
Siemens launches COVID-19 antigen lateral flow test
As testing capacities for the SARS-CoV-2 gold standard RT-PCR are going to be exhausted upon the looming second wave of infections with the novel...

Germany first EU country to launch COVID-19 therapy offensive?
"Besides protection by masks, social distancing etc, rapid diagnostic testing, and COVID-19 vaccines, we are now establishing a fourth pillar of...

Drug set to rescue COVID-19 patients at ICUs
Initial data from an US expanded access (EA) use of RLF-100™ (aviptadil) in 90 ICU patients with critical COVID-19 and severe comorbidities...

Global bioeconomy in the spotlight
Whereas first editions of the summit took place in Berlin in 2015 and 2018, the third edition was organized as a digital conference week from 16th to...

How stress brings cancer to life again
An international research team led by AstraZeneca’s oncology expert Dmitry I. Gabrilovich report that that stressed neutrophils might act as a...

German researchers find reason for remdesivir's inefficiency
“We have come to a simple conclusion,” said Max Planck Director Patrick Cramer at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry. “Remdesivir does interfere with...

EMA greenlights BioNtech's COVID-19 vaccine
It's the first time, that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended a mRNA vaccine. On Monday, the drug agency cleared the way for...