Roche to invest $50 billion in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics in the U.S. over the next five years
On Apr. 22, 2025, Roche announced that it will invest USD $50 billion into the United States in…
Novartis acquires Anthos Therapeutics and late-stage cardiovascular pipeline for USD $3.1 billion
On Feb. 11, 2025, Novartis announced an agreement to acquire Anthos Therapeutics, a Boston-based, privately held, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | Oncology | Therapeutics
new Glioblastoma treatment attacks brain tumors from multiple angles
On Nov. 12, 2024, researchers from the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel announced they had developed…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
Swissmedic Authorises CSL’s HEMGENIX® (etranacogene dezaparvovec) as First Gene Therapy for Hemophilia B
On Jan. 15, 2024, CSL announced that Swissmedic had authorised HEMGENIX® (etranacogene dezaparvovec), the first and currently only gene…
CPRIT invested $63 million to bring innovative researchers and companies to Texas
On Nov. 15, 2023, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
Agriculture | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | USDA | Vaccine
USDA Protected U.S. Poultry with Restrictions on Poultry Products from France and the European Union
On Sept. 29, 2023, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it…
Swiss and French health authorities expanded recommendations for use of Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine as booster
On Dec. 11, 2022, Novavax announced that the Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health and Francees Haute Autorite…
Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health recommended Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine as booster in adults
On Oct. 10, 2022, Novavax announced that Switzerland’s Federal Office of Public Health had recommended Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) as…
Swissmedic authorized Novavax Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents aged 12 through 17 and as booster in adults
On Sept. 2, 2022, Novavax announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had expanded its temporary…
Swissmedic granted conditional Marketing Authorization for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 13, 2022, Novavax announced that Swissmedic had granted Novavax conditional marketing authorization (CMA) for Nuvaxovid COVID-19…
Moderna announced new supply agreement for 2023 with Switzerland for seven million doses of COVID-19 booster vaccine
On Mar. 21, 2022, Moderna announced announced a supply agreement with the Swiss Federal Government for seven million…
Novavax files for conditional Marketing Authorization of COVID-19 vaccine in Switzerland
On Feb. 14, 2022, Novavax announced its submission to Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, for conditional…
Moderna announced Switzerland exercised option to purchase seven million additional doses of COVID-19 booster vaccine
On Dec. 27, 2021, Moderna announced that the Swiss Federal Government had exercised its option to purchase an…
Moderna announced Swissmedic authorized booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 26, 2021, Moderna announced that Swissmedic had authorized a booster dose of Spikevax, the Company’s vaccine…
Moderna submitted authorization application for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in Switzerland
On Jun. 14, 2021, Moderna announced that it had submitted an authorization application to Swissmedic for use of…
Moderna announced agreement with Switzerland for 7 million booster vaccine doses in 2022 with options
On May 6, 2021, Moderna announced a new supply agreement with the Swiss Federal Government for 7 million…
Relief and AdVita announced initiation of phase 2 trial with inhaled RLF-100 for prevention of COVID-19-related ARDS
On Apr. 22, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS and AdVita Lifescience announced that the first patient was expected to be…
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…
Moderna announced amendment to supply agreement with Switzerland for additional 6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 3, 2021, Moderna announced the Swiss Federal Government had increased its confirmed order commitment from 7.5…
Swissmedic authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna for Use in Switzerland
On Jan. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had authorized the COVID-19…
Switzerland exercised increased option for 7.5 million doses of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)
On Dec. 8, 2020, Moderna announced the Swiss Federal Government had increased its confirmed order commitment from 4.5…
Swissmedic began rolling review of Moderna’s mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Nov. 13, 2020, Moderna announced that Swissmedic had started a rolling review of mRNA-1273, the Company’s vaccine…
Countries begin large-scale screening for SARS-CoV-2 in sewage
On May 14, 2020,The Scientist reported that researchers from several countries including the US, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands,…
Moderna and Lonza announced worldwide strategic collaboration to manufacture Moderna’s Vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On May 1, 2020, Moderna and Lonza announced a 10-year strategic collaboration agreement to enable larger scale manufacture…
CHF Solutions shipped first commercial orders of Aquadex SmartFlow system to Austria
On Apr. 23, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it had shipped the first commercial orders of its next…
Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA approved first new drug under international collaboration for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
On Apr. 17, 2020, as part of Project Orbis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Seagen’s…
Edmond Fisher and Edwin Krebs of University of Washington received the Nobel Prize for Medicine
On Oct. 12, 1992, Edmond Fisher and Edwin Krebs of University of Washington’s (UW) School of Medicine received…
A live, oral typhoid vaccine (Ty21a, Vivotif Berna by Swiss Serum Institute) was licensed
On Dec. 15, 1989, the live, oral typhoid vaccine (Ty21a, Vivotif Berna by Swiss Serum Institute) was licensed….
The World Food Prize was established by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug
In 1986, The World Food Prize Foundation, located in Des Moines, was established by Dr. Norman E. Borlaug,…
Alick Isaacs and Jean Lindenmann discovered interferon, a virus fighter made by cells
In 1957, Alick Isaacs from Great Britain and Jean Lindenmann from Switzerland identified the interferons in 1957 and…