Month: July 2020

The first WHO enlisted global clinical Phase III trial of Sinopharm CNBG’s inactivated vaccine to combat COVID-19 has started in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates and has been inspired by the UAE Leadership’s vision and commitment to overcome the pandemic through a global collaborative effort. H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Hamed, Chairman of the Department of Health, Abu Dhabi, was the first individual in the world to commence the trial of a Phase III inactivated vaccine for COVID-19. The…

Medical device pioneer Creo Medical has outlined how it will prioritize developing pioneering technology that meets the urgent needs created by Covid-19, including sterilization of PPE and medical equipment. The business has welcomed Welsh Secretary Simon Hart to its site where he heard how Creo will use the £2m Cardiff Capital Region investment to develop its Cool Plasma technology, which has been shown to be effective in inactivating and decontaminating the Covid-19 virus. The £2m loan, repayable over five years,…

Residents who availed of a rapid testing facility for Covid-19 to enter Abu Dhabi received their test results within five minutes, they told a local newspaper. A facility to conduct the Dh50 tests has been set up just before the Ghantoot border checkpoint. Residents and tourists without a Covid-negative result can enter Abu Dhabi after undergoing the rapid test at the facility set up near the last exit on the Sheikh Zayed Road. The Abu Dhabi Emergency, Crisis and Disasters Committee and…

This pandemic period has made it apparent that being reliant on a few countries for production means that when the supply chains break down, countries face the situation of having a shortage of supply. By reshoring and localizing production, these challenges can be limited in the event of any future crises. Reshoring and the further development of local manufacturing is aligned with Middle East transformation agendas, as it would see manufacturing driving diversified economic growth and enabling job creation. This…

To prepare for current and future waves of COVID-19, the US Army's Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center asked teams from across the country to compete to build a telehealth prototype that would provide adequate ICU capacity when cases surge. Of the 78 teams that competed, only nine were invited to complete a series of tasks designed to establish the feasibility of their prototypes. A Medical University of South Carolina team of bioinformatics, telehealth and critical care experts was one of those…