Mayo Clinic launched imaging solution to enable digital pathology across the enterprise
On Jun. 25, 2020, in support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic…
LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
SIGA Technologies announced deliveries of oral TPOXX to HHS valued at approximately $32 million
On Jun. 25, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced the deliveries of oral TPOXX (tecovirimat) to the U.S. Department of…
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Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
RedHill Biopharma announced data from severe COVID-19 patients showed substantial benefit to patients
On Jun. 24, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that results from the treatment of the first severe COVID-19 patients…
Why men may fare worse than women against SARS-CoV-2
On Jun. 24, 2020, HHMI investigators reported that data from COVID-19 cases around the world suggest that the…
Symbiosis and AstraZeneca signed supply agreement for sterile manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials
On Jun. 24, 2020, Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, an India-based specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, announced…
New Oxford University co-led platform accelerated COVID-19 tests into real-world use
On Jun. 24, 2020, the University of Oxford that the COVID-19 National DiagnOstic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR)…
Sinovac received approval from China for its quadrivalent influenza vaccine
On Jun. 24, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a product license…
Mateon selected by IBM Watson Health for use of IBM Clinical Development Solution to support clinical COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jun. 24, 2020, Oncotelic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mateon Therapeutics, announced that IBM has granted access…
iBio selected by IBM Watson Health for use of IBM Clinical Development Solution to support clinical COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jun. 24, 2020, iBio announced that IBM Watson Health has selected iBio to receive 18 months of…
Texas A&M researchers testing COVID-19 vaccine candidates for iBio
On Jun. 24, 2020, a team of scientists at Texas A&M University announced it is working with iBio…
The FDA announced first of its kind pilot program to communicate patient reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials
On Jun. 23, 2020, the FDA launched Project Patient Voice, an initiative of the FDAﾒs Oncology Center of…
Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the NIH announced it had tested a ﾓuniversal mosquito vaccineﾔ known as AGS-v. It…
Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
FibroGen announced first patient enrolled in Pamrevlumab clinical trial in patients hospitalized in US with acute COVID-19
On Jun. 23, 2020, FibroGen announced the initiation of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 Study investigating the…
Mateon selected IQVIA for its randomized, controlled, multi-menter clinical study to test OT-101 as treatment for COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 23, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced it had selected IQVIA to manage C001, a Phase 2 randomized,…
Flu mutation study suggested universal flu vaccine may be even more challenging than expected
On Jun. 23, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research reported that some common strains of influenza have the potential…
Takeda received FDA approval to manufacture ENTYVIO (vedolizumab) drug substance at Brooklyn Park, Minnesota facility
On Jun. 23, 2020, Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that the FDA had approved the company’s submission for its biologics…
University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project
On Jun. 23, 2020, studies in the Netherlands and other places have shown that the presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2,…
Sanofi and Translate Bio expanded collaboration and license agreement to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases
On Jun. 23, 2020, Sanofi and Translate Bio announced they had agreed to expand their existing 2018 collaboration…
INOVIO received $71 million contract from U.S. Dept of Defense to scale up manufacture of CELLECTRA 3PSP smart device
On Jun. 23, 2020, INOVIO announced it had received $71 million funding from the U.S. Department of Defense…
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PathGroup selected as partner for launch of Illumina’s sequencing-nased COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jun. 23, 2020, PathGroup announced the award of a funding grant from the National Institutes of Health…
Intranasal immunization with Intravaccﾒs experimental whooping cough vaccine confered broad protection
On Jun. 22, 2020, Intravacc announced promising results of a preclinical study with its experimental whooping cough vaccine…
Catalent partnered with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals on potential treatment for COVID-19
On Jun. 22, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of…
Pfizer announced start of four phase 3 clinical trials for investigational vaccines
On Jun. 22, 2020, Pfizer announced the initiation of four phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline…
Taconic Biosciences announced distribution of critical COVID-19 mouse model
On Jun. 22, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced an exclusive agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch at…
The NIH halted clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 20, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial to evaluate the…
GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Clover Biopharma’s COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidate with CpG 1018 adjuvant
On Jun. 19, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced the first participants were dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial…