CIRM board approved third clinical trial for COVID-19
On Jun. 26, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to Dr. Xiaokui Zhang at…
Symbiosis and AstraZeneca signed supply agreement for sterile manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials
On Jun. 24, 2020, Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, an India-based specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, announced…
Pfizer announced start of four phase 3 clinical trials for investigational vaccines
On Jun. 22, 2020, Pfizer announced the initiation of four phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline…
The NIH halted clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 20, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial to evaluate the…
GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Clover Biopharma’s COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidate with CpG 1018 adjuvant
On Jun. 19, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced the first participants were dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial…
CureVac received regulatory approval from German and Belgian authorities to initiate phase 1 clinical trial of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 17, 2020, CureVac announced that the German Health Authority Paul-Ehrlich-Institute and the Belgian Federal Agency for…
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WHO announced preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 16, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that initial clinical trial results from the United…
The FDA revoked Emergency Use Authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that…
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
On Jun. 15, 2020, a team led by Scripps Research discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19…
Immunic announced first patients dosed in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial of IMU-838 in COVID-19
On Jun. 15, 2020, Immunic announced dosing of the first patients in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial…
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…
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…
Regeneron began first clinical trials of anti-viral antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 for treatment and prevention of COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced initiation of the first clinical trial of REGN-COV2, its investigational dual antibody…
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NIH funded study to evaluate drugs prescribed to children with COVID-19
On Jun. 10, 2020, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched an effort to evaluate…
Johnson & Johnson announced acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with phase 1/2a clinical trial
On Jun. 10, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary it has accelerated the…
Immunic announced FDA allowance of its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial of IMU-838 in COVID-19
On Jun. 9, 2020, Immunic announced receipt of regulatory allowance from the FDA to initiate its phase 2,…
ViralClear added St. David’s HealthCare to phase II trial for broad-spectrum oral anti-viral COVID-19 candidate
On Jun. 5, 2020, BioSig Technologies and its subsidiary, ViralClear Pharma, announced it had expanded its patient enrollment…
INOVIO and IVI Partnered with Seoul National University Hospital to start phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine (INO-4800) in South Korea
On Jun. 4, 2020, INOVIO and Seoul National University Hospital announced a partnership to start a Phase 1/2…
FDA cleared IND for iNKT Cells to treat COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 2, 2020, Agenus announced the FDA’s clearance of AgenTus’ IND application for an allogeneic iNKT therapy….
Altimmune launched clinical trial of T-COVIDTM, an investigational intranasal immune modulator for treatment of patients with early COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Altimmune announced the FDA had authorized the Company to proceed with a clinical trial…
Tonix Pharma announced FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies to be Manufacturing partner for COVID-19 vaccine candidate TNX-1800
On Jun. 1, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement whereby FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies will provide contract manufacturing and…
The Jenner Institute signed agreement with Advent to develop a novel coronavirus vaccine
On May 28, 2020, the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford, UK and Advent Srl ﾖ an IRBM company,…
Heat Biologics announced collaboration with Waisman Biomanufacturing to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine
On May 27, 2020, Heat Biologics announced a collaboration with Waisman Biomanufacturing to establish a partnership for the…
Novavax initiated phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
On May 26, 2020, Novavax announced enrollment of the first participants in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of…
Montefiore and Einstein tested new drug combination to conquer COVID-19
On May 26, 2020, Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine began the next stage of…
Amarin supported trial to investigate effects of VASCEPA (icosapent ethyl) in treatment of COVID-19
On May 21 2020, Amarin announced support for a clinical trial to investigate the effects of icosapent ethyl…
ViralClear closed $10.8 million equity financing for development of COVID-19 broad-spectrum oral anti-viral candidate merimepodib
On May 20, 2020, BioSig Technologies and its subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, announced the closing of a $10.8 million…
Diffusion Pharma expanded clinical trial program of TSC for treatment of COVID-19 patients to include Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases
On May 20, 2020, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals announced it had entered into an agreement with the Romanian National Institute…
CytoDyn and the Mexican National Institutes of Health announced a collaborative study of leronlimab for treatment of severe/critical COVID-19 Population
On May 19, 2020, CytoDyn announced it will be coordinating with the National Institution of Health of Mexico…