Wed.May 13, 2020

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Avacta Ships SARS-COV-2 Affimer Reagents to Cytiva and Adeptrix

Drug Discovery Today

Cambridge and Wetherby, UK, 11 May 2020: Group plc (AIM: AVCT), the developer of Affimer® biotherapeutics and reagents, is pleased to announce that today it is shipping Affimer reagents for COVID-19 antigen testing to its diagnostic test development partners.

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Ending Big Pharma’s Co-pay Cards as Deductibles Hurts Consumers

Pharmacy Checkers

I’m on a roll here, agreeing with drug companies on an issue related to affordable medicines access. Last week, I wrote about Gilead’s messaging about remdesivir, the new Covid-19 treatment permitted via FDA’s emergency use authorization: namely that you can’t buy remdesivir online : if you try, you’ll be scammed. Often drug companies lie or pay others to lie about buying drugs online from other countries, but not in that case.

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Imperial College London researchers join forces with Intelligent Fingerprinting to develop 10-minute fingerprint test for COVID-19

Drug Discovery Today

Fingerprint testing provides results in 10 minutes, with no need for medical staff.