Sep
01
According to the WHO COVID-19 vaccine landscape document, ten companies are in various stages of clinical trials and over a hundred companies are in preclinical stages. The top ten companies that are leading the race of COVID-19 Vaccine are CanSino Biological, Moderna, SinoVac, University of Oxford, BioNTech, BioNTech, Novavax, Wuhan... read more →
Feb
12
Becton, Dickinson and Company(BD), a leading global medical technology company, has come out with its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test. Easy-to-use, the portable instrument delivers real-time results in 15 minutes, enabling faster decision-making while the patient is still in the premises. The company expects commercial availability of this new assay... read more →
Jan
18
Almost a month since the United States, Canada, and other countries approved the vaccine developed by Oxford, BioNTech, and Pfizer, against COVID-19, a group of healthcare and technology organizations have come together to create a digital vaccine passport. The passport can help individuals provide proof of vaccination against COVID-19. The... read more →
Dec
21
The much-needed emergency coronavirus relief and omnibus package for small businesses, unemployed Americans, and health care workers was passed by the U.S. Congress. Congressional leaders reached a hard-fought agreement after months of stalemate, on Sunday, that would deliver the first of the federal dollar, into the economy since April. Senate... read more →
Nov
09
Pfizer and BioNTech SE, have announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, was more than 90 percent effective in preventing Covid-19 infections. One of the top 9 companies leading the COVID-19 vaccine race, Pfizer & BioNTech are closer to providing people around the world with the much-needed breakthrough to end this... read more →
Aug
27
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Abbott for its COVID-19 Ag Card rapid test for the detection of coronavirus infection. Abbott testing kit is portable and provides results in 15 minutes. The test is just about the size of a credit card... read more →
Aug
24
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the use of investigational convalescent plasma to treat serious coronavirus patients. The convalescent plasma is an antibody-rich blood component taken from people who have recovered from the COVID-19 infections. The FDA gave the authorization based... read more →
Jul
31
In a steep decline due to COVID-19, US Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 32.9 percent in the second quarter of 2020, according to the "advance" estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter, real GDP decreased by 5.0 percent. In... read more →
Jul
23
Pfizer and BioNTech executed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Defense to meet the U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed (OWS) program goal to begin delivering 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021. Under the agreement, the U.S. government will receive... read more →
Jul
08
The Maryland-based biotechnology company, Novavax has been selected to be a part of the U.S. government program, Operation Warp Speed (OWS) that aims to begin delivering millions of doses of a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 in 2021. The company that develops next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, is in... read more →