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Pharm Country

Pfizer Outlines Five-Point Plan to Battle COVID-19

Pfizer today issued a five-point plan calling on the biopharmaceutical industry to join the company in committing to unprecedented collaboration to combat COVID-19. Dr. Albert Bourla, Chairman and CEO, made the following statement: “In this troubling time, Pfizer is committed to doing all we can to res

March 13, 2020
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Business

Walgreens Joins Collaboration with Administration and Industry Partners to Provide Access to Government-Run COVID-19 Testing Facilities

Walgreens pledged in a White House meeting its commitment to aid the Administration in providing access to COVID-19 testing.

March 13, 2020
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2 min read
Policy

Statement - CMA supports the federal government’s travel advisory and push for social distancing

The Canadian Medical Association supports new measures being introduced by Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Theresa Tam, that advise against all non-essential international travel to limit the spread of COVID-19.

March 13, 2020
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1 min read
BioMidwest

Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory Introduces Test for Rapid COVID-19 Detection

Diagnostic Solutions Laboratory, a high complexity CLIA Certified laboratory specializing in molecular microbiology testing, has developed a test that rapidly detects the SARS—CoV 2 virus that causes.

March 13, 2020
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2 min read
Policy

Aimmune Announces New PALFORZIA™ Data Suggesting Increased Desensitization, Improved Tolerability and Continued Immunomodulation After 18 and 24 Months of Treatment

Additional Data Highlight PALISADE Study Patient Baseline Characteristics and Associated Treatment Response — and Improvements in Self-Reported Quality of Life Following Long-Term Treatment with PALFORZIA

March 13, 2020
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16 min read
BioMidwest

American Cancer Society in Illinois’ Large Fundraising Events including Chicago’s Largest Event of the Year, Discovery Ball, Will Pivot to Virtual Approach

ACS-IL Responds Quickly to President Trump’s News Conference Declaring National Emergency

March 13, 2020
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2 min read
BioMidwest

GOJO Manufacturing Operations Running 24/7 and Increasing Capacity as Demand for PURELL® Products Expands Dramatically

On March 11 th , The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic. Additionally, President Donald Trump declared the pandemic a national emergency. Over the last few days, GOJO Industries has experienced a dramatic increase in orders of PURELL ®

March 13, 2020
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2 min read
Policy

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took another significant diagnostic action during the coronavirus outbreak.

March 13, 2020
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1 min read
Pharm Country

OPKO’s BioReference Laboratories Offers Testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

BioReference Laboratories, Inc., an OPKO Health company (NASDAQ: OPK), is now accepting specimens for testing of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from healthcare providers, clinics and health systems throughout the United States.

March 13, 2020
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4 min read
BioMidwest

CherryCircle Software Offers Its QbDVision® Platform for Free for COVID-19 Treatment Development

CherryCircle Software, Inc. announced that it will provide its cloud-based QbDVision software free to any life sciences company developing or manufacturing a cure or treatment for COVID-19, also commonly referred to as the coronavirus.

March 13, 2020
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2 min read