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HELIX: Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the HelixⓇ COVID-19 NGS Test, One of the First Sequencing-Based COVID-19 Tests

The high throughput test will be available in the Fall with next-day turnaround time and will enable Helix to scale its capacity to 100,000 tests per day

FDA: Finalizes Rule Related to Gluten-Free Labeling for Foods Containing Fermented, Hydrolyzed Ingredients

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to establish compliance requirements for fermented and hydroly

SWORD HEALTH: Becomes The Only Digital Musculoskeletal Care Provider With HITRUST®, SOC 2 And FDA Certifications

With HITRUST CSF Certification, SOC 2 compliance and an FDA-listed medical device, SWORD Health demonstrates its commitment to clinical-grade standards of patient security, safety, and privacy.

KAZIA THERAPEUTICS LTD: US FDA Grants Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) to Paxalisib for DIPG

Kazia Therapeutics Limited (ASX: KZA;NASDAQ: KZIA), an Australian oncology-focused biotechnology company, is pleased to announce that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has awarded Rare Pediatric Disease Designation (RPDD) to Kazia's paxalisib (formerly GDC-0084) for the treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a rare and highly-aggressive childhood brain cancer.

FDA: Announces Voluntary Agreement with Manufacturers to Phase Out Certain Short-Chain PFAS Used in Food Packaging

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing that the manufacturers of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used for grease-proofing in paper and paperboard for food packaging (for example, as coatings on some fast-food wrappers, to-go boxes, and pizza boxes) have voluntarily agreed to phase-out their sales of these substances for use as food contact substances in the United States.

REALTA LIFE SCIENCES: Announces U.S. FDA Clearance of First Investigational New Drug Application for RLS-0071

Phase 1 Trial for the Treatment of Patients with Acute Lung Injury Due to COVID 19 Anticipated to Begin in Third Quarter of 2020

JANONE: Receives FDA Authorization for Transfer of Investigational New Drug (IND) Application for its Sodium Nitrite Tablets

IND transfer clears path for Phase 2b trials of potential Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) treatment and opens the door to explore other vascular applications

ORALDNA LABS: FDA Issues EUA for OraRisk® COVID-19 RT-PCR Test from OralDNA® Labs

Access Genetics, LLC dba OralDNA® Labs announces that FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for its OraRisk® COVID-19 RT-PCR test.

LUMINEX: Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Antibody Test

xMAP SARS-CoV-2 Multi-Antigen IgG Assay is enabled by xMAP Technology, the gold standard for multiplexing serologic testing

SALADAX BIOMEDICAL: Launches clozapine test in the US after FDA grants market authorization

Saladax is advancing personalized medicine by providing psychiatrists with the first commercially available antipsychotic test in the U.S.

FDA: Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Takes Action to Warn, Protect Consumers from Dangerous Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizers Containing Methanol

As part of continued action to protect the American public, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers and health care professionals about hand sanitizer products containing methanol, or wood alcohol — a substance often used to create fuel and antifreeze that is not an acceptable active ingredient for hand sanitizer products and can be toxic when absorbed through the skin as well as life-threatening when ingested.

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