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FDA Guidance Documents for COVID-19
June 10, 2020
COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. As the novel coronavirus continues to dominate headlines and impact communities around the globe,…
Protein Shapes in Alzheimer’s Disease Research
June 8, 2020
Proteins — large molecules made up of amino acids — do most of the work in cells and are required for the structure, function,…
Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease Through exRNA Biomarkers
June 1, 2020
Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), a progressive neurodegenerative disease, is estimated to affect around 50 million people worldwide. AD is most prevalent in North America and…
Can Llama Antibodies Help Fight SARS-CoV-2?
May 28, 2020
Winter is a llama who lives on a farm in Ghent, Belgium — and she may be a vital figure in the fight against…
Racing Against the Clock: Developing Monoclonal Antibodies During a Pandemic
May 26, 2020
Between the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the SARS, H1N1 and HIV/AIDS epidemics all taking place within the last 50 years, major infectious disease outbreaks…
Novel Coronavirus Testing: Part IV
May 18, 2020
Saliva Testing Accurate, rapid testing for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is crucial to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. In previous installments of this blog series,…
Novel Coronavirus Testing: Part III
May 6, 2020
Antigen Testing Part I of this series on testing for the novel coronavirus covered the real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (rRT-PCR) assay, which…
Airborne Coronavirus Discovered in China – Could It Transmit the Novel Coronavirus?
May 6, 2020
Earlier this week, we discussed an aerosolized droplet study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and the National Institutes of…
Aerosolized Droplet Study
April 29, 2020
Can the Novel Coronavirus Spread Through Speaking? There are conflicting opinions on whether the novel coronavirus, the virus that causes COVID-19, can be spread…
Novel Coronavirus Testing: Part II
April 27, 2020
Serology Testing “Test, test, test,” was the singular message from the World Health Organization’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during remarks on the coronavirus pandemic…
Novel Coronavirus Testing: Part I
April 20, 2020
Real-Time Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction Testing is the crucial first step to identifying and treating COVID-19. In the past few months, uncertainty has…
Clinical Trials: Coronavirus Impact and FDA Guidelines
April 13, 2020
The spread of the coronavirus is affecting every facet of the pharmaceutical industry — including clinical trials that are currently underway or scheduled for…
Experimental mRNA Vaccine Takes a Multivalent Approach to the Flu
February 6, 2023
The events of the COVID-19 pandemic have largely upended how we perceive and respond to global viral threats. One positive change is the technology…
Discovery: Pupal Ants Produce Milk for Their Colonies
February 1, 2023
Pupating ants produce milk — and scientists have only just noticed. Research published in Nature in November describes researchers observing for the first time…
The Resurgence of Strep A and the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 30, 2023
An unexpected increase in cases of streptococcal A (strep A) infection in the United Kingdom is troubling for families, healthcare practitioners, and researchers. Although…
Pigs Could Solve the Organ Transplant Crisis
January 25, 2023
2022 held a number of significant breakthroughs in researchers’ ongoing efforts to solve the organ transplant crisis. Many of those breakthroughs were in xenotransplantation,…
The Unlikely Role of Hops in the Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease
January 23, 2023
A team of Italian scientists from the University of Milan-Bicocca have recently discovered a possible use of hops, the flowers used to enhance both…
Costly, Life-Changing Type 1 Diabetes Drug Delays Disease, Receives FDA Approval
January 16, 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved teplizumab-mzw (TZIELD™), a drug developed by New Jersey-based Provention Bio to delay the onset of type…
Introduction Real-world evidence (RWE) is accelerating drug development by using routinely collected patient health data, known as real-world data (RWD), to deliver insights beyond…
Introduction Researchers are developing novel, safer treatments for cancer, but bringing new oncology therapies to market is challenging. This white paper will examine the…
Introduction As global obesity rates continue to rise, the search for effective treatments is more critical than ever. Obesity is associated with an increased…
NEWARK, Del.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS), an award-winning contract research organization (CRO) focused on bioanalytics and clinical trials, is celebrating its 30-year anniversary in…
NEWARK, Del.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—QPS India, a subsidiary of QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS), a GLP/GCP-compliant global full-service Contract Research Organization, has achieved another significant milestone by…
TAIPEI, Taiwan—(BUSINESS WIRE)—QPS, a leading global contract research organization (CRO) specializing in preclinical and clinical drug development services, is pleased to announce the expansion…
