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Abbott and Alere Inc. have announced a definitive agreement for Abbott to acquire Alere, significantly advancing Abbott's global diagnostics presence and leadership. Under the terms of the agreement, Abbott will pay $56 per common ...

Sandia National Laboratories is seeking one or more business partners to commercialize a technology they have developed for point-of-care diagnostics based on centrifugal microfluidics. The technology transfer opportunity, called SpinDx, is based ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including regulation of genetically engineered livestock, chemical weapons investigators in Douma, and the latest news on rapid diagnostics. POLICY + INITIATIVES GAO asks ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) intends to hold a prize competition in which up to $20 million will be made available, subject to the availability of funds, for ...

Credit: Ali Yetisen A recently-developed mobile phone application could make monitoring conditions such as diabetes, kidney disease, and urinary tract infections much clearer and easier for both patients and doctors, and could ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has selected Booz Allen Hamilton to assist DTRA staff in defining, developing, advertising, and administering a large market stimulatory grand challenge aimed at solving problems related ...

The Department of Defense this week announced a notable contract award related to the field of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) defense or life science research of interest for potential applications ...

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) has modified the Diagnostics portion of a funding effort for “Advanced Research and Development of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Medical Countermeasures” (BARDA-CBRN-BAA-12-100-SOL-00011). Major ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has further detailed contractor requirements for the “Open Innovation Services for Prizes and Challenges” effort to assist DTRA staff in defining, developing, advertising, and administering a ...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) last week awarded a Small Business Innovation and Research grant to Antigen Discovery Inc. (ADi) to develop a fully integrated microfluidic immunodiagnostic platform with ...

A new report describes the challenges inherent in bringing new medical devices and technologies to the areas of the world where they are needed most. Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics bypass the need for ...

FEATURED FDA, NIH, Veteran Affairs Partner with America Makes for 3D Printing Innovations During Pandemic Response Through this collaboration, the U.S. government and partners will aims to ensure that veterans and civilians ...

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) has awarded a one-year, $3.4 million contract award to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and collaborator Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed) to combine two available medications ...

See what we’re reading this week at Global Biodefense on topics including POC diagnostics data security, MERS-CoV virus shedding, public health agency CBRN threat capabilities and more… BIODEFENSE POLICY & PRACTICES Blue ...

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week's selections include the 9th Biological Weapons Convention RevCon, the potential for mRNA vaccines against Ebola, and building preparedness ...

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week's selections include efforts to create a robust pandemic clinical trial infrastructure; expansion of the Regional Emerging Special Pathogen ...

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week's selections include the Ebola outbreak in Uganda; African Swine Fever vaccine development; Strategic National Stockpile inventory risks; the ...

Northwestern University faculty and spinoff company developed the new technology A new highly sensitive, easy-to-use test for COVID-19 that requires a single swab and 15 minutes has received emergency use authorization (EUA) ...

News highlights on health security threats and countermeasures curated by Global Biodefense This week's selections include disinformation warfare and undermining of WMD conventions; an impasse over pandemic funding in the U.S.; the ...

Novel host response protein signature technology can rapidly distinguish between bacterial and viral infections to speed treatment decisions and combat the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance. The MeMed Key diagnostic tool recently ...