The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) today jointly announced a $1.6 billion agreement with Novavax, Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland, to demonstrate commercial-scale manufacturing of the company’s COVID-19 investigational vaccine. By funding this manufacturing effort, the federal government will own the 100 million doses of investigational vaccine expected ...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD) today announced an agreement with Regeneron, Inc. of Tarrytown, New York, to demonstrate commercial-scale manufacturing of the company’s COVID-19 investigational anti-viral antibody treatment, REGN-COV2. By funding this manufacturing effort, the federal government will own the doses expected to result from the ...
The Oxford University spin-out is also calling on the government to review what data it is collecting on the COVID-19 crisis by ethnic groups. Powered by WPeMatico
The combination helped the Florida-based Lee Health ramp up to tens of thousands of telemedicine visits per month as it dealt with the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic. Powered by WPeMatico
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company’s antibody treatment. Powered by WPeMatico
The report offers best practices and advice – around software, data-governance, legal and ethical considerations and more – for four key research areas: clinical data, omics practices, epidemiology and social sciences. Powered by WPeMatico
Medicspot has announced a partnership with Asda to offer in-store GP video-consultations in the latest expansion of digital primary care services. Powered by WPeMatico
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for a rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test BD Veritor Plus System. In response, Assistant Secretary for Health and COVID-19 Testing Coordinator Admiral Brett P. Giroir, M.D., issued the following statement: “The BD Veritor Plus System for rapid detection of SARS-CoV-2 is the ...
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found that the majority of centers used a combination of electronic and paper methods to manage client health information in 2017. Powered by WPeMatico
In the first of a new series showing how providers are putting FCC’s COVID-19 telehealth funding to work, the health center’s director of IT explains how it is expanding its virtual care operations. Powered by WPeMatico