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Telemedicine startup HopDoc and fintech company Transact Bank have partnered with Transact Pro to deliver a telehealth platform to UK physicians so they can continue to treat patients while meeting social distancing requirements. Hopdoc’s telemed solution was...

2 June Global: Global infections from Covid-19 stand at 6,266,193 with deaths at 375,554, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed President Donald Trump’s announcement he...

Meditech Spine has received 510(k) clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market a new lumbar plate option CURE Opel-L (S) system. The system adds on to the company’s previously FDA-cleared CURE LP Plate System and pairs with its Talos-A...

Siemens Healthineers has received emergency use authorisation (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a laboratory-based total antibody test for Covid-19. The Covid-19 test detects the presence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, including IgM and IgG in blood....

US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Siemens Healthineers for its laboratory-based total antibody test for the SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. The company stated that data from the test showed 100% sensitivity and 99.8%...

Survey details shortages of COVID-19 testing supplies and labs' responses chale Sun, 05/31/2020 - 18:12

FDA greenlights Quest, LetsGetChecked home-based coronavirus tests chale Sun, 05/31/2020 - 16:51

Univ. of Maryland researchers develop 'naked eye' COVID-19 test chale Fri, 05/29/2020 - 11:32

FDA approves Eli Lilly's Tauvid dye, its first for mapping Alzheimer's tau tangles chale Fri, 05/29/2020 - 10:47

ASCO: Allogene reports 63% response rate in early trial of off-the-shelf CAR-T in lymphoma arlene.weintraub Fri, 05/29/2020 - 08:56

Manufacturing of medicines based on biology is complex. Viral vector manufacturing to produce gene therapy constructs, vaccines and oncolytic viruses is especially intricate. Most early stage companies use contract manufacturing organizations until real clinical proof...

Many autoimmune diseases are treated with immunosuppressive drugs to rein in an immune system that has turned on the body’s own tissues. Problem is, that approach doesn’t just tamp down the immune response in affected tissues—it affects immune cells...

For some children with a certain type of brain tumor, treatment can mean surgery followed by multiple rounds of chemotherapy infusions to beat back the growth of their low-grade gliomas. A San Francisco startup hopes to change that trajectory with an oral therapy...

In the decade since Nimbus Therapeutics built a company around computation and little-known phenomena allosteric regulation, the industry has brimmed with algorithm companies and even a few chasing those same targets. Still, a couple of the old leaders think they can...

Today marks an important milestone for HotSpot Therapeutics as we announce our Series B financing, but it also marks a milestone for me personally – 20 years in the business of biotech. This blog was written by Jonathan Montagu, CEO and co-founder of...

The US healthcare system’s reliance on a global supply chain and just-in-time delivery has been good for the bottom line. However, critical shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) have recently raised awareness of the vulnerability of supply chains...

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The primary steps Margaret Mary Health took to address a surge of coronavirus patients included formation of a response team and expansion of telemedicine. The post Health Leaders: 6 Steps for Rural Hospitals to Rise to the Coronavirus Challenge appeared first on AMDR.

Statements From Federal Health Department, DHHS and AMA regarding PPE shortages: Federal Health Department While not routinely being made available, as they have been traditionally a core area held by states and territories for their needs, gowns and gloves have been...

When the pandemic struck, biotechnology chief executives suddenly faced questions about how to keep their workers safe, their research moving and their budgets intact. Read more. The post Biotech CEOs Share Ideas for Coping With Coronavirus appeared first on Atlas...

I stood in front of 15 skeptical parents and prepared to sell them on an improbable mission. They had all signed their daughters up for the first-grade basketball team. I would be coaching that team. And I was here to advise them that this would not be the type of...

What a difference a little time makes. When Bruce originally encouraged me to be a contributor to From The Trenches, life was “the way it used to be.” And as Atlas’ Head of Talent, I mused about writing on topics related to Executive Search,...

Two years ago, Accent Therapeutics got off a $40 million series A to target RNA-modifying proteins in cancer; now, in the middle of a pandemic, it’s still managed to bring in a respectable $63 million second funding round. Read more. The post Accent Therapeutics...

When I discussed the topic of writing about my experience as an immigrant biotech CEO with Bruce Booth, I had not yet imagined how the global COVID-19 pandemic would change our lives. I initially hesitated to submit it, now that we are in the midst of this...