Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGN-EB3 (Inmazeb) first FDA-approved treatment for Ebola (Zaire Ebolavirus)
On Oct. 14, 2020, Regeneron announced that the FDA had approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab and odesivimab-ebgn) for the…
Roche launched laboratory SARS-CoV-2 antigen test to support high-volume testing of suspected COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 13, 2020, Roche announced that it intended to launch a high-volume SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test as an…
NIAID clinical trial testing hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin plus remdesivir to treat COVID-19 began
On Oct. 8, 2020, a clinical trial to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination treatment…
NIH clinical trial testing hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin plus remdesivir to treat COVID-19 began
On Oct. 8, 2020, a clinical trial to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination treatment…
Emergent BioSolutionsﾒ COVID-19 product candidate included in NIH-sponsored phase 3 clinical trial
On Oct. 8, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced the initiation of the Phase 3 clinical trial that will evaluate…
Sorrento announced discovery of salicyn-30 small molecule that strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Oct. 7, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it had discovered a small molecule termed Salicyn-30 that demonstrated…
SARS-CoV-2 may use key carbohydrate to infect cells
On Oct. 6, 2020, NIH researchers announced they had found that a carbohydrate called heparan sulfate, which is…
FDA awarded contract to Stanford University to perform in-depth analysis of tissue samples to learn how SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, the FDA awarded a research contract to the Stanford University School of Medicine to…
The Nobel Prize in Medicine for 2020 was awarded to Harvey J Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M Rice
On Oct. 5, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Medicine 2020 was awarded to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton…
The CDC updated ‘how COVID is spread’
On Oct. 5, 2020, the CDC announced the existence of published reports that showed limited, uncommon circumstances where…
19 organizations from the healthcare community unite to form COVID-19 testing industry consortium
On Oct. 1, 2020, widespread accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is one critical aspect…
Computer-designed proteins may protect against coronavirus
On Sept. 29, 2020, the NIH announed that researchers had designed ﾓminiproteinsﾔ that bound tightly to the SARS-CoV-2…
New look at COVID-19 cases does not support link between BCG vaccination and lower mortality
On Sept. 29, 2020, In a new Letter, published in PNAS, researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology…
AXIM Biotechnologies filed patent for world’s first face mask designed to capture SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19
On Sept. 29, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed a provisional patent for a first-in-class face…
Regular COVID-19 testing for groups most likely to spread the virus more efficient, cost-effective than random testing
On Sept. 28, 2020, as COVID-19 infections began to rise again, a novel testing strategy was proposed by…
Immunic announced results from interim safety analysis from ongoing phase 2 CALVID-1 trial of IMU-838 in patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 28, 2020, Immunic announced the results of a pre-planned interim safety analysis and a recruitment update…
Fourth large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial began in the United States
On Sept. 23, 2020, a fourth Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational vaccine for coronavirus disease 2019…
Pascal Biosciences confirmed specific cannabinoids combat Coronavirus
On Sept. 23, 2020, Pascal Biosciences announced the Company had confirmed an earlier report that certain cannabinoids block…
Serum Institute initiated manufacturing of Codagenix’s intranasal live-attenuated COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Sept. 22, 2020, Codagenix announced that the Serum Institute of India has begun manufacturing CDX-005, the company’s…
Roche launched new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines
On Sept. 18, 2020, Roche announced the launch of its Elecsysﾮ Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody test for markets accepting…
3CL protease inhibitor NLC-001 added to COVID-19-focused joint venture between Todos Medical and NLC Pharma
On Sept. 17, 2020, Todos Medical announced that NLC Pharma had added the dietary supplement NLC-001 to its…
T cells take the lead in controlling SARS-CoV-2 and reducing COVID-19 disease severity
On Sept. 16, 2020, a study by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology published in the Cell,…
NanoViricides nominated a novel candidate for advancing Into clinical trials for treatment of COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, NanoViricides announced that it had nominated a clinical drug candidate for the treatment of…
AIM ImmunoTech announced start of recruitment in clinical trial incorporating Ampligen in treatment of cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that recruitment had begun in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Phase…
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AXIM Biotechnologies filed Emergency Use Authorization with COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test for neutralizing antibodies
On Sept. 16, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application with…
Laboratory testing of Brilacidin for COVID-19 in combination with remdesivir reduces viral load by nearly 100 percent
On Sept. 15, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported additional data from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) collected during…
FDA contracted with global partners to analyze coronavirus samples
On Sept. 15, 2020, the FDA awarded a $5.4 million research contract to the University of Liverpool and…
Soligenix announced publication demonstrating thermostabilization of filovirus vaccine antigens
On Sept. 15, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of nonclinical results characterizing filovirus protein antigens (including for Ebola and…
Tonix Pharma enrolled first patient in COV-LOGIC study to assess antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 15, 2020,Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first patient was enrolled in the observational COV-LOGIC study (TNX-C001),…
Genomic leaders collaborated to create Australia’s first national COVID-19 tracking system
On Sept. 14, 2020, Illumina announced that the Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus…