Oldest relative of ragworms and earthworms discovered
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter, Yunnan and Bristol announced thay had discovered…
Sinovac and Butantan joined efforts to advance clinical development of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 to phase III
On Jun. 11, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the signing of a clinical development collaboration agreement to advance the…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be US manufacturing partner for AstraZenecaï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 11, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced deployment of its molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to…
Quidel received BARDA funding to develop point-of-care diagnostic assay that includes COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Quidel announced it had received funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority…
AIM ImmunoTech filed provisional patent application for ose of Ampligen(R) as potential therapy for COVID-19 Induced chronic fatigue
On Jun. 11, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for, among other…
Moderna advanced late-stage development of vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Moderna announcedprogress on late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Companyï¾’s mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19….
Innovation Pharma collaborated with regional biocontainment lab on grant application to research Brilacidin as pan-Coronavirus therapeutic
On Jun. 11, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced the Company and researchers at a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL)…
CHF Solutions publication highlights use of ultrafiltration for fluid management in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 11, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it has sold Aquadex SmartFlowï¾™ consoles and disposables to a…
BioCryst’s galidesivir stops Zika viral replication in primate model
On Jun. 11, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced new data published in Science Translational Medicine show, in a primate…
Regeneron began first clinical trials of anti-viral antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 for treatment and prevention of COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced initiation of the first clinical trial of REGN-COV2, its investigational dual antibody…
Two science publications highlight potential of REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail to protect against SARS-CoV-2 escape mutants
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced that Science had accepted for publication two papers describing the creation of…
UT Southwestern scientists examined structure of protein involved in Parkinsonï¾’s disease, psychosis and addiction
On Jun. 11, 2020, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers revealed the structure of the active…
NIH funded study to evaluate drugs prescribed to children with COVID-19
On Jun. 10, 2020, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched an effort to evaluate…
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NIH study linked cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
On Jun. 10, 2020, African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke…
Landmark legal victory for public health and a major setback for the tobacco industry
On Jun. 10, 2020, the World Trade Organizationï¾’s (WTO) Appellate Body reported on the dispute brought by Honduras…
The FDA authorized first next generation sequence test for diagnosing COVID-19
On Jun. 10, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Illumina for the first COVID-19…
COVID-19 mouse model announced to speed search for drugs, vaccines
On Jun. 10, 2020, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported they had developed a mouse…
Johnson & Johnson announced acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with phase 1/2a clinical trial
On Jun. 10, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary it has accelerated the…
OraSure received BARDA funding for Coronaviras Antibody ELISA using oral fluid samples
On Jun. 10, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced it had been awarded a $629,217 contract from the Biomedical Advanced…
Catalent partnered with Spicona to develop COVID-19 vaccine candidate using GPEx cell line development platform
On Jun. 10, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with Spicona to develop a virus-like…
RedHill Biopharma submited COVID-19 clinical trial application for phase 2/3 study with Opaganib in Russia
On Jun. 10, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced it had submitted a Clinical Trial Application (CTA) with the Ministry…
Lung development may explain why some non-smokers get COPD and some heavy smokers do not
On Jun. 9, 2020, people with small airways relative to the size of their lungs may have a…
Disease | Therapeutics | WHO
No link between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Jun. 9, 2020, new genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute…
Largest catalog of human genetic diversity released
On Jun. 9, 2020, an international gnomAD team of over 100 scientists released its first set of discoveries…
Illumina received first FDA Emergency Use Authorization for sequencing-based COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jun. 9, 2020, Illumina announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization…
Quidel’s received amended Emergency Authorization for rapid antigen COVID-19 diagnostic assay
On Jun. 9, 2020, Quidel announced it had received an amended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic, new analysis found
On Jun. 9, 2020, a Scripps research analysis of public datasets on asymptomatic infections, an extraordinary percentage of…
OpGen released preliminary data demonstrating Unyvero HPN panel for pneumonia identified life-threatening bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 9, 2020, OpGen announced preliminary data from an investigator initiated collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,…
Immunic announced FDA allowance of its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial of IMU-838 in COVID-19
On Jun. 9, 2020, Immunic announced receipt of regulatory allowance from the FDA to initiate its phase 2,…
Aegis Sciences testing for Coronavirus 2019 authorized to report in all 50 states
On Jun. 9, 2020, Aegis Sciences announced that it was registered and approved to provide public health reporting…