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A Belgian biotech firm claims it has developed a foolproof coronavirus antibody test that is 100 per cent accurate. Liege-based ZenTech said it had started making tens of thousands of its government-certified tests a week. Zentech plans to roll them out in Belgium first before scaling up manufacturing to three million per month so the … Read more
A New Jersey biotech firm believes its drug could help save the lives of the sickest coronavirus patients. BioAegis Therapeutics has been testing a protein called gelsolin to treat pneumonia. Gelsolin exists naturally in the human body and helps to combat inflammation like that seen in critically ill and dying coronavirus patients. In early stages, … Read more
INTERNATIONAL BIOTECHNOLOGY TRUST: Biotech trust will prosper, says its doctor By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 23:02 GMT, 21 March 2020 There is no escape from the meltdown in share prices – irrespective of where money is invested. For example, although investment trust International Biotechnology … Read more
PUNT OF THE WEEK: Biotech firm Oncimmune can identify lung cancer years before tumours become visible By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 13 March 2020 | Updated: 22:00 GMT, 13 March 2020 Oncimmune is an Aim-listed cancer diagnosis specialist based in Nottingham What is it? An Aim-listed cancer diagnosis specialist based … Read more
Investors snapped up shares in biotechnology minnow Novacyt as the coronavirus edged closer to becoming a pandemic. AIM-listed Novacyt is selling a test for the infection that delivers a result in two hours and doesn’t need a doctor to oversee it. It was the first company to receive an approval for a Covid-19 test, meaning … Read more