Medical Regulations Gate - MRG

CerTest | October 21, 2020

CerTest Biotec, along with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that the VIASURE SARS-CoV-2 (N1 + N2) Real Time PCR Detection Kit adapted for the BD MAX™ System has been CE marked* to the IVD Directive (98/79/EC). This kit allows BD MAX™ System users to run a single module that tests concurrently for COVID-19 and Influenza (Flu) and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). "The new CerTest kit will provide rapid C...

MEDICAL

Harris-Stowe State University, United Health Foundation | November 20, 2021

The United Health Foundation, the philanthropic foundation of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH), has awarded a $2 million, three-year grant to Harris-Stowe State University to create a bioinformatics program for undergraduate students at the historically Black university located in St. Louis. Bioinformatics is an emerging field that combines science, physics, math and biology to aid in the diagnosis, treatment and discovery of new therapeutic advancements. An example of bioinformatics is the use of...

MEDICAL

Veeva Systems | September 24, 2021

Veeva Systems announced that ConvaTec, a global medical products company providing therapies focused on the management of chronic disease, has selected Veeva Vault CDMS , which will provide electronic data entry ( EDC ), coding and data cleaning for its upcoming study on wound infection detection. ConvaTec and its partners have developed a new infection biomarker detection technology based on the combined measurement of the following three biomarkers:...

CELL AND GENE THERAPY

Tevogen Bio | January 13, 2022

Tevogen Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company specializing in cell and gene therapies in oncology and viral infections, announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a new patent for the method of preparing COVID-19 peptide specific cytotoxic T cells for the treatment of COVID-19 infection. The patent further reinforces the biotech pioneer’s expanding IP portfolio. “Omicron’s extensive mutations and its subsequent abi...