OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories launched multiplex COVID-19 and influenza A/B test
On Oct. 20, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced that it was accepting specimens for a…
Evidence review confirmed CDC guidance about infectivity of novel coronavirus
On Oct. 20, 2020, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Oregon State University (OSU) reported…
Alberta Enterprise Corporation invested additional $5 million to benefit Alberta startups
On Oct. 19, 2020, Alberta Enterprise announced that it had invested an additional $5 million into its third…
Mateon’s phase 2 global study for OT-101/ TGF- Inhibitor against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in Argentina
On Oct. 19, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced the receipt of approval from Republica Argentina Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific increased availability of COVID-19 testing with sample collection kit from Everlywell
On Oct. 19, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received an expansion of its Emergency Use Authorization…
RNA ‘ticker tape’ records gene activity over time
On Oct. 19, 2020, researchers at MIT, Harvard, and the Broad Institute of MIT announced they had developed…
BARDA reselected ICON as preferred partner to help strengthen U.S. emergency preparedness and response
On Oct. 19, 2020, ICON announced that it had been re-selected by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…
Just – Evotec Biologics received grant to enable an antibody product for the prevention of COVID-19
On Oct. 19, 2020, Evotec announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary, Just – Evotec Biologics had received a grant…
Solidarity Therapeutics trial produced conclusive evidence on effectiveness of repurposed drugs for COVID-19
On Oct. 15, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Interim that results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial,…
University of Oxford scientists developed extremely rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19
On Oct. 15, 2020, scientists from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics announced they had developed an…
Tonix Pharmaceuticals enrolled first participant in PRECISION Study for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
On Oct. 15, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study…
Fred Hutch completed move-in of Lake Union Steam Plant
On Nov. 9, 2020, after more than two years of reconstruction efforts, scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer…
FDA approved first treatment for Ebola virus
On Oct. 14, 2020, the FDA approved Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and odesivimab-ebgn), a mixture of three…
Moderna received confirmation of eligibility for submission of MAA to the European Medicines Agency for COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 14, 2020, Moderna announced that it had received written confirmation from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)…
America’s Top Young Scientist of 2020: 14-year-old researched spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Oct. 14, 2020, 3M and Discovery Education announced they had named 14-year-old Anika Chebrolu from Frisco, Texas,…
Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGN-EB3 (Inmazeb) first FDA-approved treatment for Ebola (Zaire Ebolavirus)
On Oct. 14, 2020, Regeneron announced that the FDA had approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn) for the…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication of phase 1 data on lead mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preliminary, peer-reviewed data from the Phase 1 portion of…
Mosquitoes’ taste for blood traced to four types of neurons
On Oct. 13, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Leslie Vosshall’s team at The Rockefeller University and colleagues…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH launched its ACTIV-5 ‘Big Effect Trial’ evaluating Humanigen’s Lenzilumabas potential COVID-19 therapy
On Oct. 13, 2020, Humanigen announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had launched…
Racial differences in Alzheimer’s research focus of $15 million grant
On Oct. 12, 2020, the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced a $14.6 million grant…
AMSP partnered with bioMerieux to facilitate supply of high-quality COVID-19 diagnostics
On Oct. 8, 2020, bioMerieux and the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), announced a new partnership to facilitate…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Relation between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults: a systematic review published
On Oct. 8, 2020, the relation between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome in adults: a systematic review was published…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
La Jolla Institute for Immunology awarded $1.4 million to study COVID-19 in Latino Americans
On Oct. 8, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) announced it had been granted $1.4 million…
Lilly announced supply of potential COVID-19 antibody therapy for low- and middle-income countries
On Oct. 8, 2020, Eli Lilly and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as part of the COVID-19…
DARPA awarded Moderna $56 Million to enable small-scale, rapid mobile manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics
On Oct. 8, 2020, Moderna announced an agreement for a commitment of up to $56 million from the…
SIGA announced Public Health Agency of Canada intent to purchase up to 33,300 courses of Oral TPOXX
On Oct. 8, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has issued an…
Biotechnology | Chemical | CRISPR | Genomics | Therapeutics
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna
On Oct. 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Abbott’s released ID NOW COVID-19 interim clinical study results to provide facts on clinical performance
On Oct. 7, 2020, in a continuing effort to provide the facts about ID NOW to support public…
RedHill Biopharma’s Opaganib COVID-19 study passed second independent committee review
On Oct. 7, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that the U.S. Phase 2 study with opaganib (Yeliva, ABC294640)1 in…
Sorrento announced discovery of salicyn-30 small molecule that strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Oct. 7, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it had discovered a small molecule termed Salicyn-30 that demonstrated…