Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) announced today that it initiated a clinical trial program in Canada to investigate the use of Virazole for treating COVID-19. With today’s announcement, Bausch joins Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Care Access Research, which both announced clinical testing of coronavirus therapies last week. Bausch’s Virazole is currently approved in the U.S. and Canada, among other […]
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Advanced Sterilization wins FDA nod for emergency mask decontamination
Advanced Sterilization Products has won FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for hospitals to use its Sterrad Sterilization Cycles systems to decontaminate N95 or N95-equivalent respirators for reuse by healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients. The EUA will enable decontamination of approximately 4 million respirators per day, according to the FDA. It covers the Sterrad 100S cycle, Sterrad […]
FDA grants EUA for CytoSorb blood purification technology
CytoSorbents (OTC:CTSO) announced today that it received FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) for use of its CytoSorb blood purification technology in COVID-19 patients. With the authorization, Monmouth Junction, N.J.-based CytoSorbants is entitled to make CytoSorb commercially available to all U.S. hospitals for coronavirus patients aged 18 and older who are admitted to the intensive care unit […]
DeviceTalks Weekly Podcast: Ep.5 — How can startups move forward during a pandemic?
Raising capital for startup is never easy. Try doing it during a pandemic. In this week’s DeviceTalks Weekly, we’ll try to help entrepreneurs by talking with two guests who are committed to helping startups find the funding they need. Paul Grand, founder and CEO of MedTech Innovator, explains how he’s working to keep startups connected […]
3M sues NJ company, claims it tried to sell N95 masks at six times usual price
3M (NYSE:MMM) is suing Performance Supply in federal court, accusing the New Jersey–based company of misrepresenting a business relationship as it sought to price gouge New York City on N95 respirators. Maplewood, Minn.–based 3M claims that Performance Supply was pricing N95 respirators to New York City officials at prices 500-600% over the 3M listed price in […]
Steris wins FDA nod to sterilize used respirators in hospitals
The FDA has granted Steris (NYSE:STE) emergency use authorization (EUA) for a vaporized hydrogen peroxide system to decontaminate up to 750,000 N95 respirators and equivalent masks per day in hospitals treating COVID-19 patients. The Steris V-PRO 1 Plus, maX and maX2 low-temperature sterilization systems use the Steris N95 non-lumen decontamination cycle. Hydrogen peroxide vapor fills the […]
Tesla is using car parts to make ventilators
Tesla is making ventilators using Tesla car parts with some medical components, according to a YouTube video the company released. The company said it is developing ventilators using car parts without taking away from the medical device industry’s supply. “We have been working on developing our own ventilator design, specifically one that is heavily based […]
Terumo, Marker Therapeutics win emergency nod for blood-treatment system
The FDA has issued emergency use authorization (EUA) to Terumo BCT (OTC:TRUMY;TYO:4543) and Marker Therapeutics for a blood purification and oxygenation system to treat patients with COVID-19. Lakewood, Colo.-based Terumo’s Spectra Optia apheresis system works with the Depuro D2000 adsorption cartridges made by Marker Therapeutics to reduce the number of cytokines and other inflammatory blood […]
Could old ventilators be a secret weapon against COVID-19?
A pair of medtech industry veterans has formed a not-for-profit corporation to obtain and repair used ventilators for patients fighting COVID-19. Co-Vents has six FDA-approved and ISO-certified ventilator service centers lined up to do the work in New Jersey, Tennessee, California, Illinois and Georgia, according to co-founder Michael Raymer. The organization is seeking decommissioned Puritan Bennett, […]
AdvaMed touts use of noninvasive ventilators to treat COVID-19
AdvaMed is promoting clinical evidence that it says reveals the benefits of non-invasive ventilators for use in less severe cases of COVID-19-related respiratory issues. A series of white papers, published evidence and case studies from China and Italy concluded that coronavirus patients with respiratory distress less severe than other cases could receive treatment with the […]
FDA grants emergency nod to ventilators from Medtronic, other companies
The FDA has granted four companies’ ventilators emergency use authorization this week to treat COVID-19 patients, as well as a fifth company’s anesthesia gas machine for use as a ventilator. Gaining the latest EUAs were machines by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), Draeger, MEK-ICS, Ventec Life Systems, and startup CoLabs. One of those EUAs went to Medtronic’s Puritan Bennett […]