- Single-dose vaccine prevented hospitalization and death across all study participants, 28 days after vaccination
- Vaccine shown to be effective against severe/critical COVID-19 disease as early as seven days after vaccination, with efficacy continuing to increase eight weeks post-vaccination
- Vaccine also shown to be consistently effective against symptomatic infection, including in South Africa and Brazil where there was a high prevalence of rapidly emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants
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BD Announces 510(k) Clearance of Pristine™ Long-Term Hemodialysis Catheter
Clearance supported by clinical data from a feasibility study with favorable primary patency rates observed out to 180 days Pristine™ Long-Term Hemodialysis Catheter
Arizona’s bioscience community reports on ‘a robust industry cluster’
The Flinn Foundation hosted its annual bioscience event April 14 to share the impressive progress of Arizona’s growing sector nearly two decades since the launch of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The virtual event featured a keynote address by Tom Osha of Wexford Science and Technology and a mix of live presentations and videos showcasing the innovative and growing bioscience ecosystem throughout Arizona, including Flagstaff, metro Phoenix, and the Tucson and Yuma regions. Continue reading
FCC to Award Additional $250M in Funding COVID-19 Telehealth Program
Applications for the 2021 FCC Telehealth Program are expected to open soon. Life365 is providing information and resources to help qualified healthcare organizations get started with their applications.
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Vaccine Navigators Available to Assist Medicaid Members with Appointment and Transportation Scheduling
The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), in partnership with Crisis Response Network, announces a new COVID-19 appointment and transportation navigation program for Medicaid members. Now, Medicaid members who need assistance scheduling a COVID-19 vaccine appointment, as well as transportation to and from that appointment, can call 1-844-542-8201, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., seven days a week.Continue reading
Calviri Appoints Marc Wolff Chief Executive Officer
PHOENIX–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calviri announces the appointment of Marc Wolff as Chief Executive Officer. Founder and current CEO, Stephen Albert Johnston, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Founding CEO.Continue reading
C-Path’s Alzheimer’s Disease Consortium Expands Data Repository
New patient-level data will facilitate more efficient clinical trial design
OncoMyx Presents at AACR First Data Showing Multi-Armed Myxoma Virotherapy Can Modulate Anti-Tumor Immune Response
OncoMyx’s multi-armed myxoma virotherapy upregulates genes associated with immune response and shows modulation of the immune response to favor anti-tumor immunity
vMYX-hIL-12/Dec produces functional protein (hIL-12) from transgenes in vivo and in a dose and time responsive in vitro and has demonstrated anti-tumor efficacy in a xenograft human lung cancer model
Quantitative systems pharmacology modeling suggests IV administration of multi-armed myxoma virotherapy to fall within known safety margins at the planned doses of oncolytic immunotherapiesContinue reading
COVID-19 Testing Comes to Arizona’s Schools
Arizona’s leading diagnostic testing lab, Sonora Quest Laboratories, is teaming up with Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. (“Ginkgo”), the organism company, a Boston-based biotechnology firm committed to supporting the fight against COVID-19, to provide pooled COVID-19 testing to K-12 school districts throughout Arizona. Continue reading
Indoor Drive-Thru Vaccination Site Opens at Dexcom in Mesa
“At Dexcom, our mission is to help improve the health of others, so when asked if we could provide our facility for an indoor mass-vaccination site, we didn’t hesitate,” said Jim Kasselmann, senior director of manufacturing in Mesa for Dexcom. “We are proud to manufacture our products in Mesa, and anytime we can help our local community, that is what we will do.”Continue reading