Vir Biotec and WuXi Biologics announced collaboration for global development of antibodies to treat COVID-19
On Feb. 25, 2020, Vir Biotech announced a development and manufacturing collaboration to advance and produce human monoclonal…
New technique helped uncover how Coronaviruses enter cells
On Feb. 24, 2020, researchers at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Hamilton,…
Clover and GSK announced research collaboration to evaluate Coronavirus vaccine candidate with pandemic adjuvant system
On Feb. 24, 2020, Clover Biopharmaceuticals announced a research collaboration with GSK for its protein-based coronavirus vaccine candidate…
Innovation Pharma submited Material Transfer Agreement to study defensin mimetic Brilacidin for Coronavirus
On Feb. 24, 2020, Innovation Pharmaannounced the Company submitted a Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with a leading U.S.-based…
Moderna shipped mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus (mRNA-1273) for phase 1 study
On Feb. 24, 2020, Moderna announced it had released the first batch of mRNA-1273, the Company’s vaccine against…
Texas Biomed established team to study SARS-CoV-2, new coronavirus
On Feb. 24, 2020, Scientists at Texas Biomed began work on the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2. A…
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Federal Judge ruled missing clinical trial data must be made public
On Feb. 22, 2020, a federal judge from the Southern District of New York ruled drug companies, device…
FDA approved Lundbeck’s VYEPTI™ – the first and only intravenous preventive treatment for migraine
On Feb. 21, 2020, Lundbeck announced that VYEPTI™ (eptinezumab-jjmr) had been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug…
The FDA approved non-statin drug to treat high cholesterol
On Feb. 21, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved NEXLETOL (bempedoic acid) tablet, an oral,…
University of Missouri alumni gave $2 million gift to NextGen Precision Health Institute
On Feb. 21, 2020, a $2 million gift from University of Missouri alumni will support the university’s NextGen…
FDA authorized marketing of first genetic test to aid in diagnosis of Fragile X Syndrome
On Feb. 21, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized marketing of the first test to…
COVID-19 coronavirus spike holds infectivity details
On Feb. 24, 2020, researchers reported that the spikes crowning the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19 atypical pneumonia…
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Artificial intelligence yielded new antibiotic
On Feb. 20, 2020, using a machine-learning algorithm, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and…
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Tim and Mary Boyle gave $10 million to OHSU for joint center for biomedical data science
On Feb. 20, 2020, Tim Boyle, CEO of Columbia Sportswear, and his wife, Mary, made a $10 million…
NIH scientists identified atomic structure of novel Coronavirus protein
On Feb. 19, 2020, NIAID scientists working with investigators from the University of Texas at Austin identified the…
The CPRIT awarded 55 new grants totaling over $78 million
On Feb. 19, 2020, Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it had awarded 55 grants…
Sanofi joined with US Dept of Health and Human Services to advance novel coronavirus vaccine
On Feb. 18, 2020, Sanofi announced it had leveraged previous development work for a SARS vaccine which may…
Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin tested as drug and vaccine at different institutions
On Feb. 18, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced the Company was exploring its lead defensin mimetic drug candidate, Brilacidin,…
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Medigen Vaccine Biologics and NIH collaborated to develop COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 16, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had…
New, detailed molecular roadmap boosted fight against endometrial cancer
On Feb. 13, 2020, a study published in Cell provided an unprecedented look at the dozens of molecular…
Remdesivir prevented MERS coronavirus disease in monkeys
On Feb. 13, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists announced that the experimental antiviral remdesivir successfully prevented…
HDT Bio joined race to develop Coronavirus vaccine
On Feb. 13, 2020, scientists at HDT Bio announced development of a vaccine to protect against the 2019-novel…
World experts and funders set priorities for COVID-19 research
On Feb. 12, 2020, leading health experts from around the world met at the World Health Organization’s (WHO)…
Vir Biotec identified two antibodies that bind to spike protein of SARS-CoV-2
On Feb. 12, 2020, Vir Biotech announced it had identified two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) that bind to SARS-CoV-2…
Chembio Diagnostics received $1.5 million UNICEF order to combat Zika
On Feb. 12, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced a $1.5 million purchase order from UNICEF for multiplex Zika tests…
WHO and FIND formalized strategic collaboration to drive universal access to essential diagnostics
On Feb. 10, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) announced…
UNMC researchers part of $32 million international project for drug development
On Feb. 7, 2020, two University of Nebraska Medical Center faculty members are among a group of researchers…
The Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes was published in Nature
On Feb. 5, 2020, The Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes was published in Nature. The flagship paper of…
$675 million needed for new coronavirus preparedness and response global plan
On Feb. 5, 2020, to fight further spread of the new coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in China and globally,…
International collaboration generated most complete cancer genome map to date
On Feb. 5, 2020, an international team announced that it had completed the most comprehensive study of whole…