Vaccines still effective against Delta variant of concern, says Oxford-led study of the COVID-19 Infections Survey
On Aug. 19, 2021, the University of Oxford reported that obtaining two vaccine doses remained the most effective…
Researchers developed COVID-19 severity screening method based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
On Aug. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
NIH study showed no significant benefit of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms
On Aug. 18, 2021, the final results of the Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Outpatients (C3PO)…
Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant
On Aug. 17, 2021, researchers reported the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 was not particularly…
NIH scientists developed faster COVID-19 test
On Aug. 16, 2021, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had developed a new…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Canada for expanded supply of COVID-19 Vaccine from 2022 – 2024
On Aug. 16, 2021, Moderna announced a revised supply agreement with the Government of Canada for up to…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced submission of initial data to FDA to support booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 16, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had submitted Phase 1 data to the U.S….
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FDA declined to issue Rigel Pharma EUA for fostamatinib for teatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults
On Aug. 13, 2021, Rigel Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had informed the…
Moderna announced FDA authorization of third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals
On Aug. 13, 2021, Moderna announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved an update to…
The Department of Veterans Affairs expanded mandate for COVID-19 vaccines among VHA employees
On Aug. 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it expanded his previous COVID-19…
Moderna announced study showing Its COVID-19 vaccine maintained antibodies against variants of concern
On Aug. 12, 2021, Moderna announced the publication of new data on the durability of the Moderna COVID-19…
Innovation Pharmaceuticals’ phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19 trial database under review in preparation for lock
On Aug. 12, 2021, Innovation Pharma released information regarding the status of its randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2…
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WHO’s Solidarity clinical trial entered a new phase with three new candidate drugs
On Aug. 11, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the next phase in its Solidarity trial that…
NIH launched study of third COVID-19 vaccine dose in kidney transplant recipients
On Aug. 10, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a pilot study had begun to…
Cardinal Health partnered with Abbott and Quidel to offer rapid OTC COVID-19 tests
On Aug. 10, 2021, Cardinal Health announced its efforts to commercialize and broaden access to over-the-counter rapid COVID-19…
Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration granted provisional registration for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 9, 2021, Moderna announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had granted provisional registration to the…
INOVIO and Advaccine receive regulatory allowance for prime-boost clinical trials in China using INO-4800, COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate
On Aug. 9, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received regulatory allowance for two clinical trials investigating…
CDC reported vaccination offers higher protection than previous COVID-19 infection
On Aug. 6, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) annouced in MMWR that a study…
Novavax announced COVID-19 vaccine booster data demonstrating four-fold Increase in neutralizing antibody
On Aug. 5, 2021, Novavax announced preliminary data demonstrating that a single booster dose of its recombinant nanoparticle…
Lenzilumab treatment may provide enhanced likelihood of survival without ventilation in hospitalized black and African-American COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2021, Humanigen announced analysis of results from its Phase 3 LIVE-AIR study of lenzilumab in…
Novavax and EC finalized advance purchase agreement for up to 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 4, 2021, Novavax announced that it had reached an agreement with the European Commission (EC) for…
NEJM published positive phase 3 trial results for REGEN-COV to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Aug. 4, 2021, Regeneron announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) had published positive detailed…
INOVIO dosed first participant in phase 2 trial for its DNA vaccine against MERS, a Coronavirus Disease
On Aug. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the company had dosed the first Phase 2 trial subject…
Vanda closed enrollment in ODYSSEY study comparing tradipitant and placebo In COVID-19 pneumonia patients
On Aug. 3, 2021, Vanda Pharmaceuticals announced that enrollment had closed in the ODYSSEY study comparing tradipitant and…
Illumina donated US $1 Million in sequencing capabilities for COVID-19 genomic surveillance in India
On Aug. 3, 2021, Illumina announced it had donated US $1 million in sequencing capabilities to the Molecular…
Lilly and Incyte’s baricitinib reduced deaths among patients with COVID-19 receiving invasive mechanical ventilation
On Aug. 3, 2021, Eli Lilly and Incyte announced results from an additional cohort of 101 adult patients…
CytoDyn received clearance from Brazil’s FDA (ANVISA) to commence pivotal phase 3 trial in critically ill COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 3, 2021, CytoDyn announced that Brazil’s regulatory authority ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) has approved…
MPP, WHO, AFRIGEN, BIOVAC, SAMRC and Africa CDC announced LOI for tech transfer hub in South Africa
On Jul. 30, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool and the World Health Organization, Afrigen Biologics, the Biologicals and…
FDA expanded authorized use of REGEN-COVﾙ (casirivimab and imdevimab)
On Jul. 30, 2021, Regeneron announced that the FDA had updated the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the…
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FDA broadened existing EUA of Lilly and Incyte’s baricitinib in patients hospitalized with COVID-19
On Jul. 29, 2021, Incyte announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had broadened the Emergency Use…