Catalent signs agreement with Johnson & Johnson to be US manufacturing partner for lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Apr. 29, 2020, Catalent announced a collaboration with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, whereby…
Chimerix announced initiation of phase 2/3 study of DSTAT in acute lung injury for patients with severe COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, Chimerix announced initiation of a Phase 2/3 study of dociparstat sodium (DSTAT) in COVID-19…
OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories partnership with New York State initiated testing for COVID-19 antibodies
On Apr. 29, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced that it will continue to prioritize COVID-19…
Clinical trial began to see if convalescent plasma can treat COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and NYU Langone…
Clinical trial of drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 began at Montefiore and Einstein
On Apr. 29, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that they…
Windtree announced first patient enrolled in AEROSURF bridging study for treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome
On Apr. 29, 2020, Windtree Therapeutics announced it has enrolled the first patient into its AEROSURF phase 2b…
Texas A&M researchers lead testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, a team of Texas A&M University researchers asked hundreds of frontline medical workers to…
Entos Pharmaceuticals partnered with EpiVax to develop a pan-Coronavirus DNA vaccine
On Apr. 28, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced a collaboration with EpiVax. This partnership combined the Entos Fusogenix DNA…
Dutch consortium began production of millions of medical face masks for healthcare professionals in the Netherlands
On Apr. 28, 2020, the Dutch consortium of AFPRO Filters, Royal Auping, and Royal DSM began large-scale production…
Illumina’s donation to Africa Centre for Disease Control expanded capability for sequencing-based COVID-19 surveillance
On Apr. 28, 2020, Illumina announced that the African Union Commission, on behalf of the Africa Center for…
Secarna Pharma entered into cooperation with Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen University to develop treatment for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections
On Apr. 28, 2020, Secarna Pharmaceuticals announced the company has entered into a cooperation with the First Affiliated…
Sarepta Therapeutics announced research agreement with U.S. DoD to evaluate multiple constructs from proprietary RNA platform as treatments for COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2020, Sarepta Therapeutics announced the Company and the USAMRIID, the Department of Defense’s lead laboratory…
Quest Diagnostics launched consumer-Initiated COVID-19 antibody test through QuestDirectﾙ
On Apr. 28, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced that individuals can purchase COVID-19 antibody testing for themselves online, without…
Chimerix received FDA clearance for rolling submission of New Drug Application for brincidofovir as medical countermeasure for smallpox
On Apr. 28, 2020, Chimerix announced it had received clearance from the FDA for a rolling submission of…
Albert Einstein College of Medicine invented compound tested in COVID-19 clinical trial
On Apr. 29, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that a…
INOVIO completed enrollment in phase 1 U.S. trial of INO-4800 for COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO announced that its Phase 1 U.S. clinical trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800…
INOVIO and GeneOne reported positive phase 1/2a clinical data with DNA vaccine INO-4700 for MERS Coronavirus
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO and GeneOne Life Science announced interim data through week 16 from a Phase…
UW-Madison researchers created hybrids of six yeast species to combine useful traits
On Apr. 28, 2020, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have…
Six COVID-19 patients treated with RedHills opaganib under compassionate use show objective clinical improvement
On Apr. 27, 2020, RedHill Biopharma provided an additional update on the compassionate use program with its investigational…
Abbottr received Health Canada Authorization under Interim Order to use FreeStyleﾮ Libre System for hospitalized patients during COVID-19 pandemic
On Apr. 27, 2020, Abbott announced that Health Canada authorized use of FreeStyle Libre system, a sensor-based glucose…
Tgen began recruiting volunteer patients for COVID-19 immunity study
On Apr. 27, 2020, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope is looking for volunteers: individuals who have…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
Mateon announced filing of IND with FDA to evaluate antisense drug candidate OT-101 in COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 27, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced announced it has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the…
Agriculture | Biotechnology | CRISPR | Genomics | USDA
Yield10 Bioscience obtains positive response from USDA-APHIS on regulatory status of CRISPR genome-edited C3007 trait in camelina
On Apr. 27, 2020, Yield10 Bioscience announced it has obtained a positive response from USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services…
Neurocrine Biosciences announced FDA approval of ONGENTYS as treatment for patients with Parkinson’s Disease
On Apr. 27, 2020, Neurocrine Biosciences announced the FDA approved once-daily oral ONGENTYS (opicapone) 25 mg and 50…
ARTES joined global combat against Corona with virus-like particle based platform technologies
On Apr. 27, 2020, ARTES Biotechnology, the German-based biotech company specializing in process development for recombinant vaccines, entered…
Moderna announced IND Submitted to FDA for phase 2 study of mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On Apr. 27, 2020, Moderna announced it had submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food…
Edwards HemoSphere platform receives expanded use indication from Health Canada in treatment of COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 27, 2020, Edwards Lifesciences announced that Health Canada approved an expanded indication for use of the…
LabCorp COVID-19 antibody tests available nationwide with no upfront out-of-pocket costs
On Apr. 27, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced that it will offer antibody tests for the virus that causes COVID-19….
Potential new HIV treatment developed at University of Nebraska Medical Center
On Apr. 27, 2020, a novel means to prevent HIV infection was developed at the University of Nebraska…
BioAegis demonstrated Gelsolin therapy can quell the cytokine storm and promote tissue repair
On Apr. 27, 2020, BioAegis Therapeutics announced it had published gene expression data in animal studies where recombinant…