Cepheid receives grant to develop Ebola diagnostic test

(Reuters) – Molecular diagnostics company Cepheid said it received a grant of up to $3.3 million, co-financed by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to develop a diagnostic test for the deadly Ebola virus. The Xpert Ebola test, which is expected to use saliva or a drop of blood to identify the virus, is likely to be offered on an emergency use only basis, Cepheid said on Thursday. Cepheid and the Gates Foundation are also evaluating deploying the company’s RemoteXpert cloud-based monitoring software to help track the spread of the disease. …
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Tainted drugs suspected in Indian sterilization surgery deaths

A woman, who underwent sterilization surgery at a government mass sterilisation "camp", walks to sit in a hospital bed at a district hospital in BilaspurBy Aditya Kalra PANDARI India (Reuters) – Tainted or sub-standard drugs probably led to the deaths of 13 Indian women after sterilization surgery at a family-planning "camp", and owners of the factories that produced them have been summoned for questioning, a senior official said on Thursday. Meanwhile, the doctor who carried out the sterilization of 83 women in less than three hours at a hospital in the eastern state of Chhattisgarh denied reports the equipment he used was rusty or dirty and blamed adulterated medicines for the tragedy. "I am not the culprit. I have been made (a) scapegoat. …

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