Vaxartﾒs oral COVID-19 vaccine candidate induced potent systemic and mucosal immune responses in preclinical studies
On Sept. 8, 2020, Vaxart announced pre-publication of a manuscript titled ﾓPreclinical studies of a recombinant adenoviral mucosal…
Johnson & Johnson announced COVID-19 investigational vaccine candidate prevents severe clinical disease in hamsters
On Sept. 3, 2020, as part of the ongoing randomised, controlled clinical trials of the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus…
COVID-19 vaccine study shows severe disease preventable in hamsters
On Sept. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that for the first time, early research…
Virginia Tech researchers began testing campus wastewater for COVID-19
On Sept. 3, 2020, a team of Virginia Tech researchers announced that they will begin testing wastewater at…
NIH-supported study to track prevalence and impact of SARS-CoV-2 among pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries
On Sept. 1, 2020, the National Institutes of Health announced that it had launched a study to track…
Phase 3 clinical testing in the US of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate began
On Aug. 31, 2020, a multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as AZD1222…
Development of COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial across all adult age groups
On Aug. 31, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial…
Vir Biotechnology and GSK started phase 2/3 study of COVID-19 antibody treatment
On Aug. 31, 2020, Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline announced that the first patient was dosed in a phase…
T2 Biosystems received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test
On Aug. 31, 2020, T2 Biosystems announced that the FDA had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for…
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NIAID awarded BioCryst $44 million contract to advance development of galidesivir
On Aug. 31, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had…
iBio and Planet Biotechnology entered into exclusive worldwide license agreement for development of a COVID-19 therapeutic
On Aug. 28, 2020, iBio announced that it had entered into an exclusive worldwide license agreement with Planet…
NIH established Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
On Aug. 27, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes…
Assembly Biosciences and Arbutus announced collaboration to evaluate combination of core inhibitor ABI-H0731 with RNAi Therapeutic AB-729 in patients with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection
On Aug. 27, 2020, Assembly Biosciences and Arbutus Biopharma announced that the companies have entered into a clinical…
VBI Vaccines announced preclinical Coronavirus program data and selection of clinical candidates with potential one-dose vaccines
On Aug. 26, 2020, VBI Vaccines announced data from three preclinical mouse studies conducted to enable selection of…
Heat Biologics’ announced publication of preclinical COVID-19 vaccine results
On Aug. 26, 2020, Heat Biologics announced publication of positive preclinical COVID-19 results in bioRxiv. The company reported…
Momentous milestone as Africa announced eradication of wild Poliovirus
On Aug. 25, 2020, the independent Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially declared that the…
How SARS-CoV-2 spread across greater Boston during pandemic’s first wave
On Aug. 25, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts…
Man in Hong Kong was the first confirmed case of Coronavirus reinfection
On Aug. 24, 2020, Hong Kong University researchers reported that a 33-year-old man in Hong Kong had been…
University of Oxford study described which cancer patients are more vulnerable to COVID-19
On Aug. 24, 2020, a published study led by the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham found that, compared…
COVID-19 drug candidate Brilacidin achieved a selectivity index among the highest reported
On Aug. 24, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving additional data from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) based…
Genomic analysis revealed many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Aug. 24, 2020, humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel…
Catalent signed agreement with AstraZeneca to expand manufacturing support for COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222
On Aug. 24, 2020, Catalent announced that it had contracted to provide drug substance manufacturing to AstraZeneca for…
GT Biopharma updated development of TriKE(TM) therapeutic for treatment of COVID-19 infection
On Aug. 20, 2020, GT Biopharma and Cytovance announced a collaboration agreement whereby Cytovance will providing drug development…
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La Jolla Institute for Immunology awarded $6.4 million for international efforts to beat COVID-19
On Aug. 20, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the National Institutes…
Evidence suggested children could play a larger role in community spread of COVID-19
On Aug. 20, 2020, in the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Harvard Medical School…
OpGen announced CE-IVD Mark and commercial launch in EU of molecular diagnostic with PULB for detection of COVID-19
On Aug. 20, 2020, OpGen announced that its subsidiary Curetis GmbH had obtained the CE mark certification in…
JAMA reported on evaluation for SARS-CoV-2 in breast milk from infected women
On Aug. 19, 2020, JAMA reported that to date, SARS-CoV-2 has not been isolated from breast milk, and…
NIH imposed ‘outrageous’ conditions on resuming coronavirus grants
On Aug. 19, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) began requiring a small nonprofit research organization to…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine prevented severe disease in mice
On Aug. 19, 2020, an experimental vaccine was reported to be effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected…
Regeneron and Roche collaborate to significantly increase global supply of REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail for COVID-19
On Aug. 18, 2020, Regeneron and Roche announced that they had joined forces in the fight against COVID-19…