PHOENIX, A.Z., (August 21, 2020) Kalos Therapeutics today announced positive preclinical efficacy results from a series of Kalos peptides for the treatment of COVID-19. Continue reading
Category Archives: COVID-19 News and Info
UArizona and Covid Watch Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification App
The launch will help campus reopen while also serving as a pilot for the state of Arizona.Continue reading
Accelerate Diagnostics Announces FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Antibody Testing System
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) and BioCheck, Inc., a privately-held San Francisco-based company focused on in vitro diagnostics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the BioCheck SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG Combo Test and fully-automated MS-Fast instrument.Continue reading
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect, Which Uses a New Method of Saliva Sample Processing
FDA, August 15, 2020: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, which uses a new method of processing saliva samples when testing for COVID-19 infection.Continue reading
UArizona Announces On Ramp to In-Person Classes Beginning Aug. 24
Labs and art studios will be among the first courses to take place in person, while other classes will begin online on Aug. 24.
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Researchers to Develop Device to Accurately and Quickly Detect COVID-19
The Center for Applied NanoBioscience and Medicine Awarded Grant from NASA to Develop Prototype by September 2020
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, a team of researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix are developing a device that will easily and accurately detect COVID-19 in a matter of minutes.Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson Announces Agreement with U.S. Government for 100 Million Doses of Investigational COVID-19 Vaccine
Company working to ensure broad global access to COVID-19 vaccine candidate, following approval from regulatorsContinue reading
AdvaMed’s National Testing Registry: Shipments of COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic Tests Reach 100 Million
AdvaMed’s National Testing Registry: Shipments of COVID-19 Molecular Diagnostic Tests Reach 100 MillionContinue reading
Sanofi and GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed to supply United States Government with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
- Promising vaccine candidate selected by U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed
- U.S. government to provide funding up to $2.1 billion for development including clinical trials, manufacturing, scale-up and delivery of an initial 100 million doses
- Ongoing discussions with European Commission – with France and Italy on the negotiation team – and other governments to ensure global access to a novel coronavirus vaccine
- Sanofi and GSK today announce a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the development and manufacturing of a COVID-19 recombinant protein-based vaccine.
UArizona Aims to Provide Rapid Tests for First Responders, Those on Battlefields Exposed to Biothreats, Such as COVID-19
Thanks to a U.S. Department of Defense contract for as much as $9.5 million, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and partners aim to develop a portable device to easily and accurately detect biological threats, including the virus that causes COVID-19.Continue reading