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 […]
Testing and Sterilization
Xenex zaps a $38m funding round for LightStrike robots
Xenex Disinfection Services said today that it raised a $38 million funding round, led by private equity shop Essex Woodlands, for its LightStrike “germ-zapping robots.” New backer Piper Jaffray Merchant Banking and existing investors Malin Corp. and Tectonic Ventures also participated, San Antonio-based Xenex said. The proceeds are earmarked for sales force growth, product development, R&D and international […]