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.
Huntsville Company Develops SARS-CoV-2 Test
Huntsville-based Diatherix Eurofins has developed a test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the cause of the COVID-19 respiratory infection, as part of its proprietary respiratory testing...
A Business View of COVID-19 from Blue Cross CEO
An interview with Tim Vines, president and CEO of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
UAB COVID Drug Potent for Gilead without “Orphan” Status
A University of Alabama at Birmingham-researched drug with potential for treating COVID-19 recently received FDA approval as a rare disease treatment, a distinction that...
Assurance Ramps Up Testing of COVID-19
Birmingham is home to one of only 26 commercial labs in the nation approved to test for COVID-19.
Assurance Scientific Laboratories is a complex R&D...