Moderna announced positive initial booster data against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On May 5, 2021, Moderna announced initial data from its Phase 2 study showing that a single 50…
Broad Institute expanded COVID-19 viral sequencing efforts for variant surveillance in the Northeast
On Apr. 19, 2021, the Broad Institute of MIT in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and…
Novavax initiated COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial crossover
On Apr. 5, 2021, Novavax announced the initiation of crossover arms in two ongoing clinical trials of NVX-CoV2373,…
COVID-19 variant vaccine trial began at KPWHRI
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
CureVacﾒs COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated protection against SARS-CoV-2 B1351 variant
On Mar. 23, 2021, CureVac announced publication of preclinical data demonstrating that their COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, protected…
US, Chile and Peru interim trial data showed Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was safe and highly effective
On Mar. 22, 2021, Oxford University announced that a Phase III study of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine conducted…
Existing vaccines may protect against the Brazilian coronavirus variant
On Mar. 19, 2021, Scientists at the University of Oxford released pre-print data measuring the level of antibodies…
Roche launched SARS-CoV-2 variant test to help monitor emerging coronavirus mutations
On Mar. 16, 2021, Roche announced the launch of the cobasﾮ SARS-CoV-2 Variant Set 1 Test to detect…
Twist Bioscience began shipping of synthetic RNA controls for B.1.351 and P.1 variants
On Mar. 15, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced that it had started shipping its new synthetic RNA reference controls,…
Novavax confirmed ligh levels of efficacy against original and variant COVID-19 strains in UK and South Africa trials
On Mar. 11, 2021, Novavax announced final efficacy of 96.4% against mild, moderate and severe disease caused by…
CEPI and VBI Vaccines collaborated to advance vaccine candidates against COVID-19 variants
On Mar. 10, 2021, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and VBI Vaccines announced a partnership to…
ImmunityBio and NantKwest began dosing participants in global trials for novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 8, 2021, ImmunityBio and NantKwest announced that the first cohorts of their South Africa and U.S….
Biohaven’s multimodal antibody therapy demonstrated effective neutralization of multiple strains of COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, Biohaven Pharmaceutical announced that a hyperimmune globulin mimic (HGM) developed with Biohaven’s proprietary MATE…
Study published in NEJM demonstrated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize South African variant spike mutations
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study that provided additional data on the…
Rising mortality as Africa marked one year of COVID-19
On Feb. 11, 2021, the WHO announced that COVID-19 cases and deaths surged in Africa as more contagious…
Pfizer and BioNTech data demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 mutations
On Feb. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication in Nature Medicine of data from in vitro studies…
ChAdOx1 nCov-19 provided minimal protection against mild-moderate COVID-19 infection from B1351 coronavirus variant in young South African adults
On Feb. 7, 2021, Oxford University announced that an analysis, submitted as a pre-print prior to peer-review publication,…
Corvus Pharmaceuticals initiated phase 3 clinical trial of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Feb. 4, 2021, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had initiated a Phase 3 clinical trial of CPI-006…
Novavax and Government of Switzerland announced agreement in principle to supply COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 3, 2021, Novavax announced that the company had executed a binding Heads of Terms agreement with…
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 89.3% efficacy in UK phase 3 trial
On Jan. 28, 2021, Novavax announced that NVX-CoV2373, its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, had met the primary endpoint,…
South Carolina detected first US cases associated with variant first detected in South Africa
On Jan. 28, 2021, the CDC announced that it had become aware of the first U.S. documented cases…
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New COVID-19 variants fueling Africa’s second wave
On Jan. 28, 2021, The WHO announced that COVID-19 cases and deaths were surging in Africa as more…
In vitro studies demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with UK and South African Variants
On Jan. 27, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals…
REGEN-COV antibody cocktail Is active against SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in the UK and South Africa
On Jan. 27, 2021, researchers in Dr. David Ho’s Columbia University lab and Regeneron scientists announced they had…
Moderna COVID-19 vaccine retained neutralizing activity against emerging variants identified in UK and South Africa
On Jan. 25, 2021, Moderna announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals vaccinated with…
ImmunityBio announced phase I trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in South Africa as new variants spread
On Jan. 19, 2021, ImmunityBio announced it had received authorization from the South Africa Health Products Regulatory Authority…
ImmunityBio simulations revealed why spreading South Africa strain of SARS-CoV-2 may escape existing immunity
On Jan. 19, 2021, ImmunityBio reported findings from a follow-up Molecular Dynamics simulation study of the SARS-CoV-2 spike…
T2 Biosystems T2SARS-CoV-2 panel proved effective with global rise in variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Jan. 11, 2021, T2 Biosystems announced that its T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel – a molecular diagnostic test that detects…
COVISHIELD completed enrollment of phase III clinical trials under partnership of ICMR and Serum Institute
On Nov. 11, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced…