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bioMérieux announces the expansion of the CE marking of its molecular biology ARGENE® SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test to include saliva specimens.

Marcy l’Etoile, France – November 16, 2020 – bioMérieux, a world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics, has announced the expansion of its ARGENE® range for the detection of SARS-CoV-2. As a complement to nasopharyngeal swab specimens, the singleplex SARS-CoV-2 R-GENE® real-time PCR test may now be used on saliva and oropharyngeal (throat) swab specimens for the detection of the virus that causes COVID-19. This development helps optimize laboratory workflows.
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Case Study: Cmed’s Mobile Data Management Solution

Cmed Clinical Services

The trial presented to Cmed was a randomized, double blinded, placebo and active controlled study to evaluate the cardiac safety of multiple doses of [study drug] in health volunteers. The pharmaceutical company, who were into the second year of development of a potential blockbuster compound for the treatment of chronic myelogenous leukaemia (CML), were requested by the FDA to design a trial to provide information on the cardiac safety of different dose levels of the study drug in healthy adult volunteers. The primary objective of the study was specifically to find the maximum tolerated dose before QTc levels became unsafe. All development of the compound was put on hold until the results of this study were submitted to the FDA and approval granted for the compound to progress into full development.
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12th World Meeting on Pharmaceutics, Biopharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology

8-11 February 2021, Vienna, Austria

In continuation of the very successful scientific meetings in Budapest, Paris, Berlin, Florence, Geneva, Barcelona, Malta, Istanbul, Lisbon, Glasgow and Granada, the 12th PBP World will be held in Vienna from 8-11 Feb 2021. This every two year held conference has gained an ever increasing impact among the pharmaceutical scientists: With up to 1000 submitted abstracts and about 1300 participants it has become a well-established major meeting, attracting scientists from all over the world.
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