The Gates Foundation pledged $16 billion to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to protect the next generation with vaccines
On Jun. 4, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced a five-year, US$1.6 billion commitment to Gavi,…
AstraZeneca announced next steps towards broad and equitable access to Oxford Universitys COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 4, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the next steps in its commitment to broad and equitable global access…
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…
Novavax awarded Department of Defense contract for COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 4, 2020, Novavax announced that the company had been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department…
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…
iBio announced second COVID-19 vaccine program
On Jun. 4, 2020, iBio announced it had initiatied preclinical immunization studies for its second COVID-19 vaccine platform….
Virginia Tech researchers established a reverse genetics system to facilitate COVID-19 research
On Jun. 4, 2020, with funding from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, researchers James Weger-Lucarelli…
Roche initiated initiates phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra plus remdesivir in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
On Jun. 4, 2020, Roche announced the initiation of a global phase III, randomised, double-blind, multicentre study (REMDACTA)…
NIH reported early results show benefit of remdesivir for COVID-19
On Jun. 2, 2020, the NIH reported that early results showed that remdesivir benefited hospitalized patients with severe…
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….
The USDA announced the first confirmed case of a dog in the US to test positive for SARS-CoV-2
On Jun. 2, 2020, the USDA announced the first confirmed case of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19)…
Albert Einstein College of Medicine awarded $1 million for COVID-19 research from the Price Family Foundation
On Jun. 2, 2020, Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced it had received a $1 million challenge grant…
Trevena announced collaboration with Imperial College London to evaluate TRV027 in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 2, 2020, Trevena announced it had entered into a collaboration with Imperial College London to evaluate…
Resverlogix announced COVID-19 clinical trial program launch
On Jun. 1, 2020, Resverlogix announced that it is moving forward with a plan to further evaluate apabetaloneﾒs…
Cytiva and Entos Pharmaceuticals work together to accelerate development of COVID19 vaccines
On Jun. 1, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced a partnership with Cytiva, formerly part of GE Healthcare Life Sciences….
The US Dept of Defense launched effort to collect COVID-19 convalescent plasma
On Jun. 1, 2020, U.S. Dept. of Defense announced it had begun an effort to collect 8,000 donated…
Gilead announced results from phase 3 trial of Remdesivir in patients with moderate COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced topline results from the Phase 3 SIMPLE trial in hospitalized patients…
Emergent BioSolutions joined U.S. Government’s Warp Speed Program for COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing
On Jun. 1, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had been issued a task order under an existing contract…
Eli Lilly began world’s first study of a potential COVID-19 antibody treatment in humans
On Jun. 1, 2020, Eli Lilly announced patients had been dosed in the world’s first study of a…
Proteostasis Therapeutics announced in vitro data for PTI-129 as potential treatment candidate for COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Proteostasis Therapeutics announced results from in vitro studies evaluating the use of PTI-129 as…
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for Impella RP as therapy for COVID-19 patients with right heart failure
On Jun. 1, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Impella RP to include patients…
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…
LabCorp launched new COVID-19 clinical trial site to connect patients with US research trials
On Jun. 1, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced that Covance, its drug development business, had created COVID-19 Clinical Trial Connect…
FDA authorized OPKO Health clinical trial evaluating RAYALDEE in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 1, 2020, OPKO Health announced the FDA had authorized OPKO to undertake a Phase 2 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…
PathGroup announced new COVID-19 testing option
On Jun. 1, 2020, PathGroup announced the availability of a new, minimally-invasive nasal swab collection option as a…
International community rallied to support open research and science to fight COVID-19
On May 29, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that thirty countries and multiple international partners and…
The FDA streamlined development of tests with at-home sample collection
On May 29, 2020, the FDA took steps to further support the development of COVID-19 tests for at-home…
Oxford Foundry announced four new innovations for COVID-19 recovery
On May 29, 2020, the Oxford Foundry announced support of four new innovative solutions for the OXFO COVID-19…
CIRM board approved three projects targeting COVID-19
On May 29, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved investments in three early-stage research programs…