Moderna completed case accrual for first planned interim analysis of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Nov. 11, 2020, Moderna announced that it had completed case accrual for the first interim analysis of…
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Largest set of mammalian genomes revealed species at risk of extinction
On Nov. 11, 2020, An international team of researchers with an effort called the Zoonomia Project announced that…
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COVID-19 immunity may last six months or more
On Nov. 11, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Michel Nussenzweig and his team reported that people who…
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Mateon and Windlas Biotech announced agreement to commercialize ARTIVEDA against COVID-19
On Nov. 11, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced an agreement with Windlas Biotech of India to commercialize ARTIVeda. ARTIVeda…
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Cardinal Health partnered with CDC to support vaccine access for pharmacies
On Nov. 11, 2020, Cardinal Health announced it had reached an agreement with the Centers for Disease Control…
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Altimmune added Lonza as manufacturing partner for supply of AdCOVIDﾙ vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Nov. 10, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Lonza for the manufacturing of AdCOVIDﾙ, Altimmuneﾒs next-generation, single-dose…
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Medigen Vaccines and BlueWillow Biologics partnered to Develop intranasal vaccine for SARS-COV-2
On Nov. 19, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics and BlueWillow Biologics announced a partnership to develop S-2P-NE-01, a nasal…
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BD announced Canadian Government order of 76 million portable, rapid point-of-care antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
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Data showed SARS-CoV-2 reactive T Cells are associated with protection from COVID-19 was published
On Nov. 10, 2020, Oxford Immunotec announced the release of data from a prospective cohort study in keyworkers…
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TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner from 3M approved by EPA for use against SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, 3M announced that its TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner had been approved by the…
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ImmunityBio, NantKwest announced positive interim phase 1 safety data of hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine dose study
On Nov. 10, 2020, ImmunityBio and NantKwest, a clinical-stage, natural killer cell-based therapeutics company, announced they had administered…
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Effect of hydroxychloroquine on clinical status at 14 days in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, a study published in JAMA reported the effect of hydroxychloroquine on clinical status at…
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EUROIMMUN launched quantitative ELISA to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies against viral S1 protein
On Nov. 9, 2020, PerkinElmer announced that EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer company, had launched the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 QuantiVacTM ELISA (IgG)…
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Hydroxychloroquine does not benefit adults hospitalized with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of…
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Fred Hutch began experimental COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trial
On Nov. 9, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the start of volunteer enrollment for a…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced vaccine candidate against COVID-19 achieved success in interim analysis from phase 3 study
On Nov. 9, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 had demonstrated evidence…
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Biotechnology | HIV | NIH | Therapeutics
Long-acting injectable drug prevented HIV in cisgender women
On Nov. 9, 2020, the NIH reported that a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimen containing an investigational long-acting form…
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Ultragenyx announced plans to build large-scale gene therapy manufacturing facility for rare diseases
On Nov. 9, 2020, Ultragenyx announced that it planned to build a new large-scale gene therapy manufacturing facility…
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Lilly’s neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab received FDA emergency use authorization for treatment of recently diagnosed COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Eli Lilly’s investigational neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab…
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Corvus completed enrollment in phase 1 study of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed patient enrollment in its Phase 1 study…
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White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 8, 2020, research from the U.S. had shown that white-tailed deer were being infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
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ImmunityBioﾒs hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine candidate stimulated memory T-Cell recall in patients with SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 8, 2020, ImmunityBio announced positive study results for their human Ad5 (hAd5) COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which…
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Single-cell study of Ebola highlighted virus’s lethal maneuvers
On Nov. 6, 2020, in a study published in Cell, the researchers identified antiviral defense genes that the…
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FDA authorized first test that detected neutralizing antibodies from recent or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 6, 2020, the FDA authorized the first serology test that detected neutralizing antibodies from recent or…
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Mesa Biotech received additional $13 million from HHS to develop 30 minute SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/Flu B test
On Nov. 6, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a contract up to $13 million from…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific and Innoforce established biologics and steriles drug manufacturing facility in China
On Nov. 6, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific and Innoforce announced a joint venture agreement to establish a new…
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Novartis’ randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial failed to meet endpoints
On Nov. 5, 2020, Novartis announced data from an interim analysis for the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial…
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Denmark tightened lockdown in north, mink cull devastates industry
On Nov. 5, 2020, Denmark announced strict lockdown rules in the north of the country after authorities discovered…
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RECOVERY trial DMC recommended continuing evaluation of REGN-COV2 in hospitalized patients
On Nov. 5, 2020, Regeneron announced an update from the independent data monitoring committee (DMC) for the UK-based…
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Neoleukin Therapeutics announced publication of de novo protein decoys that block COVID-19 infection
On Nov. 5, 2020, Neoleukin Therapeutics announced the publication in Science of research describing novel molecules designed to…
