NanoViricides nominated a novel candidate for advancing Into clinical trials for treatment of COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, NanoViricides announced that it had nominated a clinical drug candidate for the treatment of…
New anti-infective drugs had a 14% speed advantage vs other drugs from 2000-2019
On Sept. 15, 2020, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported that new anti-infective drugs…
Vaxart announced FDA clearance of IND application for oral COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Vaxart announced that the FDA had completed its review of the Companyﾒs Investigational New…
Mateon global study for Artemisinin intervention against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in India
On Sept. 14, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that its global study based on its ARTI-19 protocol for Artemisinin…
Humanigen and Lonza announced collaboration to expand manufacturing of Humanigen’s COVID-19 therapeutic Candidate Lenzilumab
On Sept. 14, 2020, Humanigen and Lonza announced a strategic collaboration to expand the manufacturing capacity for lenzilumab…
RECOVERY COVID-19 phase 3 trial evaluated Regeneron’s REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail in the UK
On Sept. 14, 2020, Regeneron and the University of Oxford announced that RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY),…
MediciNova announced intranasal RS virus vaccine vuccessfully induced neutralizing antibodies against RS virus in mice
On Sept. 11, 2020, MediciNova announced development progress on its intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19 utilizing BC-PIV, a…
NIH ACTIV initiative launched adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2020, the NIH launched two of three adaptive Phase 3 clinical trials evaluating the safety…
AstraZeneca Oxford SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, AZD1222, COVID-19 vaccine trials temporary paused
On Sept. 9, 2020, as part of the ongoing randomised, controlled clinical trials of the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus…
BioNTech and Pfizer receive regulatory approval to commence global phase 2/3 trial for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Sept. 7, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the German regulatory authority, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, had approved the…
Johnson & Johnson announced COVID-19 investigational vaccine candidate prevents severe clinical disease in hamsters
On Sept. 3, 2020, as part of the ongoing randomised, controlled clinical trials of the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus…
Sanofi and GSK initiated Phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 adjuvanted recombinant protein-based vaccine candidate
On Sept. 3, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced the start of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their…
US Army uniquely poised to battle global pandemic
On Sept. 2, 2020, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity reported it was working to develop a…
Novavax announced publication of phase 1 data for COVID-19 vaccine candidate in The New England Journal of Medicine
On Sept. 2, 2020, Novavax announced the publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of Phase 1…
MediciNova announced development progress on intranasal formulation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, MediciNova announced development progress on its intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19 utilizing BC-PIV, a…
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City of Hope doctors lead novel clinical trial to treat cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, City of Hope announced that it was investigating an innovative treatment for cancer patients…
Phase 3 clinical testing in the US of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate began
On Aug. 31, 2020, a multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as AZD1222…
Development of COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial across all adult age groups
On Aug. 31, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial…
The US Dept of Veterans Affairs anounced new clinical trial for Veterans with COVID-19
On Aug. 28, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a new clinical trial to study…
COVID-19 drug candidate Brilacidin achieved a selectivity index among the highest reported
On Aug. 24, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving additional data from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) based…
Novavax initiated phase 2 portion of phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 24, 2020, Novavax announced that the first volunteers were enrolled in the Phase 2 portion of…
NIH delivered $43 million to support convalescent plasma clinical trial
On Aug. 18, 2020, the National Institutes of Health awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore a…
Novavax initiated efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
On Aug. 17, 2020, Novavax announced the beginning of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to…
Novavax and UK Government announced collaboration and purchase agreement for Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 14, 2020, Novavax announced it had signed a Heads of Terms (Term Sheet) with the Government…
Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies to prevent COVID-19 began enrollment
On Aug. 10, 2020, two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)…
Humanigen expands phase III study of lenzilumab in COVID-19 to Brazil
On Aug. 10, 2020, Humanigen announced that the Brazilian regulatory agency, Anvisa, had granted permission to commence a…
Scientists revealed structural details of spike protein used in leading COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 7, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research announced they had obtained high-resolution, atomic-scale details of the structure…
Altimmune Completed enrollment in phase 1b clinical trial of NasoShield, a single dose intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate
On Aug. 7, 2020, Altimmune announced that it had completed enrollment in its Phase 1b clinical trial of…
NIH began clinical trial testing remdesivir plus interferon beta-1a for COVID-19 treatment
On Aug. 5, 2020, a randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen…
NIH launched clinical trial to test antibody treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2020, the NIH announced that patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may now volunteer…