Apollo Hospitals to use AI platform from Zebra Med for COVID-19 detection
Zebra Medical Vision (Zebra-Med), an Israel-based deep-learning medical imaging analytics company, said that its software will be deployed by India's Apollo Hospitals Group to help ... Read More
Lilly begins phase 1 coronavirus antibody trial with LY-CoV555
Coronavirus antibody trial : US pharma giant Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) said that patients have been dosed in a phase 1 clinical trial with ... Read More
Merck to acquire coronavirus vaccine candidate developer Themis Bioscience
Merck acquisition of Themis Bioscience : Merck has signed a deal to acquire Themis Bioscience, an Austrian vaccine developer for an undisclosed price with an ... Read More
COVID-19 forces Texas Capital, Independent Bank to call off $5.5bn merger
The prevailing coronavirus pandemic has forced US bank holding companies Texas Capital Bancshares and Independent Bank Group to terminate their previously announced all-stock merger of ... Read More
Coronavirus vaccine trial results : Moderna mRNA-1273 shows early promise
Moderna said that mRNA-1273, its novel coronavirus vaccine candidate, has delivered positive interim data in a phase 1 clinical trial by eliciting neutralizing antibody titer ... Read More
JCPenney seeks bankruptcy protection amid Covid-19 disruption
US department store chain J.C. Penney (JCPenney) has filed for bankruptcy protection besides reducing its store count to better align its business with the prevailing ... Read More
Thermo Fisher, WuXi, Mayo Clinic to develop total antibodies Covid-19 test
US life sciences company Thermo Fisher Scientific said that it will collaborate with China-based WuXi Diagnostics and Mayo Clinic to develop a total antibodies Covid-19 ... Read More
Sorrento Therapeutics says STI-1499 fully inhibited SARS-CoV-2 virus
Sorrento Therapeutics said that STI-1499, its anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody, showed 100% inhibition of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection in an in vitro virus infection experiment at a very ... Read More
Abbott gets FDA EUA for COVID-19 antibody blood test on Alinity i system
Abbott has been granted emergency use authorization (EUA) from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its SARS-CoV-2 IgG lab-based serology blood test, a ... Read More
FDA grants EUA for Gilead’s investigational COVID-19 drug remdesivir
Remdesivir EUA status : The US has officially pushed the use of remdesivir for treating the novel coronavirus with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ... Read More