The National Institutes of Health today announced the publishing of new COVID-19 treatment guidelines, and the expert panel producing the guidelines says no drug has yet been proven safe and effective against the virus. NIH has the new guidelines posted online at covid19treatmentguidelines.nih.gov — and says it will update the guidelines often as new peer-reviewed […]
Stryker gains emergency nod for respirator decontamination
The FDA has granted Stryker (NYSE:SYK) an emergency use authorization to decontaminate used N95 respirators using the company’s Sterizone VP4 sterilizer during the coronavirus outbreak. The Sterizone VP4 uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide to sterilize up to 20 of the masks in one cycle, according to the FDA. Stryker’s sterilizer is the fourth that uses vaporized hydrogen […]
U.S. Defense Department using Defense Production Act to boost N95 masks supply
The U.S. Defense Department is using the Korean War-era Defense Production Act to boost the nation’s supply of N95 respirator masks by 39 million over the next 90 days. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper made the announcement yesterday, saying the $133 million contract would “ensure our government has the industrial capacity to meet the nation’s […]
General Motors kicks off mass production of ventilators
General Motors today began mass production of the Ventec Life Systems V+Pro critical care ventilator at the automaker’s Kokomo, Ind. plant. GM and Ventec have a $489.4 million contract from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to deliver 6,132 ventilators to the Strategic National Stockpile by the end of June, with 30,000 shipped […]
Hamilton Medical opening Nevada factory to produce ventilators under $551.6m deal
The Switzerland-based ventilator maker Hamilton Medical is opening a factory in Reno, Nev. so that it can meet a five-month, $551.6 million contract with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to Rep. Mark Amodei, R-NV. “Nobody should be saying mission accomplished while we’re still living in the midst of this challenge. However, […]
Dupont to deliver millions of Tyvek suits to aid coronavirus fight
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says DuPont has agreed to deliver 450,000 Tyvek suits to the U.S. this week to protect healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with an N95 respirator or surgical/face mask, a face shield or protective eyewear, and gloves, a Tyvek coverall suit is an important piece of […]
BREAKING: Philips to double U.S. ventilator production by May under $646.7m deal
Royal Philips (NYSE:PHG) announced today that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. government to double its ventilator production by May in order to better support the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Amsterdam-based company also plans to quadruple production by the third quarter in order to deliver tens of thousands of ventilators to the […]
Abbott getting FreeStyle Libre systems into hospitals amid COVID-19 pandemic
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) has won FDA permission for the use of the FreeStyle Libre 14 day continuous glucose monitoring system in hospital settings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Use of the system in hospitals will enable remote monitoring of people with diabetes and help limit opportunities for coronavirus transmission, according to Abbott. The company is donating 25,000 FreeStyle […]
Apple to make 1 million face shields a week for healthcare workers
Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) is engaging in a company-wide effort in which its product designers, engineering, operations, packaging teams, and suppliers are designing and producing face shields for healthcare workers on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic, CEO Tim Cook recently announced. Apple received positive feedback after the first shipment of face shields arrived at Kaiser Permanente […]
Honeywell expanding Phoenix operations, adding 500 jobs to make N95 masks
Honeywell (NYSE:HON) is adding an N95 respirator mask production line at its Phoenix aerospace plant to further boost its production of the masks — needed in the war against COVID-19. Arizona will get 500 new jobs from the manufacturing expansion. The news comes on top of Honeywell’s recent announcement that it is expanding operations at its […]
How is coronavirus vaccine development going in the U.S.?
Researchers in Pittsburgh and Boston are moving forward with research into two separate vaccine programs against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. The work of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers is detailed in a paper published recently in EBioMedicine, which is published by the Lancet. Delivery of the vaccine involved a microneedle array to […]
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