Gilead Sciences bags Remdesivir FDA approval for Covid-19 treatment

Gilead Sciences bags Remdesivir FDA approval for Covid-19 treatment

Remdesivir FDA approval : Gilead Sciences, a California-based biopharma company, has bagged approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for Covid-19 treatment in patients requiring hospitalization. This makes remdesivir the first approved treatment for coronavirus in the US. Remdesivir FDA approved indication : Veklury has been approved […]

COVID-19 treatment : Cyclica, Institute of Materia Medica partner on drug repurposing for coronavirus

COVID-19 treatment : Cyclica, Institute of Materia Medica partner on drug repurposing for coronavirus

COVID-19 treatment : The Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has entered into a collaboration with Canadian biotech company Cyclica for discovering antiviral drug candidates for COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) and for exploring opportunities for designing multi-targeted antiviral compounds. According to the partners, new drug development efforts to tackle the prevailing pandemic of […]

Novel coronavirus diagnostic test CoPrimer launched by Co-Diagnostics

Novel coronavirus diagnostic test CoPrimer launched by Co-Diagnostics

Novel coronavirus diagnostic test : Co-Diagnostics, a US molecular diagnostics company, said that its research use only (RUO) CoPrimer test for the 2019-nCoV coronavirus is ready for sale to laboratories, hospitals, and institutions. To know about coronavirus symptoms in humans, check here. The molecular diagnostics company claims to have taken two weeks for the design, […]

Wuhan Coronavirus can be detected by Explify Respiratory test says IDbyDNA

Wuhan Coronavirus can be detected by Explify Respiratory test says IDbyDNA

IDbyDNA claims that its Explify Respiratory test can detect Wuhan Coronavirus apart from more than 900 viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic pathogens. According to the California-based metagenomics technology company, the Explify Respiratory test is a validated laboratory-developed test for respiratory pathogens like human coronaviruses. The Wuhan Coronavirus detection test is currently available at the IDbyDNA […]

Wuhan coronavirus : AirPHX non-thermal plasma technology to protect from deadly virus

Wuhan coronavirus : AirPHX non-thermal plasma technology to protect from deadly virus

AirPHX said that an independent testing lab has confirmed that its non-thermal plasma technology is highly effective in protecting people from potential exposure to the Wuhan coronavirus or novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The technology from airPHX can be scaled for the treatment of air and surfaces in large facilities like hospitals, hotels, airports, schools, and other […]