T2 Biosystems announces US launch of COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jul. 1, 2020, T2 Biosystems announced completion of validation of its COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test, the T2SARS-CoV-2…
OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories reports results of COVID-19 testing for almost one quarter of a million nursing home employees
On Jul. 1, 2020, OPKO Health announced the results of COVID-19 molecular PCR and antibody tests for nursing…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced early positive data from ongoing phase 1/2 study of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 1, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced preliminary data from the most advanced of four investigational vaccine…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for second COVID-19 antibody test
On Jul. 1, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for…
UC Berkeley launched trial of saliva test for COVID-19
On Jun. 30, 2020, scientists from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at the University of California Berkeley announced…
Successful first harvest provided roadmap for scaling secure, domestic source of farm-raised salmon
On Jun. 30, 2020, AquaBounty Technologies announced it had successfully commenced the commercial-scale harvest of conventional Atlantic salmon…
Altimmune announces dosing of first patient in phase 1b clinical trial of NasoShield single dose intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate
On Jun. 30, 2020, Altimmune announced dosing of the first patient in the Company’s Phase 1b clinical trial…
Gilead Sciences announced Covid-19 drug Remdesivir to cost $3,120 for typical patient on private insurance
On Jun. 29, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that the Covid-19 drug Remdesivir will cost $3,120 for typical patient…
NIH study showed genomic variation causing common autoinflammatory disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague
On Jun. 29, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had discovered that Mediterranean populations may…
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs launched COVID-19 screening tool
On Jun. 29, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it had launched a digital COVID-19…
Oxford University dashboard highlighted potential future COVID-19 virus hotspots
On Jun. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford reported that potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a…
Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine – COVAXIN received DCGI approval for phase I & II Human clinical trials
On Jun. 29, 2020, Bharat Biotech announced it had successfully developed COVAXIN, India’s 1st vaccine candidate for COVID-19,…
Association between statewide school closure and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the US
On Jun. 29, 2020, JAMA reported that U.S. populationﾖbased time series analysis conducted between March 9, 2020, and…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
MSFHR funded COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BC’s vulnerable populations
On Jun. 29, 2020, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) COVID-19 Research Response Fund announced funding…
Altimmune received award from US DoD to fund phase 1/2 clinical trial of T-COVIDﾙ in outpatients with early COVID-19
On Jun. 29, 2020, Altimmune announced it was awarded $4.7 million from the U.S. Army Medical Research &…
LabCorp introduced Xcellerateﾮ COVID-19 clinical study solution
On Jun. 29, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced that Covance, its drug development business, has deployed the Xcellerateﾮ COVID-19 solution…
Todos Medical entered into distribution partnership with Meridian Health Services network for COVID-19 testing solutions
On Jun. 29, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into a partnership with Meridian Health Services…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA
Luminex submitted Emergency Use Authorization request to FDA for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 29, 2020, Luminex announced that the company had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization request to the…
Experts identifed steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 26, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator donors launched international alliance to connect research data sources and enable collaboration
On Jun. 26, 2020, the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator donors and partners announced the formation of the International COVID-19…
Vaxart signed Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow
On Jun. 26, 2020, Vaxart announced that its oral COVID-19 vaccine had been selected to participate in a…
CIRM board approved third clinical trial for COVID-19
On Jun. 26, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to Dr. Xiaokui Zhang at…
University of Alberta researcher to test whether COVID-19 antibodies provide long-term immunity
On Jun. 25, 2020, the University of Alberta (U of A) announced a study that will analyze thousands…
Entos announced selection of lead candidates for pan-Coronavirus Fusogenix DNA vaccine and $42 million award
On Jun. 25, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced the selection of two lead candidates for a pan-coronavirus Fusogenix DNA…
The 10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was declared over
On Jun. 25, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the 10th outbreak of Ebola…
The FDA approved new therapy for Dravet Syndrome
On Jun. 25, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Fintepla (fenfluramine), a Schedule IV controlled…
Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the results of that funding competition: an investment of…
University of British Columbia received $14 million in federal funding for COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, researchers at the University of British Columbia announced they had received a combined total…
Vaxart signed Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow
On Jun. 25, 2020, Vaxart announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow,…
Moderna and Catalent announced collaboration for fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 25, 2020 Moderna announced a collaboration for large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine…