Calumeo today announced the U.S. launch of a point-of-care N95 mask reprocessing device. The Morgan Hill-Calif.-based company said its Calumeo Clean countertop device uses dry heat to decontaminate N95 masks for reuse, without the use of toxic chemicals. The process takes just over an hour. The device can process six masks at a time and each […]
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Cardinal Health posts Street-beating Q2, raises EPS guidance
Cardinal Health (NYSE:CAH) shares dipped slightly on second-quarter results that topped the consensus forecast. The Dublin, Ohio-based company posted profits of $629 million, or $2.13 per share, on sales of $41.5 billion for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2020, for a more-than doubled bottom-line on sales growth of 4.5%. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, earnings […]
Ford designs clear mask to aid hearing-impaired
Ford Motor Company announced that it is ramping up new initiatives to help protect people from COVID-19, including mask development. Dearborn, Mich.-based Ford designed a patent-pending, clear respirator in the hopes of benefitting those with hearing impairments. It expects the respirator to certify to N95 standards of virus protection. The transparent, low-cost, reusable respirators allow […]
7 takeaways from Biden’s ‘full-scale, wartime’ plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic
President Joe Biden kept to his word to announce plans to “establish clear federal leadership” to tackle the coronavirus pandemic on his first full day in office. The White House issued a 200-page document on Wednesday, detailing “full-scale, wartime” plans to harness the nation’s manufacturing and distribution capabilities to boost vaccine production, end shortages of […]
Biden’s COVID-19 response will make manufacturers busy
Manufacturers of vaccine supplies and personal protective equipment can expect more work as the new Biden administration rolls out its plans to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. In one of his first official acts as president, Joe Biden announced a plan to “fully use” the Defense Production Act to ramp up production of testing supplies, masks, […]
FDA releases first pandemic supply shortage list
Months into the coronavirus pandemic, the FDA has released its first official list of shortages of items needed by healthcare workers. The list ranges from personal protective equipment (PPE) such as gowns and gloves to testing supplies and ventilation-related products for the sickest patients. The list also includes Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) BodyGuard infusion pump and syringe […]