Drought exacerbated emerging infectious disease in California
On Oct. 5, 2022, researchers at UC Berkeley reported that coccidioidomycosisﾗalso known as Valley feverﾗan infectious disease, was…
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…
Stanford University launched $75 million brain disease initiative
On Apr. 22, 2022, Stanford University announced it was awarded a $75 million gift from Nike co-founder Phil…
The Priestley Medal was awarded to Peter B. Dervan
On Mar. 20, 2022, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Peter B. Dervan “to recognize…
Mandatory masking in schools reduced COVID-19 cases during Delta surge
On Mar. 10, 2022, schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of…
City of Hope COVID-19 vaccine showed effectiveness in phase 1 trial
On Mar. 10, 2022, the City of Hope announced that its COVID-19 investigational vaccine licensed to GeoVax Labs…
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…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
Sorrento announced FDA authorization to proceed with phase 1 study of Intranasal STI-9199 against Covid-19 viruses
On Mar. 2, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it had received clearance from the FDA for its investigational…
Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
U.S. patent appeal board ruled against University of California in CRISPR interference
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Patent and Trial Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
New landmark Nature study provided long-sought mechanistic link between EBV and Multiple Sclerosis
On Jan. 24, 2022, Atara Biotherapeutics, a leader in T-cell immunotherapy, announced that it had leveraged its novel…
First confirmed case of Omicron variant detected in the United States
On Dec. 1, 2021, the California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health confirmed that a recent case…
Moderna reported clinical data on its COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 15, 2021, Moderna announced new analysis suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective against circulating…
City of Hope trial was first to test an investigational COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised bone marrow transplant
On Sept. 14, 2021, City of Hope announced that it had begun enrolling patients in a Phase 2…
Resilience to manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 8, 2021, National Resilience announced an agreement to manufacture mRNA for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Under…
FDA Approved Expanded BOTOX® Label to Include Eight New Muscles to Treat Adults with Upper Limb Spasticity
On Jul. 29, 2021, BOTOX(R) Allergan, an AbbVie company, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
NIH COVID-19 testing initiative funded additional research projects to safely return children to in-person school
On Jul. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health funding five additional projects to identify ways of safely…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics
FDA approved LUMAKRAS for patients with KRAS G12C-mutated locally advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer
On May 28, 2021, Amgen announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved LUMAKRAS (sotorasib)…
Thermo Fisher and University of California, San Francisco announced cell therapy cGMP manufacturing and collaboration center
On May 19, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) announced they have…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Precipio launched Rapid COVID-19 Antibody test on Amazon platform
On May 3, 2021, Precipio announced that it had successfully launched its COVID-19 rapid antibody test (20 minute)…
The Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul Alivisatos
On Apr. 9, 2021, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Paul Alivisatos “to recognize distinguished…
TGen study predicted changing Lyme disease habitat across the West Coast
On Mar. 16, 2021, TGen announced a study that suggested ecosystems suitable for harboring ticks that carry debilitating…
The U.S. Department of Defense identified more troops to help administer COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it had identified additional personnel authorized…
NeuroRx initiated phase 2/3 study of inhaled ZYESAMI for severe COVID-19 with UCI Health
On Feb. 3, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS affirmed that its collaboration partner NeuroRx had initiated a phase 2/3 clinical…
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma and Humanigen expanded agreement to support fill finish for COVID-19 therapeutic
On Jan. 27, 2021, Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services and Humanigen announced the companies will be expanding their manufacturing agreement…
Vaxart announced additional preclinical COVID-19 oral vaccine data and publication
On Jan. 26, 2021, Vaxart announced additional results from its SARS-CoV-2 Hamster Challenge Study, as well as a…
The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
On Jan. 13, 2021, the USDAﾒs (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that…
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…
Biotechnology | CRISPR | FDA | Therapeutics
CIRM-funded project targeting sickle cell disease received green light for clinical trial
On Dec.14, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had granted Investigational New Drug (IND)…
LA County launched holiday COVID-19 home test collection pilot
On Dec. 4, 2020, Los Angeles County launched a new COVID-19 home test collection program, which allowed certain…
FDA approved first PSMA-targeted PET imaging drug for men with prostate cancer
On Dec. 1, 2020, the FDA approved Gallium 68 PSMA-11 (Ga 68 PSMA-11) ﾖ the first drug for…