BioSpace News Archive

Aveanna Healthcare (“Aveanna”), a leading home healthcare company, today announced the launch of its new remote healthcare platform, Aveanna Teletherapy.

Baylis Medical, a Canadian-based medical device company specializing in cardiology and spine, announced that it is partnering with Ventilators for Canadians, a consortium of Canadian manufacturers, to manufacture ventilators for hospitals across Canada.

The National Kidney Registry and Viracor Eurofins announced a partnership to deliver the newly released COVID-19 antibody testing for NKR’s vast network of Member Centers.

The initial projections for the flu vaccine market to reach US$8Bn by the end of 2029, is now projected to escalate even higher with the rapidly growing crisis of COVID-19.

Agenus Inc., an immuno-oncology company with an extensive pipeline of agents designed to activate immune response to cancers, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Agenus Fast Track designation for investigation of balstilimab for the treatment of cervical cancer.

EpiVax, Inc., is using advanced computational tools to accelerate a COVID-19 vaccine candidate for healthcare workers into clinical trials in 6 months.

Joseph W. St. Geme, MD, Chair of the Department of Pediatrics and Physician-in-Chief at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Joseph W. St. Geme, Jr. Leadership Award, an honor that is bestowed by the Federation of Pediatric Organizations and is named after his father, a renowned and celebrated pediatrician.

Sharing Negative Science Results Is Key to Neuroscience Advancement

A first-of-its-kind study published in AACC’s Clinical Chemistry journal has found that low vitamin D levels alone do not cause osteoporotic fractures.

Abbott Labs, the developer of a new rapid COVID-19 test, has delivered their first 1000 tests to Martin’s Point Health Care, its largest customer in Maine.