Getinge increased production capacity of ventilators with 60% to support the needs of global ICU’s
On Mar. 17, 2020, Getinge has since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic seen an increased global demand…
Latest FDA guidance allows distribution of SARS-CoV-2 serology tests for diagnostic use
On Mar. 17, 2020, BioMedomics announced it will be able to distribute their COVID-19 IgM-IgG Antibody Rapid Test…
BioReference Laboratories and NYC Health + Hospitals announced collaboration to provide Coronavirus testing
On Mar. 17, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced a collaboration with the New York City…
Pfizer and BioNTech co-develop potential Coronavirus (COVID-19)
On Mar. 17, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced the companies have agreed to a letter of intent…
Meridian Bioscience supports companies in fighting Coronavirus withg zero cost proprietary technology for evaluation
On Mar. 16, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced today its increased commitment to the global fight against COVID-19 by…
PathGroup launched testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
On Mar. 16, 2020, PathGroup announced it had begun to offer testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This…
Ativa to validate rapid point-of-care sepsis diagnostics
On Mar. 14, 2020, Ativa announced it was working with Associate Professor James Fackler from Critical Care Medicine,…
CureVac’s optimized mRNA platform provided positive pre-clinical results at low dose for Coronavirus vaccine candidate
On Mar. 14, 2020, CureVac announced positive pre-clinical results at a low dose for its lead vaccine candidate…
Roche announced FDA Emergency Use Authorization and availablabilityof cobas SARS-CoV-2 detection test
On Mar. 13, 2020, Roche announced the FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the cobasﾮ SARS-CoV-2…
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Mar. 13, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
Long-term analysis showed GM cotton no match for insects in India
On Mar. 13, 2020, Washington University in St. Louis announced the first long-term study of Bt cotton impacts…
Johnson & Johnson collaborated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
On Mar. 13, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies have entered a collaboration with…
Qatar reported one confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection
On May 12, 2022, the National IHR Focal Point for Qatar reported two laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East…
AbCellera and Eli Lilly to co-develop antibody therapies for treatment of COVID-19
On Mar. 12, 2020, AbCellera and Eli Lilly announced an agreement to co-develop antibody products for the treatment…
Innovation Pharma announced testing procedures of Brilacidin against Coronavirus
On Mar. 12, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced research procedures that one of the 12 Regional Biocontainment Labs (RBLs)…
Emergent BioSolutions initiated development of product candidates for treatment of Coronavirus
On Mar. 12, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced it has initiated development of two product candidates for treatment and…
Predictive Oncology launched new AI platform for vaccine and drug development targeting coronaviruses and Acute Respiratory Syndromes
On Mar. 12, 2020, Predictive Oncology announced it will launch a new AI platform for vaccine and drug…
Chembio and LumiraDx announced COVID-19 strategic partnership
On Mar. 12, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced it has entered into a worldwide strategic partnership with LumiraDx Limited…
Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy
On Mar. 11, 2020, the antiretroviral drugs dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (DTG+FTC/TAF) may comprise the safest and…
HHMI announced $120 million program for medically trained scientists
On Mar. 11, 2020, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) announced the Medically Trained Scientists Program (MTS), an…
Vir Biotec announced research collaboration with NIH Vaccine Research Center on antibodies against coronaviruses
On Mar. 11, 2020, Vir Biotech announced a research collaboration agreement with the NIH to advance characterization and…
La Jolla Institute for Immunology identified potential targets for immune responses to novel coronavirus
On Mar. 11, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) and the J. Craig Venter Institute announced…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard launched COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
On Mar. 10, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard committed up to $125 million…
ImmunityBio announced durable virus control of SHIV without anti-retroviral therapy
On Mar. 10, 2020, ImmunityBio announced results from studies evaluating N-803, an IL-15 superagonist, alone and in combination…
CaroGen and Yale scientists joined to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2020, CaroGen and scientists from Yale announced they had begun work on a vaccine targeting…
The FDA approved the first treatment for group of progressive interstitial lung diseases
On Mar. 9, 2020, the FDA approved Boehringer Ingelheim’s Ofev (nintedanib) oral capsules to treat patients with chronic…
NIHs Study found lower concentration of PrEP drug in young women during pregnancy than postpartum
On Mar. 9, 2020, among African adolescent girls and young women who took HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) daily,…
Innovation Pharma Brilacidin received by US Regional Biocontainment Lab for testing against COVID-19
On Mar. 9, 2020, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced it was notified by one of the 12 Regional Biocontainment Labs…
Ampligen to be tested by Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases as potential treatment for SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 8, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan will…
UTSW researchers and international collaborators found human protein that potently inhibits coronavirus
On Mar. 8, 2020, an international team of investigators reported finding a protein produced by the human immune…