The VA https://www.research.va.gov and the Department of Defense https://www.defense.mil launched an ambitious project called the “Long-term Impact of Military Relevant Brain Injury Consortium (LIMBIC) to study mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (mild TBI). …Continue reading
Premier’s Actions on COVID-19
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com recently checked with Premier Inc. (PINC) https://www.premierinc.com to discuss the implications for their business and day-to-day operation amid the CoVID-19 Outbreak. According to Premier management, hospitals are coping with shortages in the supply chain, bit the supply chain is getting strained, so Premier has been helping member hospitals cope with the situation at hand for the last 2-3 weeks. …Continue reading
CDC’s Grant Forecast for BRFSS
CDC posted a forecast for a Funding Opportunity Notice on February 3, 2020 on https://www.grants.gov that funds will be available for FY 2020 to implement their “Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS): Impact in Population Health”. …Continue reading
NIH Launches Data Portal for PD
The “Accelerating Medicines Partnership (AMP) program for Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a joint venture between NIH, FDA, industry partners (Celgene, GSK, Pfizer, Sanofi, and Verily), and one non-profit organization (The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research MHFF) managed through the Foundations for NIH (FNIH). …Continue reading
Strengthening Patient Safety
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) https://whitehouse.senate.gov has introduced “The Patient Safety Improvement Act”. A previous version of the Act was introduced in 2016. The legislation seeks to reduce Healthcare Associated Infections” (HAI) and preserve the effectiveness of existing antibiotics. …Continue reading
HRSA Program Seeks Applicants
HRSA’s https://www.hrsa.gov “Telehealth Focused Rural Health Research Center” (TF-RHRC) Program is looking for applicants to apply for funding (HRSA-20-023). …Continue reading
Portugal Seeks Medical Tech
Market research from the International Trade Administration https://www.trade.gov/research-country, shows that over 8% of medical equipment expenditures in Portugal are made by the public sector while 20% of sales are made to the private sector. The market for medical equipment has improved in recent years and is expected to increase opportunities for exporters in the U.S.