BioSpace News Archive

Jumptuit Health, Inc. announced today the establishment of a Task Force to implement a National Individualized Health Alert System (NIHAS) for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM), a leading global provider of digital platform engineering and software development services, today announced that it has released the GENTL Mask, an open source solution for manufacturers to address the supply shortage of protective masks that medical professionals need amid the coronavirus outbreak

Capital BlueCross announced it is waiving member cost sharing for telehealth visits with in-network providers through April 15.

Transplant centers and organ procurement organizations are working through this unprecedented event to continue to recover donated organs and perform transplants.

Health products that make false and misleading claims to prevent, treat or cure COVID-19.

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc., USA, (SPII),a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (‘together Sun Pharma,’ Reuters: SUN.BO, Bloomberg: SUNP IN, NSE: SUNPHARMA, BSE: 524715), announced that it has donated 2.5 million hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets for use in the United States.

ProBioGen AG today announced that Immunogenesis, Inc., a spin-off of the MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, has signed a Service Agreement for Cell Line Development, Process Development and GMP Manufacturing in 1,000 L bioreactor scale for their lead candidate in the field of Immuno-Oncology.

BioStem Life Sciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of BioStem Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK: BSEM) (“BioStem” or the “Company”) a leading life sciences company specializing in perinatal tissue-based allografts for use in regenerative therapies, today announced that it had received it’s ISBT 128 Registration from the ICCBBA.

SmileDirectClub, the industry pioneer and first direct-to-consumer medtech platform for teeth straightening, has partnered with the SickKids Foundation in Toronto to provide personal protective equipment to the Hospital for Sick Children, the largest center dedicated to improving children’s health in Canada.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created extraordinary challenges across all aspects of healthcare. Many institutions and their brave staff of providers are now focused on caring for patients stricken by the virus.