Quest Diagnostics granted CDC contract to sequence COVID-19 gene variants to aid public health response
On Jan. 18, 2021, Quest Diagnostics announced that it has entered into an agreement with the Centers for…
RECOVERY trial closed recruitment to convalescent plasma treatment for patients hospitalised with COVID-19
On Jan. 15, 2021, Oxford University announced that on advice of the independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), recruitment…
Rapid blood test identified COVID-19 patients at high risk of severe disease
On Jan. 15, 2021, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that that a…
UW researchers develop tool to equitably distribute limited vaccines
On Jan. 15, 2021, researchers at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and UW…
Twist Bioscience began shipping of synthetic RNA controls for UK variant strain of SARS-CoV-2
On Jan. 14, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced that it had started shipping its new synthetic RNA reference controls,…
Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin for the treatment of COVID-19 received FDA Fast Track Designation
On Jan. 14, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA had designated as a Fast Track development program…
PerkinElmer SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR assay received FDA EUA for asymptomatic testing
On Jan. 14, 2021, PerkinElmer announced that its PerkinElmerﾮ Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit received Emergency Use Authorization…
COVID-19 reduced US life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations
On Jan. 14, 2021, USC and Princeton researchers reported that the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed more than 336,000…
Cepheid received Health Canada license for SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV combination test
On Jan. 14, 2021, Cepheid that Health Canada announced that it had issued Cepheid a medical device license…
Oxford Immunotec’s T-SPOT SARS-CoV-2 test used to measure efficacy of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 13, 2021, Oxford Immunotec announced the start of a collaboration with Valneva whereby it will perform…
Mateon announced positive interim results from its ARTI-19 clinical trial evaluating ARTIVeda against COVID-19
On Jan. 13, 2021, Mateon Therapeutics reported positive interim results from its ARTI-19 clinical trial evaluating ARTIVedaTM against…
The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
On Jan. 13, 2021, the USDAﾒs (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that…
Alexion updated phase 3 study of ULTOMIRISﾮ (ravulizumab-cwvz) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 13, 2021, Alexion announced the decision to pause further enrollment in the global Phase 3 study…
Tests at an Oregon mink farm showed SARS-CoV-2 still present with no virus mutations
On Jan. 13, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) continueed to test, survey, and trap at an…
Global scientists doubled down on SARS-CoV-2 variants research
On Jan. 12, 2021, the WHO announced that global scientists were intensifying research into COVID-19 to expand its…
Swissmedic authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna for Use in Switzerland
On Jan. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had authorized the COVID-19…
Regeneron announced US Government sgreement to purchase additional COVID-19 antibody cocktail doses
On Jan. 12, 2021, Regeneron announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the…
CureVac’s COVID-19 caccine aandidate, CVnCoV, demonstrated efficient protection of non-human primates
On Jan. 11, 2021, CureVac announced the publication of preclinical data demonstrating the induction of robust antibody and…
Baxter Biopharma Solutions announced sterile manufacturing agreement for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 11, 2021, Baxter announced an agreement to provide sterile manufacturing services for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax COVID-19 recombinant…
T2 Biosystems T2SARS-CoV-2 panel proved effective with global rise in variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Jan. 11, 2021, T2 Biosystems announced that its T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel – a molecular diagnostic test that detects…
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Moderna announced three new development programs in infectious disease vaccines
On Jan. 11, 2021, Moderna announced that it was expanding its pipeline of innovative vaccines with three new…
AXIM released manuscript describing rapid point-of-care test that measures COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies
On Jan. 11, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had released a preprint of its manuscript describing the…
Humanigen announced CRADA agreement with US government to develop lenzilumab for COVID-19
On Jan. 10, 2021, Humanigen announced that they were partnering to make lenzilumab available to hospitalized and hypoxic…
UK medicines regulator approved Moderna vaccine as third COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Moderna has today been given regulatory approval for supply…
UK Medicines and Healthcare products regulatory agency authorized use of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 8, 2021, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it had accepted the recommendation…
In vitro study showed Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with mutation
On Jan. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study conducted by Pfizer and…
BioNTech confirmed EC’s proposal to purchase additional doses of vaccine
On Jan. 8, 2021, BioNTech announced that it was in talks with the European Commission (EC) about an…
Twist Bioscience supplied Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with custom SARS-CoV-2 synthetic RNA controls
On Jan. 7, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced it would supply the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Oragenics entered into material transfer agreement with adjuvance technologies for COVID-19 vaccine adjuvant
On Jan. 7, 2021, Oragenics announced entering into a material transfer agreement with Adjuvance Technologies for use of…
Novavax finalized agreement with Commonwealth of Australia for 51 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 7, 2021, Novavax announced that it had executed an Advance Purchase Agreement with the Commonwealth of…