Doctor Practices Losing Revenue, Patients, Staff
Doctors offices across the country have been laying off and furloughing staffs as revenues decline sharply and are expected to continue declining, according to...
What’s the Science Behind These Tests?
We asked an expert at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology to help us understand the science behind the increasingly many tests being done across the...
Strategic Generics
Auburn-based Vitruvias develops lower-cost generic drugs and profits by pinpointing niches in the health spectrum. Its location takes advantage of talent from Auburn University and its School of Pharmacy.
Auburn Ventilator Fix Passes Major Test
A consistent headline throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has centered on a worrisome lack of ventilators for patients who battle the advanced stages of the...
Visit an Alabama Company Making COVID-19 Tests
A Fort Payne company that has long been primarily in the business of designing and equipping drug testing labs across the country has shifted...
BioGX Inc. Gets Emergency FDA Approval for New COVID-19 Test
A Birmingham-based molecular diagnostics company announced on April 3 it has received FDA emergency authorization to produce and distribute a new diagnostic test that...
CPSI Gift Boosts Telehealth Nationwide
Many companies since mid-March have considered ways to help neighbors during the COVID-19 pandemic. A med-tech company based in Mobile went further, opting to...
Ford Announces Respirator Plan; Alabama 3M Plants Partners
Ford Motor Co. announced last week it would combine forces with 3M and GE Healthcare to make healthcare equipment for first responders and patients...
UAB, Altimmune Inc. Testing COVID-19 Vaccine
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is partnering with biopharmaceutical company Altimmune Inc. for preclinical testing of a potential vaccine to prevent COVID-19 disease.
The...
Cam Ward: Back Local Retail in Ala.’s Sales-Tax Economy
This is part of a continuing series of commentaries by Alabama business and community leaders about the coronavirus crisis.