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Online platform matches health care facilities with face shield manufacturers
Hospitals around the world are scrambling to secure enough personal protective equipment to safeguard their workers while treating COVID-19 patients, and manufacturers large and small are retooling their production lines to try to fill the …
FoodChain, a UW-Madison Spinout, Gets Acquired by the Dohmen Company
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Co-founders Jake Levitt and Ben Winters launched the company in 2019. The startup entered the Discovery to Product (D2P) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and participated in …
UW–Madison publishing and printing team makes face shields to protect UW Hospital workers
Trying to unwind after a long, hectic day working at UW Health, Leigh Larson couldn’t fall asleep. As director of graduate medical education and medical staff administration, her mind raced through the frightening scenarios that …
FluGen, UW-Madison researchers developing COVID-19 vaccine
UW-Madison researchers and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech are developing and testing a vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu, they announced Thursday. CoroFlu will build on FluGen’s flu vaccine candidate known as M2SR. That …
UW–Madison, FluGen, Bharat Biotech to develop CoroFlu, a coronavirus vaccine
An international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the vaccine companies FluGen and Bharat Biotech has begun the development and testing of a unique vaccine against COVID-19 called CoroFlu. CoroFlu will build …
Answering the call: Engineering alum races from Utah to Wisconsin to contribute ventilator expertise
For Tyler Vermey, a crazy cross-country trip that included the aftermath of an earthquake and a raging blizzard was just the beginning of his role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Until March 15, he and …
Exact Sciences, Promega, UW Health and more partner with state to expand COVID-19 testing
Several businesses are partnering with the Wisconsin Clinical Lab Network to increase the state’s capacity to test people for the novel coronavirus. According to a statement from Gov. Tony Evers’ office, Fitchburg-based Promega, Madison-based Exact …
With medical supplies dwindling in COVID-19 pandemic, Wisconsin businesses shift gears
No one will be drinking Doundrins Distilling’s newest product — it’s hand sanitizer. On the other side of Dane County, workers are assembling face shields for doctors based on a design sketched out by UW-Madison …
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy producing hand sanitizer
UW-Madison School of Pharmacy is stepping in to produce hand sanitizers for UW Health. Ed Elder, with the UW Madison School of Pharmacy, said it was a challenge at first to obtain the ingredients: alcohol, …