Thermo Fisher
Thermo recently launched a system to detect Covid in the air. Wow, wouldn't that be amazing? We're picturing a humanoid robot in the corner suddenly letting out some sort of air raid siren wail if the virus is detected. "Covid alert! Covid alert!"
Alas, what this system really does is collect air samples. Then you have to take those samples and go test them using PCR just like labs are doing for nasal swabs. Pretty lame - it's just an air sampling pump and those have been around forever. BioPharmGuy himself used them at a summer job working for an asbestos monitoring company many years ago.
In hindsight, this Thermo system can tell you if there was Covid present over a certain time period, which is useful for contact tracing. But contact tracing is not something people in America seemed to ever care about. This product will likely be limited to in-hospital use or similar settings.
Amazon
There's an Amazon Basics version of so many things, why not throw Covid tests into the mix. FDA just gave an emergency use authorization to an Amazon-produced Covid test which the company plans to use on its internal labor units, which are sometimes referred to as 'employees'.
Maybe the team that worked on that test will move on to a hot-swap, urine-bag system so the labor units can avoid spillage while maximizing tasks completed.
Endpoints IPO Tracker
Endpoints has been maintaining a nice IPO tracker for a while now. They have a little write-up on each company giving you some context. Much more info than some other IPO trackers out there.
Unnatural Products
The world is filled with companies hawking natural products, as if natural is a synonym for healthy/good. (Ever been bitten by a natural rattlesnake?) Yet here we have a company willing to go against the grain and trumpet their unnaturalness right in the company name
. What a breath of fresh air.
Speaking of fresh air, you can buy that now. However, If standard canned fresh air from Banff isn't good enough, you can also buy a limited edition can of air signed by 2Chainz, encrusted with three diamonds, all for the low price of $18,500.
Cursed Cursor
Here we have an annoying, cursor-chasing blue dot. What the hell is the point of websites doing this? No point - just some web developer adding nonsense features. Thumbs down, would not visit again.
