FDA announced legislation clarifying the agency can regulate tobacco products containing nicotine from any source
On Apr. 13, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that the legislation clarifying the agency can…
CureVac and GSK entered into Pandemic preparedness contract with German government Candidate, CV2CoV
On Apr. 11, 2022, CureVac and GSK announced that they had entered into a contract with the German…
Veruﾒs novel COVID-19 drug candidate reduced deaths by 55% in hospitalized patients in interim analysis of phase 3 study
On Apr. 11, 2022, Veru announced positive efficacy and safety results from a planned interim analysis of the…
BioNTech granted pandemic preparedness contract by German Federal Ministry of Health
On Apr. 9, 2022, BioNTech announced it was granted a pandemic preparedness contract by the Federal Republic of…
NIH funded new tuberculosis research advancement centers
On Mar. 9, 2022, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced four grant awards to…
Sorrento reported FDA clearance for phase 2/3 study for Abivertinib in treatment of pospitalized patients with severe pneumonia due to COVID-19
On Mar. 31, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that the FDA had given clearance to commence the Phase 3…
CureVac and GSK started clinical development of second-generation COVID-19 vaccine Candidate, CV2CoV
On Mar. 30, 2022, CureVac announced that the first participant was dosed in a Phase 1 study of…
US Food and Drug Administration revised EUA for sotrovimab due to Omicron BA.2 subvariant
On Mar. 25, 2022, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology announced that the US Food and Drug Administration had amended…
Icosavax announced topline interim results from its ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of IVX-411, a VLP vaccine candidate displaying the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD).
On Mar. 25, 2022, Icosavax announced the first subjects had been dosed with IVX-411, a virus-like particle (VLP)…
WHO established the Global Centre for Traditional Medicine in India
On Mar. 25, 2022, the WHO and the Government of India signed an agreement to establish the WHO…
Quest Diagnostics granted CDC contract to support COVID-19 infection and vaccination seroprevalence research
On Mar. 23, 2022, Quest Diagnostics announced that it had been granted a contract by the Centers for…
Windtree announced results from phase 2 study of lucinactant for COVID-19 associated ARDS and Lung Injury
On Mar. 22, 2022, Windtree Therapeutics announced results from its Phase 2 study of lucinactant (KL4 surfactant) for…
NIH launched program to offer molecular characterization of childhood cancers
On Mar. 21, 2022, in support of the Cancer Moonshot? goal of fostering data sharing in cancer research,…
Eiger’s single-dose Peginterferon Lambda for COVID-19 reduced risk of hospitalization or ER visits by 50% in vaccinated population
On Mar. 17, 2022, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals announced that Peginterferon Lambda (Lambda) significantly reduced the risk of COVID-19-related hospitalizations…
Roche provided molecular testing solutions to identify and differentiate SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants of concern
On Mar. 16, 2022, Roche announced available testing solutions that can identify the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.529 variant and differentiate…
CDC reported effectiveness of 2-Dose BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infection among children
On Mar. 11, 2022, the BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was recommended by CDCﾒs Advisory Committee on Immunization…
Oragenics engages KBI Biopharma to support development of intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate NT-CoV2-1
On Mar. 10, 2022, Oragenics announced that it had entered into an agreement with KBI Biopharma for the…
After more than 20 years, scientists solved the full-length structure of a Janus Kinase
On Mar. 10, 2022, Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced that after more than two decades of effort researchers…
NIH launched trial to study allergic reactions to COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
On Mar. 9, 2022, researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced a clinical…
International team createed first complete fruit fly cell atlas
On Mar. 9, 2022, Harvard Medical School announced that an international research team had completed an atlas of…
U.S. EPA approved Oxitec Mosquito Pilot Projects in California and Florida
On Mar. 4, 2022, Oxitec announced the publication by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its approval to…
FDA made low-risk determination for marketing of products from genome-edited beef cattle after safety review
On Mar. 7, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had made a low-risk determination for…
Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported additional findings from Brilacidin phase 2 COVID-19 tial results
On Mar. 7, 2022, Innovation Pharma announced the Company was conducting full data analysis of the Phase 2…
University of Oxford reported brain regions related to smell show decline following mild COVID-19
On Mar. 7, 2022, researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to…
First-ever malaria vaccine recommendation published in a position paper and in the WHO guidelines for malaria
On Mar. 4, 2022, the WHO announced it had published an updated position paper on the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S)…
CDC reported disparities in COVID-19 vaccination coverage between urban and rural counties
On Mar. 4, 2022, the CDC reported that COVID-19 vaccination coverage with the first dose of the primary…
WHO and MPP welcomed NIHﾒs offer of COVID-19 health technologies to C-TAP
On Mar. 3, 2022, the WHO and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) jointly welcomed the announcement that the…
Possible case of deer-to-human SARS-CoV-2 transmission
On Mar. 3, 2022, a study carried out in southwestern Ontario identified a highly mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2…
Roche announced donation of essential medicines to Ukraine
On Mar. 2, 2022, Roche announced an initial donation of essential medicines to Ukraine. Roche is working diligently…
CDC reported effectiveness of COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccination in preventing COVID-19 among children and adolescents
On Mar. 1, 2022, the CDC reported that Two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine protect against COVID-19ﾖassociated emergency department…