Drug Research
Amgen And Adaptive Biotechnologies Announce Strategic Partnership To Develop A Therapeutic To Prevent Or Treat COVID-19
Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies announced a collaboration aimed at helping address the COVID-19 pandemic. The companies will combine expertise to discover and develop fully human neutralizing antibodies targeting SARS-CoV-2 to potentially prevent or treat COVID-19. The mutually exclusive collaboration...
Clinical Trials
APEIRON Biologics InitiatesPhase II Clinical Trial of APN01 for Treatment of COVID-19
APEIRON Biologics AG announced that it has received regulatory approvals in Austria, Germany and Denmark to initiate a Phase II clinical trial of APN01 to treat COVID-19. APN01 is the recombinant form of the human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (rhACE2),...
Drug Research
Medicines Discovery Catapult helping advance Covid-19 testing
The Medicines Discovery Catapult will open a new dedicated laboratory at Bruntwood SciTech’s Alderley Park in Cheshire, making it one of the government’s national hubs for Covid-19 testing.
Medicines Discovery Catapult is also helping to co-ordinate the establishment of the...
Press Releases
Sense, Phillips-Medisize partner to speed up production of new COVID-19 test
Sense has announced an accelerated programme to launch the world’s first instrument-free, point-of-care molecular diagnostic test for SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sense is partnering closely with Phillips-Medisize, a Molex company and leading global medical device innovator,...
Press Releases
Cellex gets FDA authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
The agency granted an emergency use authorization to the company for its test, which is meant to detect antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in the blood. However, antibody testing has both advantages and disadvantages relative to the more common PCR assays.
The...
Drug Research
Zymo Research Announces Partnership with Tecan for COVID-19 Viral RNA Extraction
Zymo Research announced a partnership with Tecan to launch a ready-to-go processing solution to streamline viral DNA/RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, saliva, sputum, plasma, and serum. The DreamPrep™ NAP workstation, featuring Zymo Research’s Quick-DNA/RNA™ Viral MagBead Kit,...
Press Releases
PCR Biosystems continues to scale up operations to ensure ongoing availability of COVID-19 test reagents
PCR Biosystems, the UK-based PCR experts, are continuing to scale up operations to ensure the critical enzyme mix for COVID-19 tests remain available to the UK and global healthcare systems as demand for testing rises. To meet current and...
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