Sinocare présente ses produits pour la gestion du diabète et des maladies chroniques lors de la deuxième exposition économique et commerciale Chine-Afrique

CHANGSHA, Chine, 29 septembre 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Sinocare, le leader mondial du développement de tests médicaux, a présenté sa dernière gamme de produits lors de la deuxième exposition économique et commerciale Chine-Afrique (CAETE), qui s’est tenue du 26 au 29 septembre au centre international de congrès et d’expositions de Changsha. Sinocare a présenté, sur le stand qui lui était réservé, différents types de produits pour la gestion des maladies chroniques, notamment le glucomètre, le tensiomètre, le détecteur de lipides sanguins et le détecteur d’acide urique, et a également dévoilé son analyseur multifonction portable analyseur HbA1C portable et son détecteur par fluorescence de produits finis de glycation avancée.

Sinocare Headquarters

CAETE est une plate-forme importante pour la Chine et les pays africains pour mener une coopération économique et commerciale, et des échanges et dialogues intéressants. Sous le thème « Nouveau départ, nouvelles opportunités, nouvelles réalisations », l’événement de cette année est axé sur les domaines des produits alimentaires et agricoles, des industries médicales et de santé, de la coopération en matière d’infrastructures et de chaînes industrielles, ainsi que de la coopération économique et commerciale approfondie. Sinocare a présenté un certain nombre de produits de pointe qui favoriseront davantage la coopération entre les secteurs médical et de la santé de la Chine et de l’Afrique, et permettront la construction d’une communauté médicale commune.

« Chez Sinocare, notre vision consiste à fournir des produits et des services de haute qualité aux personnes souffrant de diabète et d’autres maladies chroniques afin de les aider à améliorer leur qualité de vie. Nous avons hâte de travailler avec des professionnels de santé et des entreprises privées en Afrique pour fournir à davantage de personnes des solutions accessibles et abordables pour la gestion du diabète », a déclaré Louis Hu, directeur régional de Sinocare pour l’Afrique.

Lors de la CAETE, Sinocare a lancé ses produits phares pour quatre maladies chroniques : le Gold AQ PLUS et le Safe AQ Smart pour la glycémie, l’AES-U111 pour la pression artérielle ; iCARE2100 pour l’analyse multi-index ; et PCH50 pour l’analyse de l’HbA1C. Avec des caractéristiques et des avantages notables, les produits de Sinocare ont attiré l’attention d’innombrables participants qui se sont arrêtés sur le stand pour une consultation.

Gold AQ PLUS possède des propriétés électrochimiques supérieures et une résistance à la corrosion extrêmement importante avec une bandelette de test d’électrode en or pur à 99,99%. Le système est capable de détecter avec précision la température de l’échantillon de sang, le HCT et la température ambiante, et de corriger automatiquement les écarts de résultat. Son autre glucomètre phare exposé était le Safe AQ Smart, doté d’un système FAD-GDH pour des résultats exacts et précis, d’un système d’exploitation facile d’utilisation qui ne nécessite aucun codage et d’une éjection automatique des bandelettes de test.

Pour les patients présentant un taux de cholestérol élevé, le détecteur de lipides et de glycémie à double usage peut être utilisé pour la mesure quantitative du CT, du HDL, des TG et du GLU. Le détecteur a un débit rapide de glucose en 5s et de lipides en 100s, et prend en charge l’impression en ligne par USB et la transmission de données par Bluetooth. Par ailleurs, le système de surveillance de la glycémie et de l’acide urique à double fonction Safe AQ-UG peut être utilisé pour les personnes souffrant de diabète et d’hyperuricémie. Safe AQ UG respecte la norme ISO15197 2013 et est équipé d’une éjection automatique des bandelettes et d’un code intelligent pour les tests d’acide urique.

En outre, iCARE2100 est l’instrument multiplateforme innovant de Sinocare possédant plusieurs indicateurs pour réaliser des tests pratiques au chevet du patient. Alimenté par la technologie principale Liquid Phase iPOCT, iCARE 2100 prend en charge une haute précision et une détection instantanée. Sans utiliser d’autres consommables, les praticiens peuvent réduire les coûts des tests sans compromettre la qualité.

Au-delà de la Chine, Sinocare est présent dans 42 pays d’Afrique, dont l’Algérie, l’Égypte, l’Éthiopie, l’Afrique du Sud et plus encore. L’ensemble de ses ventes à travers le continent ont atteint plus de 110 millions de yuans, les produits les plus populaires de Sinocare étant les systèmes de surveillance de la glycémie, les tensiomètres, les analyseurs de profil lipidique et les détecteurs de HbA1c. La croissance rapide de Sinocare en Afrique s’explique par ses systèmes indolores et faciles à utiliser qui conviennent à un grand nombre de personnes, ainsi que sa stabilité de prélèvement d’échantillons et de bandelette de test avec une technologie brevetée.

Sinocare continue de se développer activement en Afrique et prévoit de créer des usines de production en Algérie et en Égypte pour réaliser la production locale de bandelettes de test de glycémie. Cette initiative réduira considérablement les coûts et le temps de transport, et accélérera ses capacités à fournir aux populations africaines des produits pour la surveillance du diabète.

À propos de Sinocare : 

Sinocare compte 19 ans d’expérience dans le secteur des lecteurs de glycémie depuis sa fondation en 2002. La société se consacre au développement, à la production et à la vente de la détection rapide des maladies chroniques grâce à l’utilisation de la technologie des biocapteurs. En 2016, après avoir acquis avec succès Nipro diagnostic Inc. (maintenant renommée Trividia Health Inc.) et PTS Diagnostics Inc., Sinocare est devenu le numéro 5 mondial des fabricants de glucomètres et l’une des principales sociétés au monde d’appareils de test au point de service.

Pour plus d’informations, veuillez consulter le site : www.sinocareintl.com

Facebook : Sinocare In’tl 

Contact pour les médias : Echo Gao
Intl_mkt@sinocare.com

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Malawi: UNHCR Fact Sheet, September 2021

 

51,415 refugees and asylum seekers are registered in Malawi as of 31 August 2021. The majority live in Dzaleka refugee camp where UNHCR and partners provide protection and assistance.

Refugee children have full access to education and some 9,993 are enrolled in schools. A project to improve connectivity in the camp school will help reduce the digital divide for refugee youth.

Dzaleka refugee camp, initially designed for 10,000 people, houses some 51,415 people. Overcrowding poses potential health risks for the population.

 

 

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Adagio Therapeutics Announces New Data Highlighting the Potential of ADG20 for Treatment and Prevention of COVID-19

ADG20 Continues to be Well Tolerated in Healthy Volunteers with Prolonged Half-Life and Serum Virus Neutralization Activity Observed out to Six Months in Ongoing Phase 1 Study

Data from Quantitative Systems Pharmacology/Whole-Body Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Modeling Support Evaluation of 300 mg Intramuscular Dose of ADG20 Given as a Single Intramuscular Injection in Ongoing Phase 2/3 Studies

Data to be Presented During IDWeek 2021 and 19th Annual Discovery on Target Conference

WALTHAM, Mass., Sept. 29, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADGI) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential, today announced new data from the company’s COVID-19 antibody program. Updated, six-month data from its ongoing Phase 1 study of ADG20 in healthy participants and data validating the selection of the 300 mg intramuscular (IM) dose given as a single injection that is being evaluated in the company’s ongoing global Phase 2/3 treatment (STAMP) and prevention (EVADE) clinical trials will be presented during four poster sessions at the Infectious Disease Society of America’s IDWeek 2021, being held from Sept. 29 – Oct. 3, 2021. In addition, Adagio’s chief scientific officer, Laura Walker, Ph.D., will present a subset of the ADG20 Phase 1 data as well as background on the identification and optimization of this differentiated antibody clinical candidate in an oral presentation at the 19th Annual Discovery on Target Conference on Sept. 30, 2021.

“The continued strength of the safety and pharmacokinetic data from our Phase 1 study is encouraging and further underscores the potential impact an antibody like ADG20 – which was designed to be potent, broadly neutralizing and delivered as a single IM injection – could have on people with or at risk of COVID-19,” said Lynn Connolly, M.D., Ph.D., chief medical officer of Adagio. “These Phase 1 data combined with our dose selection strategy, which relied on our innovative modeling approach, have allowed us to initiate and advance our pivotal trials of ADG20 in the treatment and prevention of COVID-19. We anticipate these data will support an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application in the first quarter of 2022, which could enable us to bring an important treatment option to patients.”

Phase 1 Trial Update
Adagio is evaluating ADG20 in a Phase 1 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled single ascending-dose study to assess safety and tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), immunogenicity, and serum virus neutralizing activity of ADG20 ex vivo against SARS-CoV-2. Data from a six-month evaluation timepoint confirmed the extended half-life of ADG20, which approached 100 days based on data from the 300 mg IM dose that was given as a single injection. In addition, 50% serum virus neutralization titers at six months after a 300 mg IM dose of ADG20 were similar to observed peak titers with the mRNA-1273 vaccine and exceeded those achieved with the AZD1222 vaccine series. Importantly, ADG20 was well tolerated with no study drug-related adverse events (AEs), serious AEs, or injection-site or hypersensitivity reactions reported through a minimum of three months follow-up across all cohorts. Participants will continue to be followed through 12 months to assess safety and tolerability, PK, immunogenicity and serum virus neutralizing activity.

Phase 1 Poster Information: (633) Preliminary Results from a Phase 1 Single Ascending-Dose Study Assessing Safety, Serum Viral Neutralizing Antibody Titers (sVNA), and Pharmacokinetic (PK) Profile of ADG20: an Extended Half-Life Monoclonal Antibody Being Developed for the Treatment and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

Dose Selection Strategy
To support dose selection for Adagio’s global Phase 2/3 STAMP and EVADE clinical trials, the company modified an existing quantitative systems pharmacology whole-body physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (QSP/PBPK) model to better characterize the PK of extended half-life monoclonal antibodies in serum and key sites of viral replication in the respiratory tract. Adagio’s model adequately a priori predicted the observed ADG20 serum PK in non-human primates (NHPs) and humans. The model was further optimized based on data from Adagio’s Phase 1 clinical trial and then applied for dose selection for STAMP and EVADE.

For the STAMP treatment trial, data compiled to date suggest that the 300 mg IM regimen has a projected ability to rapidly achieve and maintain target concentrations at key tissue sites of viral replication, including the ability to attain near complete (> 90%) and durable (> 28-day) SARS-CoV-2 receptor occupancy across a range of baseline viral loads. Further, for the EVADE prevention trial, data compiled to date suggest the 300 mg IM regimen has a projected ability to rapidly exceed target serum concentrations in the majority of simulated patients and to maintain potentially effective concentrations for up to 12 months.

Dose Selection Poster Information

  • (1086) A Whole-Body Quantitative System Pharmacology Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (QSP/PBPK) Model that a priori Predicts Intramuscular (IM) Pharmacokinetics of ADG20: an Extended Half-life Monoclonal Antibody Being Developed for the Treatment and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
  • (1089) Use of a Whole-Body Quantitative System Pharmacology Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (QSP/PBPK) Model to Support Dose Selection of ADG20: an Extended Half-Life Monoclonal Antibody Being Developed for the Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
  • (1088) A Whole-Body Quantitative System Pharmacology Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (QSP/PBPK) Model to Support Dose Selection of ADG20: an Extended Half-Life Monoclonal Antibody Being Developed for the Treatment of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)

The STAMP and EVADE clinical trials are currently ongoing and enrolling patients globally. For more information, please visit clincialtrials.gov.

About ADG20
ADG20, a monoclonal antibody targeting the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 and related coronaviruses, is being developed for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. ADG20 was designed and engineered to possess high potency and broad neutralization against SARS-CoV-2 and additional clade 1 sarbecoviruses, by targeting a highly conserved epitope in the receptor binding domain. ADG20 displays potent neutralizing activity against the original SARS-CoV-2 strain as well as all known variants of concern. ADG20 has the potential to impact viral replication and subsequent disease through multiple mechanisms of action, including direct blocking of viral entry into the host cell (neutralization) and elimination of infected host cells through Fc-mediated innate immune effector activity. ADG20 is administered by a single intramuscular injection, and was engineered to have a long half-life, with a goal of providing both rapid and durable protection. Adagio is advancing ADG20 through multiple clinical trials on a global basis.

About Adagio Therapeutics
Adagio (Nasdaq: ADGI) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential. The company’s portfolio of antibodies has been optimized using Adimab’s industry-leading antibody engineering capabilities and is designed to provide patients and clinicians with a powerful combination of potency, breadth, durable protection (via half-life extension), manufacturability and affordability. Adagio’s portfolio of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies includes multiple, non-competing broadly neutralizing antibodies with distinct binding epitopes, led by ADG20. Adagio has secured manufacturing capacity for the production of ADG20 with third-party contract manufacturers to support the completion of clinical trials and initial commercial launch. For more information, please visit www.adagiotx.com.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “projects,” and “future” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning, among other things, the timing, progress and results of our preclinical studies and clinical trials of ADG20, including the timing of our planned EUA application, initiation and completion of studies or trials and related preparatory work, the period during which the results of the trials will become available and our research and development programs; our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for, our product candidates; our ability to identify patients with the diseases treated by our product candidates and to enroll these patients in our clinical trials; our manufacturing capabilities and strategy; and our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, those risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” in Adagio’s prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on August 6, 2021 and in Adagio’s future reports to be filed with the SEC, including Adagio’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. Such risks may be amplified by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of this date, and Adagio undertakes no duty to update such information except as required under applicable law.

Contacts:
Media Contact:
Dan Budwick, 1AB
Dan@1abmedia.com

Investor Contact:
Monique Allaire, THRUST Strategic Communications
monique@thrustsc.com

US Student Loan Servicer Asks to Bow Out

A second company that services student loan debt has asked the United States federal government to be relieved of its contracts.

Navient, based in Wilmington, Delaware, announced Tuesday it had signed an agreement to transfer the loan servicing to Maximus. The deal is subject to the approval of the U.S. Department of Education’s office of Federal Student Aid.

“Navient and Maximus are committed to working together and believe this plan gives the government a reliable approach to support borrower success and advance its vision for next-generation servicing,” stated Navient in a press release. The companies stated that they expected the deal to be finalized in the fiscal quarter starting Friday.

The deal comes just before student loan repayment resumes in January 2022. The federal government put student loans on hold last year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Navient services 6 million borrowers.

In July, the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, known as FedLoan to its 8.5 million borrowers, notified the Federal Student Aid office that it would not accept an extension of its 12-year-old federal student loan servicing contract “beyond what is needed to ensure a smooth transition for borrowers,” it said in a press release.

Allegations of corruption

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has labeled Navient’s management of student loan debt as corrupt and predatory.

In April, at Warren’s first hearing as chair of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs’ Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Navient CEO Jack Remondi denied his company was guilty of those practices.

Student loans have been a political flashpoint among lawmakers and politicians as progressives such as Warren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders — both presidential candidates in the 2020 race for the nation’s top leadership position — recommend student debt forgiveness. Proponents of student debt forgiveness say it would free student debtors to spend money on other items, such as housing, which would contribute to the economy and improve their quality of life.

Warren introduced a resolution in February that would provide $50,000 in loan forgiveness to individual borrowers and asked President Joe Biden to use executive action to implement it. So far, he has not.

Critics of loan forgiveness, such as borrowers who have paid their loans, argue that student loan debtors should repay the money and fulfill their financial obligations.

Average student loan debt at graduation for the class of 2021 was estimated at $36,140 and carried an average 2.75% interest rate, according to EducationData.org. By comparison, the class of 2010 graduated with an average $29,880 in debt at a 6% interest rate. Collectively, student debt has reached nearly $1.7 trillion nationally.

For further comparison, the average car loan debt for a new vehicle is $34,635, according to Lending Tree, at a 9.46% interest rate. Collectively, auto loan debt has reached nearly $1.4 trillion nationally.

Source: Voice Of America

YouTube to Ban All Content Containing COVID Vaccine ‘Misinformation’

YouTube will ban any video that claims vaccines are ineffective or dangerous, including those that question vaccines for measles and chickenpox, the company announced Wednesday.

“Specifically, content that falsely alleges that approved vaccines are dangerous and cause chronic health effects, claims that vaccines do not reduce transmission or contraction of disease, or contains misinformation on the substances contained in vaccines will be removed,” the Google-owned company said in a blog post announcing the new enforcement measures.

The company said “vaccines in particular have been a source of fierce debate over the years, despite consistent guidance from health authorities about their effectiveness.”

“Today, we’re expanding our medical misinformation policies on YouTube with new guidelines on currently administered vaccines that are approved and confirmed to be safe and effective by local health authorities and the WHO.”

The company said it “will continue to allow content about vaccine policies, new vaccine trials and historical vaccine successes or failures.”

YouTube’s COVID-19 vaccine policy has met with some backlash for being overly aggressive.

On Tuesday, the company removed Russian state-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channels, saying they violated the company’s COVID-19 policy.

On Wednesday, Russia threatened to block YouTube, calling the channel removals “unprecedented information aggression.”

YouTube said it has removed over 130,000 videos over the past year for violating its COVID-19 policies.

Source: Voice Of America