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...
Birmingham YMCA Helps Hospital Workers
As the coronavirus spreads in the U.S. and in Alabama, healthcare workers are under tremendous strain to help the sick, while keeping themselves and...
Top COVID-19 Issues Business Clients Ask Attorneys
What business clients are asking their attorney about COVID-19: How to protect their employees, how to handle business disruptions and how to address contractual obligations
New Leadership for SSI Group
The SSI Group, a health care financial technology company based in Mobile, has named Diana Allen its new president and chief executive officer.
Allen most...