German lab demonstrated feasibility to detect SARS-Coronavirus-2 using Hologic’s Panther Fusion System
On Mar. 5, 2020, Hologic announced a molecular assay for detecting the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (previously 2019-nCoV) on…
Heat Biologics collaborated with University of Miami to develop COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine
On Mar. 5, 2020, Heat Biologics announced a strategic collaboration with the University of Miami Miller School of…
Vir Biotec and Alnylam expanded collaboration to advance RNAi therapeutics for reatment of Coronavirus Infection
On Mar. 4, 2020, Vir Biotech and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced an expansion of their existing collaboration to include…
Luminex provided updates on critical efforts related to novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 4, 2020, Luminex announced they were working on multiple solutions to augment their NxTAG and ARIES…
Heat Biologics launched program to develop vaccine to protect against COVID-19 coronavirus
On Mar. 3, 2020, Heat Biologics announced the Company has formally launched a program within its wholly-owned subsidiary,…
Mutations can reveal how the coronavirus moves, but they’re easy to overinterpret
On Feb. 28, 2020, immediately after Christian Drosten published a genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus online, he…
Altimmune Completed First Development Milestone Toward a Single-Dose Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine
On Feb. 28, 2020, Altimmune announced the advancement of a novel single-dose, intranasal vaccine using Altimmune’s proprietary technology…
New images of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 made available
On Feb. 26, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Rocky Mountain Laboratories (NIAID-RML) announced it…
Pilot clinical trial in China to test University of British Columbia researcher’s findings as a targeted therapy for COVID-19
On Feb. 25, 2020, a University of British Columbia researcher was part of an international team working with…
Vir Biotec and WuXi Biologics announced collaboration for global development of antibodies to treat COVID-19
On Feb. 25, 2020, Vir Biotech announced a development and manufacturing collaboration to advance and produce human monoclonal…
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New technique helped uncover how Coronaviruses enter cells
On Feb. 24, 2020, researchers at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton,…
Texas Biomed established team to study SARS-CoV-2, new coronavirus
On Feb. 24, 2020, Scientists at Texas Biomed began work on the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. A…
COVID-19 coronavirus spike holds infectivity details
On Feb. 24, 2020, researchers reported that the spikes crowning the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 atypical pneumonia…
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NIH scientists identified atomic structure of novel Coronavirus protein
On Feb. 19, 2020, NIAID scientists working with investigators from the University of Texas at Austin identified the…
Sanofi joined with U.S. Dept of Health and Human Services to advance novel coronavirus vaccine
On Feb. 18, 2020, Sanofi announced it had leveraged previous development work for a SARS vaccine which may…
Vir Biotec identified two antibodies that bind to spike protein of SARS-CoV-2
On Feb. 12, 2020, Vir Biotech announced it had identified two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to SARS-CoV-2…
Sorrento and Celularity to initiate emergency allogeneic natural killer cell therapy development for Coronavirus infection
On Jan. 29, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced it had initiated a clinical and manufacturing collaboration with Celularity, a…
Cases of pneumonia detected in Wuhan, China were first reported to the WHO
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. To date,…
Lethal infection of K18-hACE2 mice infected with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus published
In January 2007, scientists at the University of Iowa reported in the Journal of Virology that they had…
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Michael Smith Genome Science Centre sequenced the SARS genome
On Apr. 14, 2003, researchers at Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science Centre in Vancouver announced they had sequenced…
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list
On Mar. 18, 2003, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was placed on U.S. quarantine list. Persons under quarantine…
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SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) was first discovered in Asia
On Mar. 6, 2003, the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO), announced they…
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was recognized
At t he end of February 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) recognized Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)…
Michael Smith Genome Science Centre was founded
In 1999, Michael Smith, recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, founded Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Science…
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The CDC established the International Health Program Office
In 1981, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the International Health Program Office, now…
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The CDC opened an expanded maximum containment lab (hot lab) for highly dangerous viruses
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…
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The World Health Organization was founded in Geneva
On Apr. 7, 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded and is today the United Nations agency…