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 announced construction of the next-generation human brain PET scanner, the NeuroeXplorer (NX),…
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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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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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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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Gilead Sciences updated supply and distribution of Vekluryﾮ (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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Veklury (remdesivir) made available directly from distributor
On Oct. 1, 2020, american hospitals began purchasing Veklury (remdesivir) directly from the drugﾒs distributor. Veklury is an…
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NIH assessed and expanded COVID-19 testing for underserved communities
On Sept. 30, 2020, the NIH announced that it had awarded nearly $234 million to improve COVID-19 testing…
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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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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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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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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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WHO welcomed nearly $1 billion in pledges to bolster access to tests, treatments and vaccines to end COVID-19
On Sept. 30, 2020, the United Nations and its partners announced that nearly $1 billion in financing was…
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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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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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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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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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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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National Science Foundation funded more than 80 startups to address COVID-19 challenges
On Sept. 30, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it had funded more than 80 startups…
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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…
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Increased COVID-19 cases reported in US among adults aged 18ﾖ22 years
On Sept. 29, 2020, the CDC reported that during Aug. 2ﾖSept. 5, 2020, weekly COVID-19 cases among persons…
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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 announced that a phase 1 trial…
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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…
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Serum Institute to produce additional 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for India and low-and middle-income countries
On Sept. 29, 2020, a further collaboration among the Serum Institute of India (SII), Gavi and the Bill…
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Oxford Immunotec announced FDA clearance of the T-SPOT.TB test for use in pediatrics over the age of two
On Sept. 29, 2020, Oxford Immunotec announced that it had received clearance from the FDA to amend the…
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Moderna announced publication in The NEJM of interim results from phase 1 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Sept. 29, 2020, Moderna announced the publication of the second interim analysis of the open-label Phase 1…
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REGN-COV2 antibody cocktail reduced viral levels and improved symptoms in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Sept. 29, 2020, Regeneron announced the first data from a descriptive analysis of a seamless Phase 1/2/3…
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Biotechnology | NIH | Vaccine
COVID-19 vaccine generated immune response in older adults
On Sept. 29, 2020, a phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection was…
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Windtree announced FDA acceptance of IND application for phase 2 clinical trial studying KL4 Surfactant in acute lung injury in adults with COVID-19
On Sept. 29, 2020, Windtree Therapeutics announced that FDA had accepted its Investigational New Drug application for a…
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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…
