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…
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…
European Commission authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna in Europe
On Jan. 6, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Commission had granted a conditional marketing authorization for COVID-19…
First evidence of UK coronavirus variant in California confirmed by Scripps Research lab
On Jan. 4, 2021, a research partnership between scientists at Scripps Research and UC San Diego found the…
Moderna provided COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced a supply update for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, increasing its base-case global…
Israeli Ministry of Health authorized COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced that Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) had given authorization to import the…
INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
Moderna confirmed 40 million COVID-19 vaccine dose supply agreement with Republic of Korea
On Dec. 31, 2020, Moderna confirmed it had entered into a supply agreement with the government of the…
CytoDyn research on critically Ill COVID-19 patients published in Journal of Translational Autoimmunity
On Dec. 31, 2020, CytoDyn announced a research manuscript submitted by Nicholas J. Agresti, M.D. had been accepted…
Recipharm and Moderna finalized agreement for aseptic drug manufacturing and fill-finish for countries outside the U.S.
On Dec. 30, 2020, Moderna announced that they had reached an agreement to support formulation and fill-finish a…
Peer-reviewed report on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine published
On Dec. 30, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273…
Additional DOD locations selected to support COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials
On Dec. 29, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that the Womack Army Medical Center was…
Moderna confirmed discussions with government of South Korea to supply 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 29, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company was engaged in discussions with the government of South…
UNMC participated in COVID-19 vaccine study, planned to enroll 1,000
On Dec. 29, 2020, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Nebraska Medicine announced participation in a clinical…
Novavax initiated PREVENT-19 pivotal phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. and Mexico
On Dec. 28, 2020, Novavax announced initiation of PREVENT-19, its pivotal Phase 3 study in the U.S. and…
INOVIO announced publication of phase 1 data from COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in The Lancet
On Dec. 24, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort…
Health Canada authorized Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
On Dec. 23, 2020, Moderna announced that Health Canada had authorized its vaccine against COVID-19 for the immunization…
Mink at affected Oregon farm negative for SARS-CoV-2, wildlife surveillance continued
On Dec. 23, 2020, recent tests confirmed mink that tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 at an Oregon farm in…
Reston Ebolavirus spreads efficiently in pigs
On Dec. 21, 2020, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a study published in the Proceedings…
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs began COVID-19 vaccinations at 128 additional sites
On Dec. 21, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it had begun COVID-19 vaccinations…
Quidel received Emergency Use Authorization for QuickVue SARS rapid antigen test for COVID-19 diagnosis
On Dec. 21, 2020, Quidel announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
CDC’s ACIP announced interim recommendation for use of Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
On Dec. 19, 2020, after a transparent, evidence-based review of available data, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
National Research Council of Canada supported development of 4 COVID-19 therapeutic candidates
On Dec. 18, 2020, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced it was providing advisory services and…
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for second COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 18, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the second vaccine for the…
Lilly began pragmatic study of neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) for COVID-19 in New Mexico
On Dec. 18, 2020, Eli Lilly announced plans to begin a new pragmatic study of bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) in…
EC exercised option for additional 80 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Dec. 18, 2020, Moderna announced that the European Commission (EC) had exercised its option to purchase an…
Moderna announced FDA authorization of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in U.S.
On Dec. 18, 2020, Moderna announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized the emergency…
CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended vaccination with Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 18, 2020, Moderna announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on…
Novavax announced agreement with government of New Zealand for 107 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 16, 2020, Novavax announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the…
INOVIO to develop DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) candidates to treat COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the company and a team of scientists from The Wistar Institute,…