2 million) At 10.2%, revenue growth exceeds industry aver...

April 20, 2020 | Monday | News
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expands commitment to global COVID-19 response

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced an expansion of its funding for the global res...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Global consortium accelerates drug development for COVID-19

A cross-border initiative led by the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Dr. Nir London has brought together a wide ra...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Wireless signals and AI to monitor COVID-19 patients remotely

As the coronavirus pandemic continues, hospitals are working to prevent overcrowding and keep healthcare workers...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
Vault Health launches saliva based test for COVID-19

Vault Health, a US based startup specializing in healthcare for men, has turned focus to help fulfill demand for hard to...

April 16, 2020 | Thursday | News
BD launches new molecular diagnostic test for COVID-19

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a leading global medical technology company, has announced that the U.S. Food and Dr...

April 15, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Pfizer, BioNTech accelerate global COVID-19 vaccine development

BioNTech and Pfizer Inc. have disclosed additional details of their collaboration to advance candidates from BioNTech&rs...

April 14, 2020 | Tuesday | News
Eli Lilly begins clinical testing of COVID-19 therapies

Eli Lilly and Company announced that it has entered into an agreement with the National Institute of Allergy and Infecti...

April 13, 2020 | Monday | News
Sesderma Labs produces Lactyferrin to counter the COVID-19 strain

Sesderma, a Spanish company specializes in Nanotechnology, has managed to produce an effective drug named Lactyferrin (L...

April 10, 2020 | Friday | News
Bio-Rad launches serology assay to detect COVID-19 Abs

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., a global leader of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced t...

April 10, 2020 | Friday | News
Global Leaders issue G20 call to take action for COVID-19

A 165-strong international group including 92 former Presidents and Prime Ministers, along with current economic and hea...

April 9, 2020 | Thursday | News
US grants Merck patent for CRISPR-chrom technology

Merck, a leading science and technology company, has announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has gr...

April 8, 2020 | Wednesday | News
Ventilator shortages worsen globally amidst COVID-19 outbreak

Ventilator shortages are a critical reality as the COVID-19 outbreak continues to worsen globally. According to GlobalDa...

April 7, 2020 | Tuesday | Opinion
GSK and Vir Biotech search for coronavirus solutions

UK headquartered GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) and US based Vir Biotechnology, Inc. (VIR) have announced they have signed a ...

April 7, 2020 | Tuesday | News
COVID-19 : The current case fatality rate globally

CFRs vary widely between countries, from 0.2% in Germany to 7.7% in Italy. But it says that this is not necessarily an a...

April 6, 2020 | Monday | News
(COVID-19) : Are countries bending the curve?

This chart here is looking at the daily number of deaths. To bring the pandemic to an end countries have to b...

April 4, 2020 | Saturday | Analysis