Innovation Pharma and US Regional Biocontainment Laboratory updated brilacidin anti-SARS-CoV-2 in vitro testing
On Aug. 4, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving an update from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) based…
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for Impella heart pumps to provide unloading therapy to COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2020, Abiomed announced the FDA had issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its left-sided…
Members of the COVID R&D alliance and quantum leap healthcare collaborative enrolled first patients in I-SPY COVID trial
On Aug. 3, 2020, members of the COVID R&D Alliance AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda Pharma announced the first…
ImmunityBio study showed positive T cell and antibody immune responses to its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 3, 2020, ImmunityBio announced positive preclinical results for its human Ad5 vaccine candidate that contains both…
Lilly initiated phase 3 trial of LY-CoV555 for prevention of COVID-19 at lLong-term care facilities in partnership with NIAID
On Aug. 3, 2020, Eli Lilly announced the initiation of BLAZE-2, a phase 3 trial studying LY-CoV555 for…
Bio-Techne and Kantaro Biosciences to launch a quantitative research use only COVID-19 serology test
On Aug. 3, 2020, Bio-Techne and the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, through its commercial affiliate…
Atossa Therapeutics received approval to open clinical study of AT-301 nasal spray being developed to treat COVID-19
On Aug. 3, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced that it had received approval from the ethics committee to open…
Waisman Biomanufacturing partnered with Heat Biologics to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 3, 2020, Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of WisconsinﾖMadison announced it was partnering with Heat Biologics…
FDA approved new indication for drug containing an active Cannabis ingredient to treat seizures in rare genetic disease
On Jul. 31, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) [CBD]…
NIH delivered new COVID-19 testing technologies to meet US demand
On Jul. 31, 2020, the NIH announced that it had invested $248.7 million in new technologies to address…
Immune system variation can predict severe COVID-19 outcomes
On Jul. 31, 2020, Yale researchers reported that differing immune system responses of patients with COVID-19 can help…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the MHLW in Japan to supply 120 million doses of BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate
On Jul. 31, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare…
Sanofi and GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed to supply US government with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 31, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the…
NIH researchers discovered new set of channels connecting malaria parasite and blood cells
On Jul. 30, 2020, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions announced they had discovered…
Tyson Foods launched nationwide COVID monitoring strategy and expanded health staff
On Jul. 30, 2020, Tyson Foods announced that it had launched a new, industry-leading monitoring program and expanding…
LabCorp announced work wth public health authorities on no-charge antibody test program to accelerate COVID-19 blood plasma donation
On Jul. 30, 2020, LabCorpﾮ launched the LabCorp At Home COVID-19 Test Collection Service, the first seamless digital…
BD announced $24 million US Government investment to support scale up of US manufacturing of COVID-19 diagnosic tests
On Jul. 30, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense…
Single dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated robust protection in pre-clinical studies
On Jul. 30, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its lead vaccine candidate protected against infection with SARS-CoV-2,…
Intravacc and Celonic to develop and produce a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 29, 2020, Intravacc and Celonic Group, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that…
PharmaCyte Biotech received CE Mark for licensed COVID-19 molecular tests
On Jul. 29, 2020, PharmaCyte Biotech announced that the COVID-19 Molecular tests it has licensed from Hai Kang…
Veracyte and MAVIDx announcd agreement for MAVIDx to develop ultra-high volume COVID-19 testing on the nCounter System
On Jul. 29, 2020, Veracyte and MAVIDx announced an agreement for MAVIDx to develop ultra-high throughput genomic testing…
Constant Therapeutics announced start of phase 2 trial of peptide drug TXA127 for COVID-19
On Jul. 29, 2020, Constant Therapeutics announced that its peptide drug TXA127, a pharmaceutical formulation of the natural…
Heat Biologics COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated immunogenicity proof-of-concept in pre-clinical studies
On Jul. 29, 2020, Heat Biologics announced successful pre-clinical testing of the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine, which demonstrated in-vivo…
FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics lab method designed to increase COVID-19 molecular diagnostics capacity
On Jul. 29, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced that the FDA had granted emergency use authorization for a new…
Roche updated phase III COVACTA trial of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 associated pneumonia
On Jul. 29, 2020, Roche announced the initiation of a global phase III, randomised, double-blind, multicentre study (REMDACTA)…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protected upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
On Jul. 28, 2020, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that two doses…
Apogenix started European clinical phase II trial with Asunercept in COVID-19 patients
On Jul. 28, 2020, Apogenix announced that it had received regulatory approval to start a clinical phase II…
StartX Med Alliance of Remote and Telehealth companies respond to shift in patient care during COVID-19 crisis
On Jul. 28, 2020, StartX, a non-profit startup community of more than 1600 Stanford faculty and alumni founders,…
Reata announces initiation of investigator-sponsored study evaluating bardoxolone for complications associated with COVID-19
On Jul. 28, 2020, Reata Pharmaceuticals announced that researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU) initiated an…
NIH invested $58 million to catalyze data science and health research innovation in Africa
On Jul. 27, 2020, the NIH launched a $58 million initiative to advance data science, catalyze innovation and…