Soligenix announced exclusive licensing agreement for novel vaccine adjuvant from BTG Specialty Pharmaceuticals
On Apr. 16, 2020, Soligenix announced it has executed an agreement for the exclusive worldwide license of CoVaccine…
FDA accepted for Priority Review Biologics License Application for REGN-EB3 to treat Ebola
On Apr. 16, 2020, Regeneron announced the FDA has accepted for Priority Review a new Biologics License Application…
Atossa Therapeutics launched COVID-19 HOPE drug development program
On Apr. 16, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced a new drug development program called COVID-19 HOPE. The program used…
U of A virology lab finds drug originally meant for Ebola effective against key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19
On Apr. 15, 2020, scientists at the University of Alberta have shown that the drug remdesivir is highly…
Abbott launched third COVID-19 test, a laboratory-based antibody blood test
On Apr. 15, 2020, Abbott announced the launch of its third COVID-19 test, a lab-based serology blood test…
HALIX entered collaboration with University of Oxford for GMP manufacturing of a COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 15, 2020, HALIX announced it had joined a consortium of partners under the guidance of the…
Ventilator Manufacturers Group established the Ventilator Training Alliance to help frontline medical workers during pandemic
On Apr. 15, 2020, Getinge announced support of the Ventilator Manufacturers Group to form Ventilator Training Alliance (VTA)…
NIH study validated decontamination methods for re-use of N95 respirators
On Apr. 15, 2020, N95 respirators can be decontaminated effectively and maintain functional integrity for up to three…
Researchers restored sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells
On Apr. 15, 2020, researchers have discovered a technique for directly reprogramming skin cells into light-sensing rod photoreceptors…
Landmark study of adolescent brain development renewed for additional seven years
On Apr. 15, 2020, the National Institutes of Health renewed its commitment to the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development…
A gut-to-brain circuit drives sugar preference and may explain sugar cravings
On Apr. 15, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators report the sensation of sweetness starts on the…
Fujifilm accelerated production of its influenza antiviral drug ‘Avigan tablet’ for COVID-19
On Apr. 15, 2020, FUJIFILM announced that it had expanded its manufacturing capacity at FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co.,…
Queensland University announced new mask material made from sugar cane removed virus-size nanoparticles
On Apr. 15, 2020, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) reported it had developed and tested a highly breathable…
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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expands its commitment to global COVID-19 response
On Apr. 15, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced an expansion of its funding for the…
Accelerate Diagnostics and BioCheck announced commercial supply and collaboration agreement for SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests
On Apr. 15, 2020, Accelerate Diagnostics announced they have entered into a commercial supply and collaboration agreement. Under…
FDA approved initiation of Humanigen’s phase III study of lenzilumab in COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 15, 2020, Humanigen announced that U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given permission to commence…
Philips teamed with University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare to power state’s only eICU Clinical Command Center
On Apr. 15, 2020, Royal Philips and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced…
FDA authorized first-of-its-kind low-cost ventilator developed by University of Minnesota
On Apr. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the production and use of a…
Orthoﾒs total antibody test for COVID-19 received Emergency Use Authorization from FDA
On Apr. 15, 2020, the FDA announced it granted Emergency Use Authorization to Ortho Clinical Diagnosticsﾒ total antibody…
Todos Medical received medical importer status with U.S. FDA
On Apr. 15, 2020, Todos Medical announced the FDA has accepted Todos Medical’s application for Medical Device Establishment…
Vanda Pharma and Northwell Health conduct ODYSSEY trial in patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
On Apr. 15, 2020, Vanda Pharma and Northwell Health’s research arm, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, announced…
Chembio Diagnostics received Emergency Use Authorization for DPP COVID-19 s for IgG and IgM antibodies
On Apr. 15, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced receipt of FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its DPP COVID-19…
Penn Medicine launched national component of global registry to track exposures and outcomes among providers who intubate
On Apr. 15, 2020, a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania launched…
Bellicum completed sale of Houston facility to MD Anderson for $15 million
On Apr. 15, 2020, Bellicum Pharma announced closing of the sale of its Houston facility to The University…
Singapore researchers use NanoString’s nCounter to rapidly profile response of immune system to SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Apr. 15, 2020, NanoString Technologies announced the first publication utilizing the nCounter platform and its leading gene…
Microneedle coronavirus vaccine triggered immune response in mice
On Apr. 14, 2020, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh announced that they had adapted a system to…
Philips detailed plans to increase its hospital ventilator production to 4,000 units/week by Q3 2020
On Apr. 14, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it planed to double the production of its hospital ventilators…
AstraZeneca initiated CALAVI clinical trial with Calquence against COVID-19
On Apr. 14, 2020, AstraZeneca initiated a randomised, global clinical trial to assess the potential of Calquence (acalabrutinib)…
Sanofi and GSK announced an unprecedented vaccine collaboration to fight COVID-19
On Apr. 14, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced that they had signed a letter of intent to enter…
Sinovac announced approval of human clinical trial for a vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Apr. 14, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that the Company had obtained approval to conduct a human clinical…