UK medicines regulator approved Moderna vaccine as third COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply…
UK Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency authorized use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 8, 2021, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it had accepted the recommendation…
In vitro study showed Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with mutation
On Jan. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study conducted by Pfizer and…
BioNTech confirmed EC’s proposal to purchase additional doses of vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, BioNTech announced that it was in talks with the European Commission (EC) about an…
PerkinElmer announced the acquisition of Oxford Immunotec for $591 million in cash
On Jan. 7, 2021, PerkinElmer and Oxford Immunotec announce an agreement under which PerkinElmer acquired Oxford Immunotec for…
Twist Bioscience supplied Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with custom SARS-CoV-2 synthetic RNA controls
On Jan. 7, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced it would supply the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Oragenics entered into material transfer agreement with adjuvance technologies for COVID-19 vaccine adjuvant
On Jan. 7, 2021, Oragenics announced entering into a material transfer agreement with Adjuvance Technologies for use of…
Novavax finalized agreement with Commonwealth of Australia for 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 7, 2021, Novavax announced that it had executed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the Commonwealth of…
Labcorp awarded CDC contract to study variants of COVID-19 virus and improve public health response
On Jan. 7, 2021, LabCorp announced that it had been awarded a contract from the Centers for Disease…
BioNTech published data on novel mRNA vaccine approach to treat autoimmune diseases in Science
On Jan. 7, 2021, BioNTech announced publication of preclinical data on its novel mRNA vaccine approach against autoimmune…
HHS announced $22 billion in funding to support expanded testing, vaccination distribution
On Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the Centers for Disease…
Protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2 could last eight months or more
On Jan. 6, 2021, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology announced data that suggest nearly all COVID-19 survivors…
European Commission authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna in Europe
On Jan. 6, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Commission had granted a conditional marketing authorization for COVID-19…
CureVac and Bayer joined forces on COVID-19 vaccine candidate CVnCoV
On Jan. 6, 2021, Bayer announced it had signed a collaboration and services agreement with CureVac, a biopharmaceutical…
Large clinical trial tested combination monoclonal antibody therapy for mild/moderate COVID-19
On Jan. 5, 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announed that a phase 2/3…
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Illumina and Helix collaborated to assess prevalence of New SARS-CoV-2 UK variant (B117) in the U.S.
On Jan. 5, 2021, Illumina and Helix announced a collaboration to augment national surveillance infrastructure in the U.S….
AIM ImmunoTech announced first COVID-19-induced chronic fatigue ﾓLong Haulerﾔ patient dosed with Ampligen
On Jan. 5, 2021, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the active AMP-511 Expanded Access Program (EAP) had dosed its…
FDA announced statement on authorized dosing schedules for COVID-19 vaccines
On Jan. 4, 2021, the FDA announced that the two different mRNA vaccines were shown remarkable effectiveness of…
Audrey Winkelsas researched SMA through the NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program
On Jan. 4, 2021, Audrey Winkelsas, a 2015 NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program doctoral student with spinal muscle atrophy…
First evidence of UK coronavirus variant in California confirmed by Scripps Research lab
On Jan. 4, 2021, a research partnership between scientists at Scripps Research and UC San Diego found the…
Moderna provided COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced a supply update for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, increasing its base-case global…
Israeli Ministry of Health authorized COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced that Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) had given authorization to import the…
INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
Theophrastus wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops to enhance soil fertility
Greek philosopher Theophrastus (371-287 BCE), the “Father of Botany” wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops with broad…