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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had awarded a research contract…
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Mateon initiated commercialization of Artshield
On Oct. 5, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that ArtiShieldTM had been approved for manufacture and marketing by the…
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Data from Corvus phase 1 study of CPI-006 continued to support its potential as treatment for COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced updated data from its ongoing Phase 1 study investigating the potential…
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Fred Hutch opened COVID-19 clinical research center
On Oct. 5, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the opening of the COVID-19 Clinical Research…
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2021 was awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan
On Oct. 5, 2021, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Benjamin List and David MacMillan…
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NIH awarded $13.8 million for studies on the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease
On Oct. 5, 2020, Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., M.S., an international leader in aging and cognition research at Albert…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO welcomed $90 million contribution from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support COVID-19 global response
On Oct. 2, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a contribution…
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Biotechnology | Chemistry | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA approved drug combination for treating mesothelioma
On Oct. 1, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it had approved Opdivo (nivolumab) in combination…
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Quidel received Emergency Authorization for rapid antigen ‘ABC test’ assay for Influenza A+B and COVID-19
On Oct. 2, 2020, Quidel announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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Yale PET Center received $102 million BRAIN Initiative grant to build new scanner
On Oct. 2, 2020, Yale scientists will build the next-generation human brain PET scanner, the NeuroeXplorer (NX), to…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 clinical trial resumed in Japan, follows restart of trials in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and India
On Oct. 2, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the phase I/II clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 had resumed…
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UConn funded five COVID-19 research projects, announced additional funding
On Oct. 2, 2020, the Uconn Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) announced a new internal…
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LabCorp COVID-19 molecular test innovation received FDA authorization
On Oct. 2, 2020, LabCorp announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S….
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Gilead Sciences updated supply and distribution of Veklury (remdesivir) in the US
On Oct. 1, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that it will be responsible for distributing Veklury in the U.S….
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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…
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Amyris delivered sustainable alternative to shark squalene adjuvant enabling vaccines with no sharks killed
On Oct. 1, 2020, Amyris announced that it has begun delivering samples to pharmaceutical companies of a sustainable…
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Johnson & Johnson completed acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals for $65 billion
On Oct. 1, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced it had successfully completed its acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a…
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NIH assessed and expanded COVID-19 testing for underserved communities
On Sept. 30, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had awarded nearly $234 million…
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BioNTech and Pfizer announced Nature publication of German phase 1/2 study data from mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 30, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preliminary, peer-reviewed data from their ongoing German Phase 1/2…
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Oxford researchers started new trial on the use of anti-TNF to treat Covid-19 in care homes
On Sept. 30, 2020, University of Oxford researchers announced they had begun a new study to explore the…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Prehistory | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Neandertal gene variant increases risk of severe Covid-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary…
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NIH funded first nationwide network to study rare forms of diabetes
On Sept. 30, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced funding of a nationwide study to discover…
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UN welcome nearly $1 billion in pledges to bolster access to tests, treatments and vaccines to end COVID-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, the United Nations (UN) and its partners announced that nearly $1 billion in financing…
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Hydroxychloroquine showed no benefit in COVID-19 prevention
On Sept. 30, 2020, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania reported results…
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Sorrento Therapeutics and ViralClear entered agreement to explore combination antibody plus antiviral therapy against COVID-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals and Sorrento Therapeutics announced the companies were exploring the synergistic potential of…
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BD announced CE Mark of portable, rapid point-of-care antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in 15 minutes
On Sept. 30, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
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Quest Diagnostics launched three new combined COVID-19 and respiratory virus tests
On Sept. 30, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced three different test options for healthcare providers across the U.S.to aid…
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Bio-Techne announced opening of GMP manufacturing facility in Twin Cities
On Sept. 30, 2020, Bio-Techne announced the opening of its approximately 61,000 square foot state-of-the-art GMP (Good Manufacturing…
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Investigational COVID-19 vaccine well tolerated and generated iImmune response in older adults
On Sept. 29, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that a phase 1…
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Computer-designed proteins may protect against coronavirus
On Sept. 29, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that researchers had designed ”miniproteins’ that bound…
