Lyme disease
Kephera Nabs $5.7M in NIAID Grants for Lyme, Chagas Tests
The money will be used to aid development and clinical testing of assays to aid identification of Lyme disease and monitor response to treatment for Chagas disease.
The Massachusetts-based startup aims to advance testing for parasitic and viral diseases including Chagas, Zika, and Lyme, and tapeworm and liver fluke infections.
In Brief This Week: Meridian Bioscience, BARDA, HHS, Oncocyte, GeneDx, More
News items for the week of Jan. 30, 2023.
HHS, Cohen Foundation Award $1M to Lyme Disease Dx Research Projects
The funding is being provided to 10 groups through the LymeX Diagnostics Prize initiative, which was launched in late 2020 by theHHS- and Cohen Foundation-backed Lyme Innovation Accelerator.
Becton Dickinson, Werfen, Viramed Biotech Gain 501(k) Clearances in August
Becton Dickinson received clearance for an assay to detect several types of gastrointestinal infections, and Viramed's assay will help detect Lyme disease.
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