COVID-19

May 05, 2022

GE Healthcare and Medtronic Collaborated to Meet the Increasing Need for Outpatient Care On April 28, 2022, GE Healthcare and Medtronic entered into a collaboration to provide patients, clinicians, and payers seeking more choices of excellent care, inside and outside of the traditional hospital without compromis...

Apr 29, 2022

The organ on a chip is a microfluidic culture device that recapitulates the complicated structures and functions associated with the living human organs. The microdevices are composed of a clear flexible polymer that is almost the size of a USB memory stick and comprises hollow microfluidic channels lined up with l...

Apr 08, 2022

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the third leading cause of death across the globe. It is a widespread, preventable, and treatable disease characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow restriction caused by airway and alveolar abnormalities, which are mainly induced by prolonged exposu...

Mar 22, 2022

NHS Grants Fast Track Access to Takeda’s Exkivity Takeda has secured UK approval for its lung cancer therapy Exkivity, with an NHS access deal that could see it prescribed to patients within the next few weeks. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorisa...

Mar 01, 2022

GSK’s Covifenz, A Plant-Based COVID Vaccine, Receives First Approval The recombinant COVID-19 vaccine developed by Medicago, now known as Covifenz, has received approval in Canada, the company's home country. Covifenz employs Coronavirus-Like Particle (CoVLP) technology, with the vaccine consisting of recombinan...

Feb 15, 2022

Pfizer and Lilly's JAK Inhibitors Safety Concerns Prompt Europe to Investigate the Drug Class The risk of heart problems associated with the use of JAK inhibitors has called the entire drug class into question. In September, the FDA announced that it would require safety warnings for drugs such as Pfizer's Xelja...

Jan 28, 2022

The autoimmune diseases are frequently incapacitating and, in some circumstances, fatal. There are currently more than 80 identified autoimmune disorders, such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Crohn's Disease, Plaque Psoriasis, Ulcerative Colitis, Myasthenia Gravis, and many more with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. ...

Jan 25, 2022

Merck’s Chronic Cough Med Gefapixant Receives A Red Flag From the FDA, Requests For More Data On 24th January 2022, Merck & Co. announced FDA rejection for its New Drug Application (NDA) of Gefapixant (experimental drug) for unexplained or chronic cough. FDA asked for additional information on the drug, rela...

Jan 06, 2022

Siemens Healthineers received Emergency Use Authorization for CLINITEST® Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test by the FDA  On December 29, 2021, Siemens Healthineers was granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its CLINITEST Rapid COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test by the United States Food and Drug Administration ...

Jan 04, 2022

FDA approves IND application of Accutar for a prostate cancer treatment trial The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Accutar Biotechnology’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for Phase I clinical trial of AC0176 for treating metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). An i...