US Department of Defense awarded $14.7 million contract to SteriPack to establish production capability of ExpressCollect collection devices
On Aug. 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
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Pfizer and BioNTech initiated rolling submission of SBLA to U.S. FDA for booster dose of COMIRNATY in individuals 16 and Older
On Aug. 25, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the initiation of a supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to…
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Johnson & Johnson announced data to support boosting its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 25, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced data supporting the use of its COVID-19 vaccine as a…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Medical Device
BD received EUA for first at-home COVID-19 test to use smartphone to interpret, deliver results
On Aug. 25, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an…
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Moderna completed submission of BLA to the Food and Drug Administration for its COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 25, 2021, Moderna announced it had completed the rolling submission process for its Biologics License Application…
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Anixa Biosciences’ Covid-19 compounds expected to be effective against the Delta variant
On Aug. 25, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that a genomic variant analysis indicateed that its potential compounds may…
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Medigen Vaccine Biologics announced launch of COVID-19 vaccine MVC-COV1901 with Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant
On Aug. 23, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Biological E announced the execution of a commercial supply agreement of…
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine COMIRNATY received full U.S. FDA approval for individuals 16 years and older
On Aug. 23, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the…
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COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | Vaccine
U.S. FDA approved first COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 23, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine,…
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Lab studies suggested InBios COVID-19 POC antigen detection test will detect Delta variant
On Aug. 22, 2021, InBios announced that laboratory studies suggest its SCoV-2 Ag Detect Rapid Test detected the…
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UK authorized Regeneron antibody cocktail to prevent and treat acute COVID-19 infection
On Aug. 20, 2021, Regeneron announced that the United Kingdom’s (UK) Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency had…
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Amyris achieved promising in-vivo results for intranasal delivery of RNA/NLC vaccine
On Aug. 20, 2021, Amyris announced promising in-vivo results in a study of its licensed RNA vaccine through…
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Researchers developed COVID-19 severity screening method based on the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR spectrometer
On Aug. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced that researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in India…
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Vaccines still effective against Delta variant of concern, says Oxford-led study of the COVID-19 Infections Survey
On Aug. 19, 2021, the University of Oxford reported that obtaining two vaccine doses remained the most effective…
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clinical trial tested donated antibodies for effectiveness in fighting infection caused by Coronavirus
On Aug. 19, 2021, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that it was part of a randomized,…
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Relief announced positive safety report for ZYESAMI(TM) (aviptadil) in ACTIV-3 critical care study in patients with COVID-19
On Aug. 18, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS reported that the parent company of its U.S. collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals,…
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NIH study showed no significant benefit of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 outpatients with early symptoms
On Aug. 18, 2021, the final results of the Clinical Trial of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma in Outpatients (C3PO)…
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UK announced tender opportunity for providers to manage, genotype, and store Our Future Health biological samples
On Aug. 17, 2021, Our Future Health published a new tender for the processing, genotyping, and storage of…
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Antibodies elicited by COVID-19 vaccination effective against delta variant
On Aug. 17, 2021, researchers reported the delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 was not particularly…
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NIH scientists developed faster COVID-19 test
On Aug. 16, 2021, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced they had developed a new…
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ADMA Biologics received FDA approval for plasma collection facility in Maryville, TN
On Aug. 16, 2021, ADMA Biologics announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced submission of initial data to FDA to support booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 16, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had submitted Phase 1 data to the U.S….
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Moderna announced supply agreement with Canada for expanded supply of COVID-19 Vaccine from 2022 – 2024
On Aug. 16, 2021, Moderna announced a revised supply agreement with the Government of Canada for up to…
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Cote d’Ivoire declared first Ebola outbreak in more than 25 years
On Aug. 14, 2021, the Ministry of Health of Cote d’Ivoire confirmed the country’s first case of Ebola…
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U.S. FDA approved TICOVACﾙ, Pfizerﾒs tick-borne encephalitis vaccine
On Aug. 13, 2021, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved TICOVACﾙ (tick-borne…
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Moderna announced FDA authorization of third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised individuals
On Aug. 13, 2021, Moderna announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved an update to…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Neurology | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA approved Merck’s hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha inhibitor WELIREG (belzutifan)
On Aug. 13, 2021, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved WELIREG, an…
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COVID-19 | FDA | Life Science History | NIH
FDA declined to issue Rigel Pharma EUA for fostamatinib for teatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized adults
On Aug. 13, 2021, Rigel Pharma announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had informed the…
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Innovation Pharmaceuticals’ phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19 trial database under review in preparation for lock
On Aug. 12, 2021, Innovation Pharma released information regarding the status of its randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2…
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Moderna announced study showing Its COVID-19 vaccine maintained antibodies against variants of concern
On Aug. 12, 2021, Moderna announced the publication of new data on the durability of the Moderna COVID-19…
