Rutgers Secures US FDA Emergency Use Authorization for New Coronavirus Saliva Test
A new collection approach that utilizes saliva as the primary test biomaterial for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has become the first such method to be granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). More...20 Apr 2020
COVID-19: 155 Drugs and 79 Vaccines Currently Under Development Worldwide
A total of 155 drugs and 79 vaccines are currently being developed worldwide to combat COVID-19, according to a study released by the Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment (AIHTA; Vienna, Austria), based on figures compiled in collaboration with the organization's European counterparts. More...20 Apr 2020
RT-LAMP Assay Developed for SARS-CoV-2
SARS-CoV-2 is the causative viral pathogen of COVID-19, and diagnosis of COVID-19 can be done through CT scan of suspicious patients and a confirmatory laboratory test is performed using published real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) methods. More...20 Apr 2020
Sense Accelerates World’s First Instrument-Free, POC Molecular Diagnostic Test for COVID-19
Sense Biodetection Limited (Oxford, UK) has accelerated its program 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. More...18 Apr 2020
Rapid, Bluetooth-Connected Test Diagnoses COVID-19 in 60 Seconds
Hememics Biotechnologies Inc. (Gaithersburg, MD, USA) is partnering with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority {(BARDA) Washington, DC, USA}, a division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), on the development of a rapid, Bluetooth®-connected, easy-to-use test to diagnose COVID-19 in 60 seconds or less. More...18 Apr 2020
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