The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on our society. The EIT Health community is at the forefront of healthcare innovation, and is well placed to play a role in responding to the crisis. Below this lines there’s a compilation of news and stories with the participation of EIT Health Spain partners.
Philips ultrasound OK’d for COVID-19 lung, cardiac care
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FDA approves use of firm's ultrasound portfolio to manage COVID-19-related complications
Backed by EIT Health Alumni, DAP aids care facilities
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Digital Aid Project seeks to aid nursing homes, rehabilitation centres and mental health facilities
AstraZeneca to cooperate on Oxford’s vaccine effort
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Firm ready to facilitate distribution of Oxford University team's vaccination, which is already undergoing trials
Trinity College, NUI Galway COVID-19 projects funded
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Teams from EIT Health Partners running some of the 26 projects backed by the Irish Government
Leyden Academy researches experiences of elderly
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Interviews focus on how the pandemic is impacting the lives of senior citizens
Platform lets Dutch seniors exchange COVID-19 stories
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Exchange helps older people who have to remain in isolation to maintain contacts with others
Ventilator from museum seen as low-tech solution
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Scientists from TU Delft seek to mimic the simple design, which was made before the machines went digital
TU Delft team designs easy-to-produce ventilator
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Made of standard parts, the device would be easy for manufacturers around the world to produce
Imperial College team alters device to test for virus
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To solve need for greater testing, they converted a sensor for livestock infections into a COVID-19 scanner
EIT Health-backed firm fights aerosol-borne infections
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Astradentium’s innovation helps protect dentists and their patients from infections like COVID-19
Patients can add to database to help study COVID-19
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Austrian Institute of Technology cooperates in a system to gather useful data on COVID-19 in their country
Portal lets Dutch hospitals share COVID-19 data
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EIT Health Partners Philips and Erasmus Medical Center in effort to allow exchange of patient information
Philips makes more respirators, adds new model
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Seeking to fill the need with 4,000 units a week and 15,000 a week of the Respironics E30
LA LIGNE C telephone support line launched
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La Ligne C will support people living with chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic
Production of surgical masks is scaled up
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Healthcare company Essity has partnered with the Research Institute of Sweden to begin large scale production
Labs repurposed for mass COVID-19 testing service
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Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology supporting Government testing Programme
Sant Joan de Déu hospital creates app to support nurses
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The app, created by a team of nurses, will provide access to COVID-19 training materials and protocols
Portal allows Irish GPs to treat patients remotely
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Wellola, a company supported by EIT Health, partnerd in making the system, which keeps doctors and patients safe
Scanner provides quality control of handwashing
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EIT Health-supported start-up HandInScan helps ensure sanitation against COVID-19
CytaCoat antibacterial coating helps patients in ICU
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EIT Health backs start-up making an innovation that can effectively reduce secondary infections in COVID-19
TorTex uniforms monitor exposure to infection
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EIT Health-supported start-up is already making face masks for use in Swedish hospitals
EIT Health-backed firm gives free remote-care tool
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Platform provided free during crisis allows treatment and monitoring of patients at home
Ergotrics positions patients for optimal ventilation
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EIT Health-supported start-up's innovation provides optimal position for COVID-19 patients who are on ventilators
Ares Genetics brings Chinese testing tech to Europe
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2019 recipient of EIT Health support expects to provide next-generation sequencing services for the coronavirus
Weekly surveys of 135,000 people to help identify risks
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University of Groningen and UMCG collaborate on research into hereditary and environmental risk factors
University of Barcelona bioethics body gives guidance
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"Recommendations for ethical decision making on the access of patients to special care units in pandemic situations"
Emergency ventilators developed to fill need
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Hospital Clínic de Barcelona and University of Barcelona join in sceintific collaboration on new, experimental models
DTU boosts Rigshospitalet’s COVID-19 testing capacity
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As Denmark seeks to undertake more tests, EIT Health Partner supports one of the country's largest hospitals
EIT Health France supports hotline for chronically ill
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First hotline on COVID-19 to help people living with a chronic disease is an innovative citizen action
Adapter could turn snorkel into mask for medics
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Team at TU-Delft developing converter that can be produced by 3D printer to make protective gear
Leitat develops 3D printed emergency ventilator
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Spanish tech company developed the 3D model for the medically approved emergency respirator
Inserm coordinates French research effort
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REACTing consurtium unites several EIT Health Partners and other organisations in the fight to control COVID-19
Air Liquide to boost production of medical oxygen
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EIT Health Partner will strive to meet US need for oxygen and other important gases for medical uses
EIT Health partners propose remote care during pandemic
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Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris and INSERM recommend platform using hospital command centres
Sanofi and partner expand tests of coronavirus drug
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Trials of the rheumatoid arthritis drug Kevzara for coronavirus treatment are planned in Europe, Canada and Russia
University of Tartu professor working on better diagnosis
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Estonian researcher says his team's less-expensive more accurate test could be available by this autumn
AstraZeneca giving 9M face masks to healthcare workers
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Italy first in line for donations; this EIT Health Partner is also undertaking research efforts to fight COVID-19
KU Leuven, Janssen work on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine
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Pharma firm's lead candidate for innoculation against corona virus identified through collaboration begun in January
Partners aim to have vaccine ready and tested in a year
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University of Copenhagen and LUMC join four other partners in the ambitious Prevent-nCoV project
University of Barcelona part of effort to speed testing
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Developing a point-of-care platform to provide more rapid diagnosis and monitoring of COVID-19
TU Delft works on reusable surgical masks
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University develops a way to test reused sterilised surgical masks and surgical masks made of new materials
Philips ramps up health tech production
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Technology company increasing production of critical care products and solutions
Eindhoven predict growth of new infections
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Latest update: Researchers predict considerable increases in number of deaths
Rapid interaction profiling to aid drug discovery
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Forschungszentrum für Gesundheit und Umwelt and INSERM join consortium using deep learning
TU Delft partners in research to improve response
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Providing guidelines for improved crisis governance, with a focus on responders to public health emergencies
I-MOVE collects clinical and epidemiological information
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Oxford and Sorbonne universities in Europe-wide influenza research that's expanded to include COVID-19
ETH Zürich researchers track virus spread
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Researchers are analysing public genome data using their statistical model to calculate beginning of epidemic
DFKI produce masks using 3D printers
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DFKI has begun a limited production of protective masks, that protect against COVID-19, using 3D printers
Master’s students developing ventilators
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TU Delft Master’s students have started an initiative for quickly developing inexpensive ventilators
Free access to clinical data platform
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Climedo is offering free access to its clinical data platform for hospitals, NGOs, practices and institutions fighting COVID-19
CEA project selected by research accelerator
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Their project, an experimental infection model to better understand COVID-19, has been selected by the REACTing consortium
Cap Digital launches dedicated crisis unit
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Cap Digital has launched a dedicated crisis unit to help businesses with advice around topics such as legal…
Beiersdorf starts producing disinfectants
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Beiersdorf has started serial production of medical grade disinfectants to supply 500 tonnes to central public bodies in…
Boston Scientific launches donation scheme
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The employee match donation programme supports Project HOPE, a global health and humanitarian relief organisation
Fraunhofer IME joins EU-funded consortium, E4C
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Fraunhofer IME joins EU-funded “Exscalate4CoV” consortium, searching for compounds inhibiting viral replication
Eurecat to open laboratories for mask trials
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Their facilities will be available for manufacturers to use to test effectiveness of masks against COVID-19
Curetis test kit available for use
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The rapid real-time test is now available across Europe. It tests for COVID-19 in only a few hours
Amgen supports relief efforts with up to $12.5M
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The funding will support global relief efforts addressing critical needs in communities impacted by COVID-19
UG AND UMCG investigate COVID-19 inhaler
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University of Groningen is investigating a drug that may be effective against COVID-19 via an inhaler
Technion confirms improved patient testing method
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The pooling method enables simultaneous sample testing and could greatly accelerate COVID-19 detection
Oxford’s COVID-19 research receives funding
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New funding from the UK government will support University of Oxford in the testing of a new vaccine
Cambridge researchers work on COVID-19 vaccine
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Cambridge University researchers are using technology developed for influenza and Ebola to target COVID-19
Novo Nordisk dedicates R&D laboratory for testing
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Novo Nordisk aims to test hundreds of samples every day to slow the spread of COVID-19
Novo Nordisk donates hand sanitiser supplies
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Novo Nordisk is donating 20 tonnes of ethanol in response to a shortage of hand sanitiser in Denmark
KIT’s interactive site tracks infections
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Karlsruher Institut fur Technologie’s interactive website shows the spread of COVID-19 in Germany
Karolinska Institutet closer to finding a vaccine
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Three COVID-19 projects from Karolinska Institutet have progressed to the final phase in a bid for EU funding
Janssen helps develop a preventive vaccine
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Janssen and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, aim to soon identify a vaccine candidate for clinical trials
Roche initiates Phase III clinical trial
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Roche has initiated a clinical trial to study Actemra/RoActemra for treating people with COVID-19 pneumonia
Roche’s COVID-19 test made available to hospitals
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Roche’s COVID-19 test has received FDA Emergency Use Authorisation, increasing available testing capacity
IPN supports COVID-19 learning game
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Mindflow, based at Instituto Pedro Nunes, has created a game to help demystify the issues surrounding COVID-19
IBEC works on preventing virus from replicating
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IBEC is researching how to stop COVID-19 from infecting other cells, preventing the virus from replicating
IrsiCaixa joins group to develop new vaccine
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IrsiCaixa has joined a team of researchers to develop antibodies, drugs and a vaccine against COVID-19
ICS launches symptom monitoring app
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Citizens can report their symptoms to Institut Català de la Salut and receive relevant advice
ESSILOR donates protective items
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Over 200,000 masks, protective goggles and supplies have been donated to front-line respondents including police
Biocat renews focus on solutions for COVID-19
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Design Health Barcelona is finding medical solutions that can help in the fight against COVID-19
BD and CerTest Biotec announce diagnostic test
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New COVID-19 Detection Kit is available to clinical laboratories in countries recognising the CE mark
Bayer donates €1million to hospitals in Lombardy
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Bayer has donated one million euros to help procure urgently needed equipment for intensive care units in Lombardy
Baxter sets up product donation programme
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Donation of continuous renal replacement therapy systems, masks and protective equipment to healthcare providers
Project launches to diagnose COVID-19 in 30 minutes
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The CONVAT project will develop a device for rapid diagnosis of COVID-19 direct from patient samples
AstraZeneca research COVID-19 neutralising antibodies
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Research begins to find novel coronavirus-neutralising antibodies as a potential treatment to prevent COVID-19
AP-HP and Sanofi join forces to accelerate clinical research
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AP-HP and Sanofi join forces to create scientific committee to accelerate clinical research into COVID-19
Amgen’s free online platform supports home schooling
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Free online platform with resources to help parents and teachers with home schooling during the pandemic
New app launches to track spread in Catalonia
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Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia launched app to track the spread of COVID-19
Inserm trials four upcoming treatments
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Clinical trial to assess the efficacy and safety of four potential COVID-19 treatments aims to include 3200 patients
Inserm accelerates research through consortium
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20 projects will unite to fight COVID-19 through a new consortium organised by Inserm
Imperial College London tests a new vaccine
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Researchers are currently testing a candidate vaccine which they aim to launch next year
Imperial reviews impact of public health measures
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ICL has analysed the impact of multiple public health measures on slowing and suppressing the spread of COVID-19
IESE offers businesses change management support
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Helping businesses respond by giving access to resources such as change management and managing virtual teams
GE Healthcare increases manufacturing capacity
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Increasing manufacturing capacity for equipment important in the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 patients
ISGLOBAL hosts myth dispelling webinar
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Free webinar addresses provenance, taxonomy, transmissibility and lethality of the virus
Fundació Clínic launches fundraising campaign
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Fundació Clínic are raising €150,000 to help fund research into COVID-19 and improve the care of patients
IMEC helps teachers continue their work online
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Providing freely available tools for teachers as well as launching a teacher helpline
University experts helping with app development
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Infectious disease experts provide evidence for an instant contact tracing mobile app
University of Copenhagen given EU grant
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Researchers receive €2.7 million to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
Profil supports vaccine development
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Profil is supporting vaccine developers to navigate regulation, early phase trials and making research clinics available
Medtronic supports relief efforts
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Medtronic and the Medtronic Foundation have committed $1.2 million to COVID-19 relief efforts across the globe
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona supporting the front line
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Hospital has launched a campaign so citizens can send messages of support to professionals and patients
Celon initiates therapeutic programme
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Company is in initial stages of testing existing and approved therapies in relation to COVID-19
BioM calls on community to solve crisis
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BioM has launched a project call to solve the COVID-19 crisis and is helping connect people across Bavaria
Boehringer Ingelheim screens entire molecule library
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Scientists are screening one million compounds to help identify novel small molecules with activity against the virus
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