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Excerpt from the Article: Donor plasma from patients who have recovered from COVID-19 can reduce deaths in others if given early and at high enough doses, Mayo Clinic researchers found. The discovery validates one of COVID-19’s only known treatments, which will be relied on until an increase in vaccinations snuffs out the global pandemic, said…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Illumina, Inc. (Nasdaq: ILMN) and Helix today announced a collaboration to augment national surveillance infrastructure in the US to track the emergence and prevalence of novel strains of SARS-CoV-2 with support from the CDC. The combination of Illumina’s sequencing technology and expertise and Helix’s national COVID-19 testing…
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WARRINGTON, Pa., Jan. 6, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Windtree Therapeutics, Inc. (NasdaqCM: WINT), a biotechnology and medical device company focused on advancing multiple late-stage interventions for acute cardiovascular and pulmonary disorders, today announced that it has dosed the first patient in its Phase 2 clinical trial studying lucinactant in acute lung injury in adults with COVID-19 associated…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: PHILADELPHIA—Medications to treat high blood pressure did not affect outcomes among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, found an international team led by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The study, published today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, is the first randomized controlled trial to show…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: Burlingame, CA, and Chicago, IL – January 10, 2021 – Humanigen, Inc. (HGEN) (Humanigen), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on preventing and treating an immune hyper-response called cytokine storm with its lead drug candidate lenzilumab™, and EVERSANA, a pioneer of next-generation services to the global life sciences industry, today announced…
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Excerpt from the Article: eRegulatory binders help clinical sites organize and digitize the regulatory process. In this post, we take a brief look at what every FDA-regulated binder needs to have. As a research coordinator or administrator, you’re responsible for managing forms, signatures, monitor visits, regulatory documentation and more. Not to mention squeezing in patient-related…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Jan. 11, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AXIM® Biotechnologies, Inc. (OTCQB: AXIM) (“AXIM® Biotech,” “AXIM” or “the Company”), an international healthcare solutions company targeting oncological and COVID-19 research, announced today that it has released a preprint of its manuscript describing the development of ImmunoPass, the Company’s rapid point-of-care test that semi-quantitatively…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: DURHAM, NC, USA I January 8, 2021 I Chimerix (NASDAQ:CMRX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on accelerating the development of medicines to treat cancer and other serious diseases, today announced that the Company has acquired Oncoceutics, Inc., a privately-held, clinical-stage biotechnology company developing imipridones, a novel class of compounds. Oncoceutics’ lead…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: RADNOR, Pa. and GENEVA, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — NeuroRx, Inc. and RELIEF THERAPEUTICS Holding AG (SIX: RLF,OTCQB: RLFTF) (“Relief”), and the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (“Quantum Leap”) of San Francisco announce that NeuroRx and QLHC have signed a Clinical Trial Participation Agreement for the inclusion of ZYESAMI™ (RLF-100TM: aviptadil) in the I-SPY COVID-19 Clinical…
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Excerpt from the Study Abstract: Mebomine – Clinical Insights From Online Patient Communities Objectives Online health forums provide rich and untapped real-time data on population health. Through novel data extraction and natural language processing (NLP) techniques, we characterise the evolution of mental and physical health concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic among online health forum…
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