FDA Modernization Act reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 2017
On Sept. 30, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act reauthorized the Prescription Drug User Fee…
Pfizer and BioNTech completed submission to EMA for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent vaccinebBooster in children 5 through 11 years of age
On Sept. 28, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had completed a submission to the European Medicines Agency…
Scientists used modified silk proteins to create new nonstick surfaces
On Sept. 23, 2022, researchers at Tufts University announced they had developed a method to make silk-based materials…
Salk Institute to lead $126 million effort to map the aging human brain
On Supt. 22, 2022, with a five-year, $126 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a…
U.S. recorded steady decline in cancer death rates
On Sept. 21, 2022, the AACR released the 12th edition of its AACR Cancer Progress Report, an annual…
Malaria spike linked to amphibian die-off
On Sept. 20, 2022, the University of California, Davis announced that the amphibian decline in Latin America in…
WHO expanded recommendation for Vekluryﾮ (Remdesivir) to patients with severe disease in update to COVID-19 guideline
On Sept. 15, 2022, Gilead Sciences announced updates to the World Health Organizationﾒs Therapeutics and COVID-19: living guideline,…
NIH-funded team developed method to identify future SARS-CoV-2 mutations that could affect rapid antigen test performance
On Sept. 15, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced that a research team funded by the NIH…
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U.S. Biotechnology & Biomanufacturing Initiative
On Sept. 14, 2022, The U.S. Biotech Initiative was announced detailing new investments and resources to advance the…
NIH launched Bridge2AI program to expand the use of artificial intelligence in biomedical and behavioral research
On Sept. 13, 2022, the National Institutes of Health announced it will invest $130 million over four years,…
White House Executive Order advanced National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative
On Sept. 12, 2022, the White House announced an executive order to advance biotechnology and biomanufacturing towards innovative…
USDA launched updated web-based dashboard containing information on SARS-CoV-2 variants detected in animals
On Sept. 8, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agricultureﾒs Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service launched an updated…
Malaria booster vaccine showed durable high efficacy in African children, meeting WHO-specified 75% efficacy goal
On Sept. 8, 2022, researchers from the University of Oxford and their partners reported findings from their Phase…
FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics’ proprietary Monkeypox test for emergency use
On Sept. 7, 2022, Quest Diagnostics announced that it had received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S….
Researchers in China reported embryos with DNA from three people develop normally in first safety study
On Sept. 6, 2022, scientists in China announced that they had conducted the first comprehensive study of the…
Oldest clinical case of Klinefelter Syndrome was detected in a 1,000-year-old Portuguese skeleton
On Aug. 29, 2022, a group of international researchers, coordinated by Dr Jo�o Teixeira at The Australian National…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced updated COVID-19 vaccine data supporting efficacy in children 6 months through 4 years of age
On Aug. 23, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced updated efficacy results from a Phase 2/3 trial evaluating a…
Democratic Republic of the Congo declared Ebola resurgence in North Kivu
On Aug. 23, 2022, Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola…
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted application to U.S. FDA for EUA of Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 22, 2022, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had completed a submission to the U.S. Food and…
The White House announced actions to combat Monkeypox outbreak
On Aug. 18, 2022, the White House announced that the HHS had accelerated Phase 4 of its National…
FDA approved first cellbBased gene therapy to treat adult and pediatric patients with Beta-thalassemia
On Aug. 17, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Zynteglo (betibeglogene autotemcel) developed by bluebird bio,…
GSK awarded $170 million UNICEF contract for malaria vaccine
On Aug. 16, 2022, UNICEF announced that it had awarded a contract for the first ever supply of…
Roche launched new diagnostic test for the better understanding of immune response to SARS-CoV-2
On Aug. 15, 2022, Roche announced the launch of the Elecsysﾮ IGRA SARS-CoV-2 test in countries that accept…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services made more vaccine doses available to support Monkeypox response
On Aug. 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that was making up to…
WHO experts gave Monkeypox virus variants new names
On Aug. 12, 2022, a group of global experts convened by WHO agreed on new names for monkeypox…
FDA authorized Emergency Use of JYNNEOS Monkeypox vaccine
On Aug. 9, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for the JYNNEOS…
HHS announced Monkeypox (mpox) Emergency Use Authorizations for medical devices
On Aug. 9, 2022, the the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced it had determined that…
NIH first to develop 3D structure of twinkle protein
On Aug. 5, 2022, researchers from the National Institutes of Health announced that they had developed a three-dimensional…
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared Monkeypox (Mpox) a public health emergency
On Aug. 4, 2022, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declared the ongoing spread of monkeypox…
Watermelon seeds were consumed
On Jul. 30, 2022, scientists announced they had sequenced the genome of a 6,000-year-old Citrullus seeds that revealed…