Vaccitech received government grant for COVID-19 vaccine research
On Aug. 27, 2020, Vaccitech announced that it had received a non-dilutive Government grant to support research with…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | NIH
White House announced plan to deploy 150 million rapid tests in 2020
On Aug. 27, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and the Department of and Defense…
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Todos Medical announced $4,500,000 contract for COVID-19 PCR testing equipment & supplies with New York-based laboratory
On Aug. 27, 2020, Todos Medical announced it had entered into a sales agreement with a New York-based…
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Laurent Pharmaceuticals received FDA approval to initiate its COVID-19 phase 2 clinical trial in the U.S.
On Aug. 27, 2020, Laurent Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug…
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BioNTech and Fosun Pharma to potentially supply 10 Million doses of BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Aug. 27, 2020, Pfizer and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced an intended collaboration to supply 10 million doses…
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AIM ImmunoTech decreased SARS-CoV-2 infectious viral yields by 90% using new in vitro model
On Aug. 27, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had identified an effective in vitro model at The…
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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…
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Myriad RBM announced ultrasensitive immunoassays for viral pneumonia Including COVID-19
On Aug. 27, 2020, Myriad RBM announced ultrasensitive immunoassays for viral pneumonia Including COVID-19 from our CLIA-certified laboratory….
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National Science Foundation advanced artificial intelligence research with new nationwide institutes
On Aug. 26, 2020, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced that it was establishing new artificial intelligence institutes…
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Abbott’s fast, $5, 15-minute, easy-to-use COVID-19 antigen test for healthcare professionals received FDA Emergency Use Authorization
On Aug. 26, 2020, Abbott announced the FDA had issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its BinaxNOWﾙ COVID-19…
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Rapid diagnostic detected Lassa and Ebola in real-time
On Aug. 26, 2020, researchers announced an inexpensive, sensitive, CRISPR-based tests diagnose two deadly viruses in settings with…
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Altimmune and University of Alabama announced potent respiratory mucosal T cell responses in peclinical study of intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 26, 2020, Altimmune announced additional positive results from the preclinical studies of its single-dose intranasal COVID-19…
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Journal of American College of Cardiology published pioneering study using Stereotaxis robotic technology to treat pulmonary hypertension
On Aug. 26, 2020, Stereotaxis announced a pioneering publication in the prestigious Journal of the American College of…
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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…
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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…
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UConn received federal funding to develop self-administered microneedle COVID-19 vaccine technology
On Aug. 26, 2020, UConn announced that Thanh Duc Nguyen, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering…
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CytoDyn reached enrollment of 195 patients in its phase 3 trial for COVID-19 patients with severe-to-critical symptoms
On Aug. 25, 2020, CytoDyn announced the Company had reached the requisite number of enrolled patients in its…
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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…
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Phase I clinical trial initiated for monoclonal antibody combination for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19
On Aug. 25, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the first participants have been dosed in a Phase I trial…
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Sinovac signed agreement with Bio Farma Indonesia for COVID-19 vaccine cooperation
On Aug. 25, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced it had signed two agreements in Hainan, China with PT Bio…
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Intravacc and Therapyx jointly developed the world’s first prophylactic gonorrhea vaccine
On Aug. 25, 2020, Intravacc announced that it had partnered with American, Buffalo, NY, based Therapyx, to further…
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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…
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Codex DNA building worldﾒs first vaccine printer and global vaccine network
On Aug. 25, 2020, Codex DNA announced critical advancements in its development of the Digital-to-Biological Converterﾙ (DBC) platform….
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
XBiotech announced COVID-19 candidate therapy
On Aug. 24, 2020, XBiotech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use…
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Trevena announced initiation of TRV027 study in COVID-19 patients in collaboration with Imperial College London
On Aug. 24, 2020,Trevena announced that Imperial College London (ICL) had initiated a proof-of-concept study for TRV027 in…
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Quest Diagnostics Foundation launched initiative to reduce health disparities in underserved communities
On Aug. 24, 2020, the Quest Diagnostics Foundation announced a wide-ranging initiative to address and reduce health disparities…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Largest global study on hydroxychloroquine safety finds increased cardiovascular risk with azithromycin
On Aug. 24, 2020, the combination of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin has been linked to significant cardiovascular risks, including…
