Honeywell announced that it will build a new production line capable of producing up to 4.5 million FFP2 and FFP3 disposable face masks per month at its Newhouse site in Scotland, United Kingdom. These masks will assist the U.K. government's response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The U.K. government has ordered 70 million of the locally produced Honeywell SuperOne face masks, with production expected to start as early as July. The masks will be distributed by the Depar

FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of Enterprise Imaging and Informatics solutions, and part of the Fujifilm Healthcare portfolio, today announced its partnership with Royal Health, Inc., a leading self-service healthcare software provider, to make the company's suite of patient engagement and revenue cycle management solutions available to Fujifilm's Synapse customer base. "We continue to expand our Synapse Informatics offering. Our Synapse solut

Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), a research intensive graduate-entry medical school, GenScript Biotech Corporation, a leading global biotechnology company, and the Diagnostics Development Hub (DxD) at Singapore's Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), today announced an exclusive agreement to co-develop and manufacture a unique serological coronavirus (COVID-19) detection system known as the surrogate virus neutralisation test (sVNT) or cPass™. This test is the fir

PulsePoint, a technology company using real-time data to accelerate health marketing, today announced the launch of HCP Direct Match™, the industry's first turnkey people-based targeting solution. With HCP Direct Match, marketers can now engage healthcare professionals (HCPs) in real time on a one-to-one basis by specialty or by a specific National Provider Identifier (NPI), a unique identification number for covered health care providers under HIPAA. This release is another step in

Today Change Healthcare introduced Market Insights: COVID-19 Analytic Data Sets, an online COVID-19 research environment for qualified public and private healthcare organizations. The environment combines leading data science tools with comprehensive, timely, and statistically significant de-identified claims data, enabling researchers to move beyond test and diagnosis counts into real understanding of disease progression, intervention effectiveness, and impacts upon the healthcare system.

Polyganics, a medical technology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing bioresorbable medical devices, announced today that it has received EUR 1.2 million in funding from the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRO) through the Northern Netherlands Alliance (SNN) and the city and province of Groningen, to support clinical validation of its Liver and Pancreas Sealant Patch. The grant will support a safety and performance study, which is scheduled to take place later this y

Micro Medical Solutions (MMS) today announced the first implantation of the MicroStent vascular stent in the FDA randomized, multicenter pivotal clinical study, STAND (A Clinical Evaluation of the MicroSTent PeripherAl Vascular SteNt in subjects with Arterial Disease Below the Knee). The 25 leading medical institutions and outpatient centers designated across the United States are now enrolling patients in STAND. The first procedure was performed March 25 by the study's lead inv

Transit Scientific announced the FDA cleared the XO Cross® Microcatheter platform for guidewire support, exchange, and contrast media injection in the peripheral vasculature. Microcatheters are small 0.70-1.30mm outer diameter (OD) catheters used to provide guidewire support, facilitate guidewire exchanges, access distal anatomy, cross lesions, deliver therapeutic embolics, inject contrast media, and/or perform other procedures during complex endovascular procedures. &

Business Wire India How should asthmatic take care during current timesChronic respiratory conditions accounts for a massive health burden in India. According to Global Burden Disease Report, "In India, around 93 million people suffer from chronic respiratory; out of this, around 37 million are Asthmatics. India contributes to only 11.1% of the global asthma burden, it accounts for over 42% of all global

Aspenstate has received clearance for their portable x-ray system, AiRTouch, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Amongst many applications, this device is a simple and efficient front-line tool to acquire chest x-rays to diagnose COVID-19. The AiRTouch device offers a unique list of capabilities in the battle against COVID-19. It’s lightweight (5.5 lbs), handheld design and high-performance battery allows screening centers to process high volumes of patients quic