Novavax announced submission of Biologics License Application in South Korea for approval of NVX-CoV2373
On Nov. 15, 2021, Novavax and SK bioscience announced submission of a Biologics License Application (BLA) for Novavax’…
Health Canada authorized booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in individuals 18 years of age and older
On Nov. 15, 2021, Moderna confirmed that Health Canada had authorized the use of a booster dose of…
Long-term study of children with COVID-19 began
On Nov. 15, 2021, a large, long-term study of the impacts of COVID-19 on children announced it had…
Oxford vaccine reached two billion dose milestone
On Nov. 15, 2021, AstraZeneca reported that 2 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine had been released for…
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Calgary reinstates fluoridation in City’s water System
On Nov. 14, 2021, the Calgary city council voted to reinstate fluoridation in Calgary’s waters. The count was…
Regeneron antibody cocktail approved by European Commission to treat and prevent COVID-19
On Nov. 12, 2021, Regeneron announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody…
Innovation Pharmaceuticals conducted full data analysis of phase 2 brilacidin COVID-19 trial results to support inclusion in Government-sponsored trials
On Nov. 12, 2021, Innovation Pharma announced the Company was conducting full data analysis of the Phase 2…
Primary endpoint met in COMET-TAIL Phase III trial evaluating intramuscular administration of sotrovimab for early treatment of COVID-19
On Nov. 12, 2021, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology announced headline data from the randomised, multi-centre, open-label COMET-TAIL Phase…
Leading Generic Drug Makers Unite to Pledge Capacity for Developing and Delivering Affordable COVID-19 Interventions as Pandemic Intensifies
On Sept. 21, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it had signed a licence agreement with…
Lincoln Children’s Zoo announced the deaths of three snow leopards due to COVID-19
On Nov. 12, 2021, Lincoln Children’s Zoo announced on Facebook that their three snow leopards: Ranney, Everest and…
Zipline, Pfizer and BioNTech paved way for automated, on-demand delivery of first mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in Ghana
On Nov. 11, 2021, Zipline, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that Zipline had successfully completed the first long-range drone…
CHMP recommends EU approval of Ronapreve to treat non-hospitalised COVID-19 patients and for prophylaxis of the disease
On Nov. 11, 2021, Roche announced that the European Medicines Agencyﾒs (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced topline results from phase 2 clinical trial of brilacidin for COVID-19
On Nov. 11, 2021, Innovation Pharma reported topline results from the Companyﾒs Phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin…
University of Oxford’s Ebola vaccine began human trials
On Nov. 11, 2021, the University of Oxford began recruiting for a Phase I trial to test an…
Politicization and COVID-19 vaccine resistance in the U.S. widened during pandemic
On Nov. 10, 2021, a study by researchers at Georgia State University showed that the politicization of science…
Meridian Bioscience received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for Revogeneﾮ SARS-CoV-2 molecular assay
On Nov. 10, 2021, Meridian Bioscience announced that their Revogeneﾮ SARS-CoV-2 assay was granted Emergency Use Authorization by…
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Global progress against measles threatened amidst COVID-19 pandemic
On Nov. 10, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that while reported measles cases had fallen compared…
Biden Administration invested $650 million in rapid diagnostic testing into increase access to tests
On Nov. 10, 2021, the Biden-Harris Administration announced that it was increasing access to COVID-19 testing for Americans…
Swedish announced transformational $20 million gift from late philanthropist Paul G. Allen
On Nov. 9, 2021, Swedish announced a $20 million personal bequest from the late philanthropist Paul G. Allen,…
Moderna filed to expand the conditional Marketing Authorization for COVID-19 vaccine in the EU to include children ages 6-11 years
On Nov. 9, 2021, Moderna announced that it has submitted for a variation to the conditional marketing authorization…
Novan announced favorable preclinical safety data and intent to advance SB019 for treatment of COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2021, Novan announced promising preclinical safety results with berdazimer sodium in a 14-day GLP repeat…
INOVIO received FDA authorization to proceed with INNOVATE phase 3 segment for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Nov. 9, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided authorization to…
Howard Hughes Medical Institute’ Codetta Program deciphered genetic code in 250,000 genomes
On Nov. 9, 2021, Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced the program, named Codetta, can read the genome sequence…
Phase 3 analyses showed that a single dose of REGEN-COV provides long-term protection against COVID-19
On Nov. 8, 2021, Regeneron announced that the European Commission had approved the casirivimab and imdevimab antibody cocktail,…
Amyris announced JV partnership with ImmunityBio for next generation COVID-19 RNA vaccine
On Nov. 8, 2021, Amyris announced announced it had entered into a 50:50 joint venture arrangement with ImmunityBio…
Cocrystal Pharma’s SARS-CoV-2 protease inhibitors ddemonstrated pan-viral activity against human common Coronaviruses, Noroviruses, Rhinoviruses and Enteroviruses
On Nov. 8, 2021, Cocrystal Pharma announced that its SARS-CoV-2 main protease inhibitors showed potent in vitro pan-viral…
FDA authorized additional indication for BinaxNOW COVID-19 over-the-counter antigen test
On Nov. 8, 2021, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reissued the emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
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The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in Hyenas at a Colorado Zoo
On Nov. 5, 2021, the USDA’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 in two spotted…
NIH scientists identifed mechanism that may influence infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Nov. 5, 2021, scientists at the National Institutes of Health announced they had found that a process…
Pfizer’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment candidate reduced risk of hospitalization or death by 89% in interim analysis
On Nov. 5, 2021, Pfizer announced it was investigational novel COVID-19 oral antiviral candidate, PAXLOVID, significantly reduced hospitalization…