Storys zum Thema Medizin, Gesundheit

Euro Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg

EuroAirport prepares for the return of passengers - protective masks mandatory on airport premises

EuroAirport prepares for the return of passengers – protective masks mandatory on airport premises After both France and Switzerland announced an easing of ...

Inzek International Trading

Validation and Reliability of COVID-19 Rapid Test BIOZEK

Apeldoorn, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - The validation and overall specificity of the Biozek rapid test has 98% for IgG and 96%, for IgM, which is a bench mark for antibody rapid tests. Additional research is currently being conducted in various University hospitals, including the Amsterdam University Medical Center. Globally reliable data was not yet available relevant to antibody levels in mild infections and how the ...

ForaCare Suisse AG

ForaCare Providing Critical Tools to Help Control COVID-19 Spread / Autonomous Temperature Measurement, Pulse Oximetry, TeleHealth System Help Medical Personnel, Businesses and Patients

WSSCC

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WSSCC approved to become the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund

Hovione

Hovione Announces the Appointment of Jean-Luc Herbeaux as Chief Operating Officer

Loures, Portugal (ots/PRNewswire) - Hovione announced today the appointment of Dr. Jean-Luc Herbeaux as Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective May 1st, 2020. Dr. Herbeaux held, over the past 20 years, multiple high-level leadership positions at Evonik, bringing to Hovione a proven commitment to develop a successful and globally active business. Based in Lisbon, ...

Merck Healthcare Germany

Data From Merck at ASCO 2020 to Showcase Significant Clinical Advances in Cancer Care

Darmstadt, Germany and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - Not intended for US-, Canada- or UK-based media - ASCO Abstract # BAVENCIO® (avelumab): LBA1, 5061; Bintrafusp alfa (bifunctional fusion protein): 9558; Tepotinib (MET kinase inhibitor): 9556, 9575. - Late-breaking presentation of Phase III JAVELIN Bladder 100 data for BAVENCIO® showing overall survival benefit in ...

COMPASS Pathways

Mental Health Care Company COMPASS Pathways Concludes Successful Series B Investment Round

London (ots/PRNewswire) - $80m Raised Will Further the Development of Psilocybin Therapy COMPASS Pathways, a mental health care company, announced today that it has completed a successful $80m Series B investment round. This funding will expand upon COMPASS's lead programme in psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression, supporting research into additional ...

RB

RB Statement: Improper Use of Disinfectants

Slough, England (ots/PRNewswire) - Due to recent speculation and social media activity, RB (the makers of Lysol and Dettol) has been asked whether internal administration of disinfectants may be appropriate for investigation or use as a treatment for coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). As a global leader in health and hygiene products, we must be clear that under no circumstance should our disinfectant products be administered into ...

ClinicAll

New ClinicAll Communicator App Supports Care Staff vs Corona

New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Decisive action is now needed to fight the coronavirus successfully. Most importantly, nursing staff needs protection and support. Everything that makes their work easier improves patient care, relieves pressure on hospitals and, in the end, helps saving lives. That is why ClinicAll developed the new ClinicAll Communicator app. It connects patients and staff in the simplest way - digital, ...

Zentiva

Zentiva and IKEA Joining Forces to Fight the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - Zentiva Group, a.s. announces the agreement with IKEA to cooperate during the COVID-19 crisis. As part of this collaboration, Zentiva Romania will temporarily employ 18 employees from IKEA Romania for 3 months to sustain the production of medicines supply following the increasing demand. " At Zentiva we are doing everything in our power to help authorities fight COVID-19. Zentiva is working on ...

Sophia Genetics

SOPHiA GENETICS Expands Its Executive Team, Naming Lara Hashimoto Chief Business Officer

Lausanne, Switzerland and Boston (ots/PRNewswire) - SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, announced today that Lara Hashimoto has joined its Executive Team as Chief Business Officer, effective April 1st. She will be responsible for Marketing, Product Management and Business Development. Lara Hashimoto joined the healthcare industry 20 years ago holding ...

Avectas

Avectas Announces Issuance of U.S. Patent for Cell Engineering Technology by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Dublin (ots/PRNewswire) - Avectas announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued U.S. Patent No. 10,612,042, which is central to the company's cell engineering technology, Solupore® and expands Avectas' global Intellectual Property portfolio. This patent covers an approach for ...

Zentiva

Zentiva Extends Commercial Footprint By Completing Acquisition of CEE Business From Alvogen

Prague (ots/PRNewswire) - Zentiva Group a.s. confirms the closing of its previously declared acquisition of Alvogen's Central and Eastern European (CEE) business. The deal adds to Zentiva's continuing organic growth, reinforcing Zentiva's commercial footprint in Poland, Romania and Bulgaria, and expanding its ...

Elbit Systems

Coping With the Coronavirus, Rambam Healthcare Campus in Israel Joins Forces With Elbit Systems to Deploy a Management & Control Technology

Haifa, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - The Rambam Healthcare Campus ("Rambam") in Haifa, Israel starts operating EX-TEAMS, a cellular based management and control system that was jointly developed with Elbit Systems. EX-TEAMS is based on an Elbit Systems' Command & Control (C2) technology that was repurposed in recent ...

Firmenich

Firmenich Expands Hand Sanitizer Production; Donating 100 Tons Across USA and Switzerland

Geneva (ots/PRNewswire) - Building on Firmenich's donation of 20 tons of hand sanitizer in Geneva, the Group is increasing its production capacity to 100 tons for hospitals, as well as medical and emergency services across the USA and Switzerland. Firmenich has transformed its production lines to provide hand sanitizer vital to limiting the spread of COVID-19 and ...

Swiss Medtech

EU Commission wants to postpone MDR implementation by one year / Swiss Medtech considers the postponement essential to ensure patient care

Bern (ots) - In view of the coronavirus pandemic, Swiss Medtech considers the EU Commission proposal to postpone the Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) date of application by one year to be imperative. The Association hopes that the Council and Parliament will also promptly agree with the recommendation. Ensuring the ...

UCB Pharma

UCB Completes the Acquisition of Ra Pharmaceuticals - to Deliver Differentiated Therapies to Patients

Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - The transaction, which was announced October 10, 2019, will enhance UCB's potential to be a leader in myasthenia gravis by adding zilucoplan , a peptide inhibitor of complement component 5 (C5) currently in phase 3, to the UCB pipeline alongside rozanolixizumab , UCB's FcRn targeting ...

EW Nutrition GmbH

EW Nutrition Launches Industry-leading Webinar Series With Topical Antimicrobial Resistance Twin Sessions

Visbek, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Yesterday, German-based company EW Nutrition took a first step toward serving the animal production industry in these challenging times. The in-feed and on-farm solutions company has started a series of topical webinars on challenging issues such as neonatal pig management, poultry ...

EW Nutrition GmbH

EW Nutrition launches industry-leading webinar series with topical Antimicrobial Resistance twin sessions

Visbek (ots) - Yesterday, German-based company EW Nutrition took a first step toward serving the animal production industry in these challenging times. The in-feed and on-farm solutions company has started a series of topical webinars on challenging issues such as neonatal pig management, poultry gut health and many ...

Novo Nordisk

Saxenda® Demonstrated Improvements in BMI and Body Weight in Adolescents With Obesity

Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - Novo Nordisk today announced that the New England Journal of Medicine published results of a phase 3 trial evaluating the investigational use of Saxenda® (liraglutide 3.0 mg) in adolescents (aged ...

Powertage / MCH Group

Powertage 2020 being postponed

APR

FDA Grants Orphan Drug Designation to APR-OD031 for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Balerna, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - APR Applied Pharma Research s.a. ("APR"), the Swiss pharma company leveraging drug delivery technologies to develop innovative products for niche and rare diseases, today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (the "FDA") has granted Orphan Drug Designation for the Company's drug candidate APR-OD031 for the treatment ...

Sophia Genetics

SOPHiA GENETICS and Paragon Genomics Join Forces Against the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

Lausanne, Switzerland, and Boston (ots/PRNewswire) - SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, today announced that it is entering the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus by extending its partnership with Paragon Genomics, who developed a next-generation sequencing (NGS) assay and leveraging the SOPHiA Platform analytical capabilities, as well as delivering ...

Norgine

Norgine B.V. Acquires Azanta A/S, Strengthening Its Position as a Leading European Specialist Pharmaceutical Company

Amsterdam (ots/PRNewswire) - Norgine B.V. ("Norgine") announces the acquisition of Azanta A/S, a specialty biopharmaceutical company operating within women's healthcare, addiction medicine and oncology. Azanta becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Norgine. To view the Multimedia News Release, please click: ...