FLURF)
FluroTech in discussions with healthcare system to conduct clinical trials 08:37 FLURF FluroTech announced that it is actively working and achieving major milestones as the Company prepares its application for emergency use authorization with the FDA. FluroTest is in daily discussions with a major U.S. based healthcare system and finalizing plans to conduct clinical trials. FluroTest intends to complete a comprehensive and large-scale clinical trial to obtain the requisite data on its systems performance for EUA consideration. The company will update the market as appropriate. FluroTech has accelerated the financial, regulatory and legal due diligence to complete the transaction with FluroTest shareholders to obtain 95% of the interest in FluroTest. This amalgamation is subject to TSXV conditions and approvals. FluroTech is working to ensure this process is carried out in the most efficient manner possible and will update the market as appropriate. FluroTest has been informed by its biologics supplier that the reagent pair it utilizes has been shown to detect the variant strains first emerging in the U.K. and in South Africa. FluroTest targets the nucleocapsid protein on the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus and a majority of the mutations appearing to date are of the spike protein.The Company continues to monitor the situation closely and does not anticipate efficacy concerns with the variants that have occurred thus far.
IMMR)
Immersion and Faurecia Partner for haptic automotive technologies 08:36 IMMR Faurecia, one of the world's leading automotive technology companies and Immersion announced a multi-year license agreement, providing Faurecia with access to Immersion's haptic technologies and solutions. The agreement enables Faurecia to develop advanced, interactive haptic user interfaces with the latest innovations from Immersion. "Cars in the near future will be built with smart technology, which allows intuitive touch based interactions. This agreement with Immersion expands our technology ecosystem and illustrates our forward-thinking approach to meeting the technology needs of occupants for a connected and personalized experience," declared Edouard Da Silva, Display Global Product Line Director at Faurecia Clarion Electronics. "Haptics brings new capabilities to automotive HMIs. It enables tactile surfaces to readily respond to users and creates new opportunities for OEMs to re-imagine the user experience," said Jared Smith, Interim CEO at Immersion. "We're excited to work with Faurecia to go beyond the traditional approach to automotive HMI systems and explore new ways that we can help the driver safely interact with the car."