The biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world, known as "big pharma", are American and European. The top five are Pfizer (US), Roche, Novartis (both Swiss), Merck (US) and GlaxoSmithKline (UK). Yet these companies—and ...
May 25, 2020
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COVID-19 has exposed and magnified weaknesses within health-care systems. Drug shortages, which are a growing problem in Canada, may be one example of this.
May 13, 2020
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A massive international team led by Princeton's Cristian Galbiati worked to design, test and finalize the Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM), a low-cost ventilator designed to ease device shortages caused by COVID-19. With ...
May 12, 2020
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The failure of the NHS to provide adequate protective equipment for its employees—including basic items such as gloves and masks—has been among the many unpleasant shocks of the covid-19 crisis for healthcare professionals.
Apr 30, 2020
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Getting personal protective equipment to the frontlines while America fights COVID-19 has more twists and turns than it may seem, but thinking about the supply chain from a disaster recovery perspective can help, a University ...
Apr 20, 2020
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For health care professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, a thin layer of personal protective equipment—gowns, masks, gloves—stands between their ability to help patients and the prospect of becoming ...
Apr 13, 2020
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Manufacturers are stepping up to meet the severe shortage of ventilators prompted by the current coronavirus pandemic—and not just companies in the medical industry. Numerous firms from the aerospace and defense sectors, ...
Apr 10, 2020
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A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said, with the United Nations warning of "devastating" consequences.
Apr 8, 2020
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The growing severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and challenges in the supply chain have resulted in severe shortages of N95 masks and reports of frequent mask reuse. This practice poses serious safety risks to healthcare workers. ...
Apr 6, 2020
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In just under two weeks, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with engineers, nurses and other health care professionals, have developed a design informed by clinical feedback for protective plastic face ...
Apr 4, 2020
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