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Company News (20) | Other News of Interest (4)

Company News

[1] Mobidiag Ltd. (Finland) [ www ]

— Mobidiag Offers Complete Diagnostic Solution for the Detection of Novel Coronavirus Infections with Both PCR and Antibody Tests — Mobidiag Ltd., a revenue generating, molecular diagnostics company with

complementary platforms that address infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance and other areas of unmet diagnostic need announces that it has received CE-IVD markings for its Novodiag® COVID-19 and Amplidiag® COVID-19 molecular diagnostic tests

for the early detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, responsible for novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[2] Bplugd IOT Pvt Ltd. (India) [ www ]

— Carbonado Introduces Face Masks With Viraloff Tech — Carbonado, Indian company Bplugd IOT’s flagship brand

has introduced AerFit NEO respirators which have been treated with Polygiene ViralOff technology. AerFit NEO is a filtering face-

piece respirator (face mask) that is reusable. - More... (Jun 1, 2020)

[3] Syngene International Ltd (India) [ www , SYNGENE ]

— Syngene ties up with HiMedia Laboratories to manufacture ELISA test kits for COVID-19 — Syngene

International Ltd., an integrated research and development services company, has entered into collaboration with HiMedia Laboratories, a bioscience company with expertise in media manufacturing and diagnostics for over 45 years, to manufacture

and distribute its ELISA kits. HiMedia will manufacture the kits at its facility in Mumbai and distribute it across India. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[4] Technopath Clinical Diagnostics (Ireland) [ www ]

— Technopath Clinical Diagnostics Launches the First Not-For-Profit COVID-19 Antibody Testing Initiative to Support Companies in Ireland — Technopath Clinical Diagnostics announced that it is rolling out COVID-19 antibody

testing in Ireland to help businesses navigate a safer workplace re-entry. This initiative will provide key services to all industries and will be offered on a not-for-profit basis. As a global leader in the development of quality control materials for the Diagnostics Industry, Technopath has been hands-on since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic supporting many of the larger global

diagnostic companies as they develop antibody tests. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[5] OurCrowd (Israel) [ www ]

— OurCrowd To Raise $100 Million For Pandemic Innovation Fund Investing In Y-Shaped Recovery — Israeli venture investing platform OurCrowd said it plans to raise $100 million for investment in technology in medical, education and other segments to find solutions for COVID-19 and future pandemics. Its pandemic innovation fund (PIF) will focus on investing in areas such as vaccines, personal protection, therapeutics, diagnostics, remote monitoring, digital health, remote

working, distance learning, robotic process animation, home exercise, and cybersecurity. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[6] Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Netherlands) [ www , PHIA ]

— FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for Philips’ new acute care patient monitoring solutions for hospital-based remote monitoring — Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology announced that the US FDA has

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issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Philips’ IntelliVue Patient Monitors MX750/MX850 and its IntelliVue Active

Displays AD75/AD85, for use in the US during the COVID-19 health emergency. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[7] QLife Holding AB (Sweden) [ www , QLIFE ]

— Qlife to develop SARS-CoV-2 total antibody test — Qlife has decided to initiate development of a Covid-19

antibody lgG/lgM test for the Egoo system. The first phase of developing the antibody test will be outsourced to an existing partner and is expected to take approximately three months. Thereafter, the project will be transferred to in-house specialists

for integration to the Egoo device, analytical data collection and product optimization. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[8] Eastman Staples Ltd. (United Kingdom) [ www ]

— Eastman Staples supplies PPE manufacturing equipment — Eastman Staples, a garment and textiles supplier,

has provided vital equipment to manufacture Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for the healthcare industry after receiving a

£300,000 loan from HSBC UK through Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS). - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[9] Francis Crick Institute (United Kingdom) [ www ]

— Proteins in the blood of COVID-19 patients could help predict how ill they will become — Researchers at

the Francis Crick Institute and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified 27 protein biomarkers that could be used to

predict whether a patient with COVID-19 is likely to become severely ill with the disease. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[10] Ascend Clinical, LLC (United States) [ www ]

— Ascend to Perform Antibody Testing for COVID-19 — Ascend, the nation's leading dialysis testing laboratory, has

begun performing antibody testing for COVID-19. Ascend is one of the first to offer COVID-19 total antibody testing on the

Siemens high throughput platform, which can be combined with a patient's regularly scheduled tests. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[11] BioIQ, Inc. (United States) [ www ]

— BioIQ Launches Telehealth Enabled At-Home Saliva Test Kit for COVID-19 with P23 Labs — BioIQ, a

healthcare engagement and clinical adherence technology platform company, announces the availability of an at-home RT-PCR

COVID-19 testing solution with fully integrated telehealth support. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[12] Boyd Corporation (United States) [ www ]

— Boyd Corporation Supports the Delivery of 28,000 Face Shields to Massachusetts — Boyd Corporation, a

global leader in engineered materials and thermal management solutions, announced the continued joint effort with The Coca-Cola Company and Makers Respond.org, a project of RESOLVE, to deliver critically needed medical face shields for healthcare workers battling the coronavirus pandemic in Massachusetts. Boyd Corporation supports the donation of 28,000 face shields to

support frontline healthcare workers in the state of Massachusetts. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[13] DeltaTrak, Inc. (United States) [ www ]

— DeltaTrak’s Cold Chain Restart Program Helps Companies Access Critical PPE Solutions — DeltaTrak, a

leading innovator of cold chain management and temperature monitoring solutions, is excited to announce the Cold Chain

Restart Program designed to help companies reopen on a safe footing by providing access to critically needed PPE solutions. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[14] Global Help Foundation (United States) [ www ]

— SouthEast Asia Capital Group donates 200,000 PLD Global Corporation's HandaX anti-bacterial gloves to Global Help Foundation — Global Help Foundation, a U.S. non-profit organization, is proud to announce that SouthEast

Asia Capital Group has donated 200,000 PLD Global Corporation’s HandaX anti-bacterial gloves with total value exceeding US$500,000 in an effort to join hands to fight against the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, to support the re-open of the US economy in particular and the world in general, and to improve environmental protection measures in personal protective

equipment (PPE) manufacturing. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[15] Qualigen Therapeutics Inc (United States) [ www , QLGN ]

— Qualigen Therapeutics Releases FastPack® SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Diagnostic Test to University of Louisville to Conduct Validation Studies — Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. announced that the Company has released a pre-

launch supply of its proposed FastPack® SARS-CoV-2 IgG Immunoassay diagnostic test kits to the University of Louisville to conduct validation studies with hundreds of patient samples, as well as for use in research on COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus

that causes COVID-19. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[16] Trinity Technology Group, Inc. (United States) [ www ]

— TTG Launches Composite Fabric For Medical Face Masks — Trinity Technology Group (TTG) has launched

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innovative composite fabric for medical face masks. The new fabric uses the latest Airadigm innovation which takes healthcare

personnel protection to the next level. - More... (Jun 1, 2020)

[17] TusStar Ann Arbor (United States) [ www ]

— Michigan firm TusStar receives U.S. lab approval for NMV95+ mask products with a nano-scale surface, headband design — Working in cooperation with Ann Arbor, Michigan-based TusStar, the Chinese

nanotechnology company Neatrition has received U.S. Nelson Lab approval for its NMV95+ mask products featuring a nano-scale

surface in both a new headband design and the existing over-the-ear style mask - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[18] University of Maryland School of Medicine (United States) [ www ]

— UM School of Medicine's Institute of Human Virology awarded grants for COVID-19 — The Center for

International Health, Education and Biosecurity (Ciheb) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Institute of Human Virology was awarded $4 million from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to support coronavirus disease

2019 (COVID-19) response activities in Botswana, Nigeria, Malawi, and Mozambique. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[19] University of Notre Dame (United States) [ www ]

— Notre Dame researchers to create material for new antimicrobial mask — Not long after the coronavirus

pandemic began impacting the nation, hospitals and other health services began running into shortages of personal protective equipment such as face masks. Typical masks can help prevent the transmission of disease, but have a one-time use. Researchers

at the University of Notre Dame are working to develop a new fabric for antimicrobial masks that could potentially be reusable. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

[20] University of Texas at Austin (The) (United States) [ www ]

— Study reveals how essential SARS-CoV-2 protein can be stabilized and scaled for production — A

research group from the University of Texas in Austin described a high-yield production of a stabilized severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike protein (S-protein) that may accelerate the development of vaccines and diagnostic

tests. This methodological 'tour de force' paper is currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

Other News of Interest

— Japan allows saliva-based tests to boost coronavirus detection — Japan approved saliva-based tests for the

coronavirus, offering a safer, simpler way to diagnose infection than nasal swabs as it looks to boost its testing rates. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

— Rwanda's Vaccination Programmes Not Affected By COVID-19, Health Ministry Says — The World Health

Organisation (WHO) in April expressed concerns about the Covid-19 epidemic's impact on routine immunisation programmes for children, as they cited that 21 low and middle income countries were already reporting vaccine shortages due to travel disruptions and border closures. In Rwanda however, the pandemic has not had any significant negative effects on its vaccination

programmes according to officials from Rwanda Biomedical Center. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

— Thai researchers developing 'gold standard' PPE suits — Thai scientists are developing Level 4 bio-hazard suits to

reduce the country’s reliance on import of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 crisis. The Government Pharmaceutical Organisation (GPO) and the textile industry are collaborating on ‘gold standard’ protective suits after successfully

developing level 2 suits. - More... (Jun 2, 2020)

— US Congresswoman plans domestic PPE production legislation — US Congress woman Carolyn B Maloney

recently called for a Government Accountability Office (GAO) study on how to stabilise the supply chain of personal protective equipment (PPE) to harness American manufacturing capabilities and plans to introduce legislation that would require a

percentage of the strategic national stockpile of PPE be manufactured in the United States. - More... (Jun 1, 2020)

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