BioReference Laboratories and City of Detroit provide testing for Coronavirus disease 2019
On Mar. 23, 2020, BioReference Labs, an OPKO Health company, announced a collaboration with the City of Detroit…
Soligenix and University of Hawaii at Manoa initiate work on novel Coronavirus vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 23, 2020, Soligenix announced that its ongoing collaboration with the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UH…
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CSL Group to help battle Coronavirus
On Mar. 23, 2020, CSL announced that it was exploring development of a hyperimmune serum that could be…
Mount Sinai developing an ‘end-to-end’ diagnostics solution for COVID-19
On Mar. 23, 2020, an expert team of researchers and clinicians in microbiology, virology, pathology, molecular science, and…
Philips ramped up production of critical health technology products in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 22, 2020, Philips announced that Childrenï¾’s Hospital of Georgia has adopted Philipsï¾’ automated early detection and…
FDA Issues first Emergency Use Authorization for Point of Care Diagnostic
On Mar. 21, 2020, the FDA issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic for…
Quest Diagnostics dedicated special hours for non-COVID-19 testing for older and Highly vulnerable patients
On Mar. 21, 2020, through its “Peace of Mind” program, Quest Diagnostics took extra measures to ensure individuals…
NIH shifted non-mission-critical laboratory operations to minimal maintenance phase
On Mar. 20, 2020, to further reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and enhance the safety of…
FDA allowed expanded use of devices to monitor patients’ vital signs remotely
On Mar. 20, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new policy that allowed manufacturers…
Novartis commited to donate up to 130 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to support the global COVID-19 pandemic response
On Mar. 20, 2020, Novartis announced its commitment to donate up to 130 million doses of generic hydroxychloroquine…
New study expanded understanding of influenza-associated complications
On Mar. 20, 2020, a study was published in JAMA that expands the understanding of influenza-associated complications. Influenza…
The CDC reported the pace of tuberculosis decline in the U.S. slowed in recent years
On Mar. 20, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that tuberculosis (TB) incidence in…
UC Davis researchers raceed to develop coronavirus solutions
On Mar. 20, 2020, Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, California…
Humanigen announced phase III study of Coronavirus treatment planned
On Mar. 20, 2020, Humanigen announced that the company was seeking to conduct a Phase III, randomized, controlled,…
Cardax releases white paper on the potential role of Astaxanthin in treatment of Coronavirus disease
On Mar. 20, 2020, Cardax released a white paper outlining the potential role of astaxanthin in the treatment…
3M outlined actions to support healthcare effort to combat COVID-19
On Mar. 20, 2020, 3M announced it had doubled its global output of N95 respirators to an annual…
PRA Health Sciences launches COVID-19 monitoring program
On Mar. 20, 2020, PRA Health Sciences announced the commercial availability of the COVID-19 Monitoring Program, a mobile…
FDA granted Bellerophon emergency expanded access for INOpulse for treatment of COVID-19 virus
On Mar. 20, 2020, Bellerophon Therapeutics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted emergency expanded…
Amneal accelerated distribution and production of hydroxychloroquine sulfate to meet potential needs of COVID-19 patients
On Mar. 20, 2020, Amneal Pharma announced that it was responding to the national COVID-19 health emergency by…
Chembio Diagnostics received $4 million purchase order from Bio-Manguinhos for production of DPP COVID-19 IgM/IgG system in Brazil
On Mar. 20, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced receipt of a $4 million order from Bio-Manguinhos for the purchase…
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University of Pennsylvania $1.5 billion Hospital Pavilion construction allowed to continue
On Mar. 20, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania announced that Pavilion project construction would be allowed to continue…
GM and Ventec Life Systems announced joint cross-sector ventilator production program
On Mar. 20, 2020, GM and Ventec Life Systems announced they were collaborating to enable Ventec to increase…
Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft expanded partnership to decode COVID-19 immune response and provide open data access
On Mar. 20, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft announced they were leveraging their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive…
Todos Medical signed novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) point-of-care rapid antibody testing kit exclusive distribution agreement
On Mar. 19, 2020, Todos Medical announced it had entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for the U.S….
Mylan ramped up U.S. manufacturing of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to meet potential COVID-19 patient needs
On Mar. 19, 2020, Mylan announced it had restarted production of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets at its West Virginia…
Abbott received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and launches test to detect novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 19, 2020, Abbott announced the FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the company’s molecular…
Roche initiated phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
On Mar. 19, 2020, Roche announced it was working with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to…
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UArizona Cancer Center received $69M grant forsSkin cancer prevention study
On Mar. 19, 2020, The UArizona Cancer Center announced it was awarded a five-year, $6.9 million prestigious Program…
FDA approved Epclusa (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir) for children with Chronic Hepatitis C infection
On Mar. 19, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
High-speed microscope captured fleeting brain signals
On Mar. 19, 2020, University of California, Berkeley, investigators have now built such a camera: a microscope that…