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Vela Diagnostics has received Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the manual version of its Covid-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. The ViroKey SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test detects the Covid-19 causing SARS-CoV-2 virus...

6 August Global: The coronavirus pandemic death toll passed 707,000 late on Wednesday, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, which relies on official government data. Meanwhile, the global infection rate passed 18.8 million. The US accounts for the...

From the Home Office shelving its “racist” visa algorithm to Microsoft’s proposed TikTok deal, here are the key developments from the week so far. By NS Tech. Government tech market set to weather economic storm, says Gartner The global government...

Ireland’s FDI record has been impressive in recent years, and while its first-quarter figures for 2020 only show a slight dip, the country is braced for challenging times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lara Williams reports. The future of foreign direct...

The European Medical Device Regulation (MDR) is a new set of regulations governing the production and distribution of medical devices in Europe, which were due to come into place on 26 May 2020. Designed as an update to the Medical Devices Directive (MDD) of 1993, MDR...

Novartis and a string of high profile backers fund next-gen Treg cell therapy startup GentiBio badams Wed, 08/05/2020 - 03:58

Premier Research nabs Astellas, J&J cancer veteran for its oncology team badams Wed, 08/05/2020 - 03:27

Versant debuts Matterhorn Biosciences with $30M to create better TCR treatments aalidrus Tue, 08/04/2020 - 23:45

Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine looks promising in early data aalidrus Tue, 08/04/2020 - 22:00

AstraZeneca taps digital stethoscope maker Eko to support its heart failure research chale Tue, 08/04/2020 - 16:26

Hospitals have watched how systems in New York and other initial COVID-19 hot spots have fared fighting the pandemic and are now applying those strategies to combat their own surge of cases. The post Fierce Healthcare: Hospitals employ lessons learned in load...

…Following CDC guidelines, conservation efforts were also made by healthcare workers to keep N95 masks functioning longer, which reduced daily consumption by more than 50 percent and a move Bowen suggests other healthcare facilities take to keep national supply...

West Henrietta, New York – July 28, 2020 – The Remanufacturing Industries Council is pleased to announce the addition of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR) to the Remanufacturing Association Alliance (RAA), bringing the total number of...

From Medline Renewal: KTVZ: Onward: Four big Redmond businesses expanding amid recession, pandemic Congrats to AMDR member, Medline ReNewal, on their expansion plans.  Green, American, MedTech jobs for is good Oregon and good for American healthcare. Medline, a...

Reprocessing May Tilt the Scales Electrophysiology (EP) procedures to treat patients with Atrial Fibrillation are among the fastest growing procedures in the United States. Changing demographics as well as improvements in technology that expand the range of patients...

I have been privileged to read and write for this LifeSciVC blog for a handful of years now.  One of my favorite editions is Leave a Ladder Down from Ros Deegan in 2019, both because I was amazed by her knowledge of the Khumbu Icefall in Nepal and...

We’re half way through one of the craziest years in recent memory, with a raging viral pandemic, civil unrest and protests, staggering unemployment and economic woes, and invasive murder hornets. And yet, like the indefatigable Energizer bunny, the biotech...

“Hey, you know, breakdowns come. And breakdowns go. So what are you going to do about it? That’s what I’d like to know – Gumboots In an era of COVID, political uncertainty, and market volatility, exhibiting resilience and staying true to our...

It is a strange time to work in the biotech industry. National unemployment has spiked to 11%, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta predicts a 35% drop in US GDP in the second quarter, and yet the XBI index of biotech stocks has risen by more than 20% since the...

  Sanofi Pasteur is betting big on its pact with mRNA biotech Translate Bio as it deepens its ties and commitment to infectious disease vaccines using this new tech. Read more. The post Sanofi spends $425M to double down on Translate Bio mRNA pact, eyes Q4...

As we approach our 5th anniversary and surpass our 125th hire, we have come to recognize that one of the most important characteristics for success at AVROBIO is a commitment to our mantra of “smart speed.” We’ve been thinking a lot about...

It’s been over three months since stay at home advisories and social distancing protocols abruptly arrived in Massachusetts. Calls for a return to normal and getting “back” to how things once were are growing louder by the day. In recent weeks,...

I love to travel. While still in training in internal medicine, I earned extra money to fund trips abroad by covering for community-based general practitioners (GPs). This usually involved staying in the GP’s house for the weekend, holding the cell phone and...

Another venture capital firm that backs biotechs has raised a multimillion-dollar fund—money the firm, Cambridge, MA-based Atlas Venture, says it will use to continue creating and funding companies that are working to create new medicines. Read more. The post...

Atlas Venture, a leading early stage venture capital firm investing in groundbreaking biotech innovation, today announced the closing of its twelfth fund, raising $400 million in a highly oversubscribed fundraise. With the closing of Fund XII, Michael Gladstone was...