Diagnostics

Biopharma and life sciences companies from across the globe provide updates on their businesses and pipelines.
There has been a flurry of expansion activity in the life sciences industry as biopharma and diagnostic companies expand manufacturing sites. Here’s a look.
The T cell response was measured with immunoSEQ® T-MAP™ COVID, a clinical test developed by Adaptive Biotechnologies.
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Just as it was beginning to appear safe to return to maskless, pre-pandemic life, the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus emerged. It is fast-spreading, more likely to lead to hospitalizations, and accounts for most of the breakout infections among fully vaccinated individuals.
For the past year, Abbott Laboratories and Quest Diagnostics saw their revenue driven by COVID-19 diagnostics, but that seems to be changing as more and more vaccinated individuals are seeking medical advice for non-viral related issues.
The life sciences is always a frenetic sector when it comes to mergers & acquisitions, initial public offerings (IPOs) and Series A announcements (not to mention B and C rounds). But during the second quarter of 2021, these companies were especially busy bees – all positive signs that the industry is still booming coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is the first confirmation of elemental metals in human brain tissue. Researchers hope it can contribute to the ongoing Herculean task of finding a cure for Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
The newly approved drug, Lybalvi, is a once-daily oral antipsychotic drug that is both a maintenance monotherapy or for the acute treatment of manic or mixed episodes.
AbbVie is aiming Skyrizi and Rinvoq at various indications to augment expected declines in the use of its $20-billion-generating-powerhouse Humira, which will lose patent protection in 2023.
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