VBI Vaccines announced enrollment in adaptive phase 1/2 study of prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Mar. 9, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced the initiation of enrollment of its Phase 1/2 clinical study of…
Luminex submitted joint SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory panel to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
On Mar. 10, 2021, Luminex announced that it had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the U.S….
NIH launched last phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate safety and effectiveness of blood thinners in adults with COVID-19
On Mar. 8, 2021, the NIH announced that it had launched the last of three phase 3 clinical…
AXIM Biotechnologies successfully completed point-of-care clinical trials on rapid COVID-19 antibody test
On Mar. 8, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had successfully completed point-of-care clinical trials on its much…
ImmunityBio and NantKwest began dosing participants in global trials for novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 8, 2021, ImmunityBio and NantKwest announced that the first cohorts of their South Africa and U.S….
AIM ImmunoTech announced first healthy subjects dosed in phase 1 intranasal Ampligen clinical study
On Mar. 8, 2021, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had dosed the first healthy subjects in its Phase…
Baxter and Moderna announced agreement for manufacturing of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the US
On Mar. 8, 2021, Baxter and Moderna announced that they had entered into an agreement for Baxter BioPharma…
Moderna announced supply agreement to provide 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines
On Mar. 6, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Government of the Philippines for 13 million…
Adaptive Biotechnologies announced FDA EUA for T-Detect COVID to confirm prior COVID-19 infection
On Mar. 5, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an…
FDA issued authorization for first molecular non-prescription, at-home test
On Mar. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
FDA authorized Cue Health’s COVID-19 test for at-mome and Over The Counter Use
On Mar. 5, 2021, Cue Health announced it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
Moderna announced NDA submitted to import and distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Mar. 5, 2021, Moderna announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the Government…
Recruitment and enrollment began for Innovation Pharma’s phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On Mar. 5, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Company’s international Phase 2…
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Washington State Department of Health provided next-generation genome sequencing
On Mar. 4, 2021, the Washington State Department of Health announced contracts with virology labs at the University…
CureVac and Novartis signed initial agreement on manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Mar. 4, 2021, CureVac and Novartis announced an initial agreement for the manufacturing of CureVacﾒs COVID-19 vaccine…
NIH-sponsored ACTIV-3 clinical trial closed enrollment into two sub-studies
On Mar. 4, 2021, the NIH announced that the ACTIV-3 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of…
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
On Mar. 4, 2021, researchers at the University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that three new,…
Soligenix announced positive progress in pre-clinical development of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 4, 2021, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for CiVaxﾙ (heat stable COVID-19 vaccine program)…
Resverlogix published evidence of apabetalone’s beneficial effects on COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, Resverlogix and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute announced the publishing of an article providing…
Men, older adults and smokers more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 3, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that an in-depth analysis of the…
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Rwanda
On Mar. 3, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech, in partnership with UNICEF, announced the arrival of the first doses…
Altasciences announced phase I research for COVID-19 pneumonia treatment
On Mar. 3, 2021, Altasciences announced support for ReAlta Life Sciences’ Phase I trial to evaluate RLS-0071 for…
COVAX published first round of allocations
On Mar. 2, 2021, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the WHO,…
NIH halted trial of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in emergency department patients with mild symptoms
On Mar. 2, 2021, the NIH halted a clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 convalescent…
Merck announced partnership to produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, Merck announced multiple agreements to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of…
NIH launched effort to understand MIS-C, range of SARS-CoV-2 effects on children
On Mar. 2, 2021, the NIH announced that it had launched a research effort to understand how SARS-CoV-2,…
MediciNova announced it had discontinued development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 2, 2021, MediciNova announced it that given the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use and other vaccines…
NanoViricides pan-coronavirus COVID-19 drug candidates highly effective in pre-clinical animal atudies
On Mar. 2, 2021, NanoViricides reported that NV-CoV-2 and NV-CoV-2-R were found to be highly effective in comparison…
Innovation Pharma announced publication in Journal Viruses on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of brilacidin
On Mar. 2, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Companyﾒs international Phase 2…
Cerecor announced postitive data in phase 2 clinical trial in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 ARDS
On Mar. 2, 2021, Cerecor announced final efficacy data including 60-day mortality from their completed US-based, multi-center (10…