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Avacta Group plc, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing innovative cancer therapies and powerful diagnostics based on its proprietary Affimer® and pre|CISION™ platforms is pleased to announce that the AffiDX® antigen lateral flow test has been shown to detect the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in clinical samples.

VarmX announced treatment of the first subjects in its first-in-human study for lead compound VMX-C001, and the transition of VarmX from a preclinical into a clinical company.

Bionaut Labs and Candel Therapeutics, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration to investigate the use of Bionaut’s remote-controlled microscale robots for precision delivery of Candel’s oncolytic viral immunotherapy agents to specific brain tumors.

The ZEISS Group ended fiscal year 2020/21 (end of reporting period: 30 September 2021 ) on an excellent note: its revenue rose by 20% to 7.529 billion euros (previous year: 6.297 billion euros ).

Medtronic plc announced it received a warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 9 for the company’s Northridge, California, facility, the headquarters for its Diabetes Business.

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced the European Commission has approved VAXNEUVANCE™ for active immunization for the prevention of invasive disease and pneumonia caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in individuals 18 years of age and older.

Surface Oncology today announced the appointments of Denice Torres to chair of the board of directors and Ben Hickey to board director.

Clene Inc. announced it has validated key patents granted by the European Patent Office that protect the Company’s breakthrough processes, devices and methods for treating certain disease indications for its nanotherapeutic drugs.

BioLineRx Ltd. today announced establishment of a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to provide insight and guidance on the Company’s activities in the field of immuno-oncology.

Company’s Smart Drain technology for early detection of anastomotic leaks awarded US and Chinese patent for use of resorbable and other structures in monitoring of healing and inflammation following GI surgery.