Thermo Fisher Scientific and Innoforce established biologics and steriles drug manufacturing facility in China
On Nov. 6, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Innoforce announced a joint venture agreement to establish a new…
NeoGenomics expanded global footprint in pharma services with new clinical research laboratory in Suzhou, China
On Oct. 13, 2020, NeoGenomics announced plans to open a state-of-the-art research laboratory in China in association with…
Sinovacﾒs Coronavacﾙ, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, inactivated, announced approval for phase I/II clinical trial in adolescents and children
On Sept. 23, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Sinovac Life Sciences,…
Sinovac commenced phase III clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Turkey
On Sept. 22, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that it had recently commenced phase III clinical trials for its…
Text analysis software track global biothreats, such as COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) reported that U.S. analysts monitoring global biothreats…
US Government stopped COVID-19 entry strategy for international air passengers
On Sept. 9, 2020, the U.S, government annunced that it will remove requirements for directing all flights carrying…
Sinovac reported preliminary phase I/II results of COVID-19 vaccine in elderly volunteers
On Sept. 9, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by Sinovac Life Sciences…
Sinovac signed agreement with Bio Farma Indonesia for COVID-19 vaccine cooperation
On Aug. 25, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced it had signed two agreements in Hainan, China with PT Bio…
NIH imposed ‘outrageous’ conditions on resuming coronavirus grants
On Aug. 19, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began requiring a small nonprofit research organization to…
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China National Medical Products Administration approved Truvada for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
On Aug. 11, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved a…
BioNTech and Fosun Pharma announced start of clinical trial of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate in China
On Aug. 5, 2020, BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced that the first 72 participants had been dosed…
Sorrento Announced Its Partner Mabpharm Has Received Marketing Approval In China For Infliximab Biobetter
On Jul. 20, 2020, Sorrento announced that its partner Mabpharm had received approval of its New Drug Application…
FDA cleared Abivertinib for phase 2 safety and efficacy study in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19
On Jul. 20, 2020, Sorrento announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet for an exclusive…
HKU mechanical engineering study revealed airborne transmission of COVID-19 opportunistic in nature and poor indoor ventilation plays a role in transmission
On Jul. 15, 2020, in collaboration with the Guangdong CDC, Hunan CDC, Sun Yat-Sen University and Southeast University,…
Junshi Biosciences and Lonza announced partnership to produce a neutralizing antibody tackling COVID-19
On Jul. 13, 2020, Lonza and Junshi Biosciences announced that the first healthy volunteer had been dosed in…
Deadly rabbit virus spread in the US
On Jul. 13, 2020, an emerging virus threatens both wild and pet rabbits in the U.S. The fatal…
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine collaboration with Butantan received approval from Brazilian regulator for phase III trial
On Jul. 6, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that on Jul. 3, 2020, the Brazilian National Regulatory Agency, Anvisa,…
CDC announced action to prepare against ‘G4’ swine flu viruses in China with pandemic potential
On Jul. 2, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a publication in the…
Sinovac received approval from China for its quadrivalent influenza vaccine
On Jun. 24, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a product license…
Sinovac announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trials for inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Jun. 13, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trial for the Companyﾒs…
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WHO reported cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, China
On Jun. 11, 2020, the World Trade Organizationﾒs (WTO) reported that it was following up with Chinese authorities…
Oldest relative of ragworms and earthworms discovered
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter, Yunnan and Bristol announced thay had discovered…
Sinovac and Butantan joined efforts to advance clinical development of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 to phase III
On Jun. 11, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the signing of a clinical development collaboration agreement to advance the…
Lilly announced start of phase 1 study for its second potential COVID-19 antibody treatment
On Jun. 8, 2020, Eli Lilly announced its partner Junshi Biosciences had dosed the first healthy volunteer in…
Introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the greater Boston area
On Jun. 4, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the…
Sinovac secured $15 million in funding to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
On May 22, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced a transaction in which Advantech Capital and Vivo Capital have invested…
National Research Council of Canada and CanSino Biologics announced collaboration to advance vaccine against COVID-19
On May 12, 2020, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced a collaboration with CanSino Biologics to…
Sinovac announced first animal study results of vaccine against COVID-19 published in SCIENCE
On May 6, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced publication of the preclinical study on animals for its vaccine candidate…
Eli Lilly and Junshi Biosciences to co-develop antibody therapies for pevention and treatment of COVID-19
On May 4, 2020, Junshi Biosciences and Eli Lilly announced an agreement to co-develop therapeutic antibodies for the…
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NIH’s axing of bat coronavirus grant a ‘horrible precedent’ and might break rules, critics say
On Apr. 30, 2020, the research community reacted with alarm and anger to the National Institutes of Health’s…