Cambridge, UK-based Biofidelity has raised $12 million in first-round funding for its cancer diagnosis platform, which can detect mutations quicker than current approaches
As the number of coronavirus cases in the world exceeds 1.4 million, the pharma industry is pushing to find new drugs, therapies and tests in the effort to bring the pandemic under control.
UK health secretary Matt Hancock has asked pharma and biotech firms to help the country find antibody tests that work against COVID-19 in a bid to find an exit strategy from the lockdown th
South Korea’s Celltrion has joined the many pharma companies fighting the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, saying it is working on an antibody-based antiviral and a self-testing diagnosis kit
The FDA has approved two fast tests for the coronavirus that is causing the COVID-19 epidemic, which are able to produce results within hours instead of days.
Widespread testing for the coronavirus is still unfeasible, Roche’s CEO Severin Schwan said in a press briefing on the coronavirus outbreak from industry leaders.