NIH-funded studies showed stents and surgery no better than medication, lifestyle changes at reducing cardiac events
On Mar. 30, 2020, invasive procedures such as bypass surgery and stenting-commonly used to treat blocked arteries were…
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Bayer increased Germany’s COVID-19 analysis capacity by several thousand tests per day
On Mar. 30, 2020, Bayer announced it had made available more than 40 virus diagnostics devices from its…
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Medtronic shared ventilation design specifications to accelerate efforts to increase global ventilator production
On Mar. 30, 2020 Medtronic announced it was publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett 560…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Citizen scientists helped researchers design new drugs to combat COVID-19
On Mar. 30, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator David Baker created new proteins tailor-made for specific tasks….
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COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator awarded $20 million in initial grants to fund clinical trials
On Mar. 30, 2020, the partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced grants of $20 million to three…
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La Jolla Institute for Immunology hosted coronavirus immunotherapy clearinghouse
On Mar. 30, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) announced it had been awarded a $1.73…
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Altimmune and the University of Alabama at Birmingham to collaborate on development of single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 30, 2020, Altimmune announced that it was launching a collaboration with the University of Alabama at…
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University of Minnesota researchers revealed how the novel coronavirus binds to human cells
On Mar. 30, 2020, researchers from the University of Minnesota broke new ground in understanding how SARS-CoV-2, the…
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Johnson & Johnson announced a lead vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Mar. 30, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced the selection of a lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate from constructs…
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Study documents widespread contamination of environment near patients with COVID-19
On Mar. 29, 2020, a study by UNMC/Nebraska Medicine/NSRI researchers provides new evidence of SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination in…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA issued EUA to allow hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate products from Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed
On Mar. 28, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to…
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Abbott launched molecular point-of-care test to detect novel Coronavirus in as Little as five minutes
On Mar. 27, 2020, Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued Emergency Use Authorization…
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Medtronic launched new solutions to help monitor patients for COVID-19
On Mar. 27, 2020, Medtronic announced its Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS) business had launched two new solutions…
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Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine programme opened for clinical trial recruitment
On Mar. 27, 2020, University of Oxford researchers working in an unprecedented vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19…
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COVID-19 will likely lead to US drug shortages
On Mar. 27, 2020, researchers at the University of Minnesota reported that the COVID-19 pandemic stands a good…
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CIRM approved $5 Million in emergency funding for COVID-19 research
On Mar. 27, 2020, in response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus in California and around…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Vaccine
Emory University new site in NIH-sponsored coronavirus vaccine study
On Mar. 27, 2020, Emory’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) announced participation in a clinical trial testing…
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Syneos Health launched Ventilator Initiative to raise awareness of bridging option to address ventilator shortage
On Mar. 27, 2020, Syneos Health announced the launch of a Ventilator Initiative. This multi-disciplinary initiative is designed…
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Luminex receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for NxTAG CoV Extended Panel to detect SARS-CoV-2 Virus
On Mar. 27, 2020, Luminex announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an Emergency Use…
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Rice University and Metric Technologies develop $300 ventilator freely available
On Mar. 27, 2020, Rice University and Canadian global health design firm Metric Technologies announced they have developed…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Novartis and life sciences companies commited to fight against COVID-19 with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
On Mar. 26, 2020, Novartis and a consortium of life sciences companies announced an important collaboration to accelerate the…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Non-Profit Research | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium
On Mar. 26, 2020, the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were selected a…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO Director-General calls on G20 to fight, unite, and ignite against COVID-19
On Mar. 26, 2020, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addressed Heads of…
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U.S. hospitals could be overwhelmed in the second week of April and US deaths could total 81,000 by July
On Mar. 26, 2020, in a forecast based on recent data analyses, Institute for Health Metrics (IHME) researchers…
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Cerus formed group to research optimal production of COVID-19 convalescent plasma
On Mar. 26, 2020, Cerus announced it had formed a collaborative research group with the aim of optimizing…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Amyris launched hand sanitizer and receives initial positive result for vaccine adjuvant
On Mar. 26, 2020, Amyris announced that it had completed initial testing of a leading vaccine adjuvant. In…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Broad Institute’s CLIA-certified testing center began processing COVID-19 patient samples
On Mar. 26, 2020, working in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory, and…
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Amneal Pharmaceuticals donated hydroxychloroquine sulfate to state of Texas
On Mar. 26, 2020, Amneal Pharma announced it had donated 1,000,000 hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to the Texas State…
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Henry Schein announced availability of COVID-19 point-of-care antibody rapid test
On Mar. 26, 2020, Henry Schein announced the availability of an antibody rapid blood test, known as Standard…
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iBio announced advancement of COVID-19 vaccine program
On Mar. 26, 2020, iBio announced that immunization studies for its SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particle program (‘IBIO-200’) were proceeding…
