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ARPA-H Awards $110M to Commercial, Academic Teams Tackling Women's Health
The awardees included several diagnostics firms, among them Aspira Women's Health, which received $10 million for development of its EndoMDx test.
BARDA Initiatives Award Approximately $2.8M to Four Diagnostics Developers
The contracts were awarded to Karius, Signature Science, In Diagnostics, and Tufts University through BARDA's Agnostic Diagnostics and Lab at Home initiatives.
White House Unveils ADAPT Program to Advance Biomarker-Guided Cancer Treatment
As part of ARPA-H, ADAPT will fund research into biomarker strategies that adapt to changing tumor biology and ways to translate them into clinical trials.
HHS, Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Award $2M to Lyme Disease Dx Projects
Ten teams participated in a virtual accelerator designed to help them refine their concepts for detecting active Lyme disease infections.
OIG Report Finds Lack of Experience, Lab Resources Led to CDC COVID-19 Test Failure
The agency's initial failure to develop a COVID-19 test stemmed from factors ranging from inexperienced staff to a lack of quality safeguards and physical resources, OIG said.