Gilead’s Veklury (Remdesivir) associated with reduction in mortality rate in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Jun. 21, 2021, Gilead Sciences announced positive data from three retrospective studies of the real-world treatment of…
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Vibativ effectively helped treat secondary bacterial infections in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 21, 2021, Cumberland Pharma released a series of case reports describing the effectiveness of Vibativ (telavancin)…
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced program to develop TNX-102 SL for treatment of long COVID syndrome
On Jun. 21, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that it planned to develop TNX-102 SL (cyclobenzaprine HCl sublingual tablets)…
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Ebola outbreak in Guinea declared over
On Jun. 19, 2021, the Ebola outbreak that emerged in Guinea in mid-February was declared over. It was…
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Biden Administration invested $3 billion from American Rescue Plan as part of COVID-19 antiviral development strategy
On Jun. 17, 2021, the Biden Administration is investing more than $3 billion to accelerate the discovery, development…
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Newly licensed U.S. manufacturing facility increased availability of Fluzone high-dose quadrivalent (influenza vaccine)
On Jun. 17, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research granted…
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Relief Therapeutics reported that NRx Pharma announced additional results from Aviptadil expanded access protocol for patients with COVID-19
On Jun. 16, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS reported that its collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals, had announced additional results from…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Medicine
RECOVERY trial found Regeneron’s monoclonal antibody combination reduced deaths for hospitalised COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 16, 2021, the University of Oxford announced the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy (RECOVERY) trial demonstrated…
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U.S. Government purchased additional 200 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 16, 2021, Moderna announced that the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million doses of…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine
REGEN-COV phase 3 RECOVERY trial met primary outcome, improving survival in Hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 16, 2021, Regeneron announced positive results from the largest trial assessing any monoclonal antibody treatment in…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Vaccine
Data published in NEJM showed Pfizer’s Tofacitinib met primary endpoint in Brazilian study in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia
On Jun. 16, 2021, Pfizer and The Academic Research Organization (ARO) from the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein announced…
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KPWHRI announced volunteers needed for COVID-19 vaccine-booster trial
On Jun. 16, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that was recruiting volunteers in the…
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Moderna and Magenta partner to distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in United Arab Emirates
On Jun. 15, 2021, Moderna and Magenta Investments, an industrial conglomerate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced…
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Oncotelic closes COVID-19 clinical trial early
On Jun. 15, 2021, Oncotelic announced that, as of June 11, 2021, it discontinued enrollment in its OT-101…
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Novavax announced positive results from study of influenza vaccine and COVID-19 vaccine candidate administered simultaneously
On Jun. 14, 2021, Novavax announced data from the first co-administration study of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate [Novavax,…
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University of British Columbia researchers received the New Frontiers in Research Fund 2020 Exploration award
On Jun. 14, 2021, University of British Columbia researchers Dr. Jayachandran Kizhakkedathu, Dr. Caigan Du and Dr. Christopher…
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Humanigen initiated submission for lenzilumab Marketing Authorization in COVID-19, to United Kingdomﾒs MHRA
On Jun. 14, 2021 Humanigen announced it had initiated a rolling review submission for Marketing Authorization (MA) by…
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Moderna submitted authorization application for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in Switzerland
On Jun. 14, 2021, Moderna announced that it had submitted an authorization application to Swissmedic for use of…
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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated 90% overall efficacy and 100% protection in phase 3 trial
On Jun. 14, 2021, Novavax announced that NVX-CoV2373, its recombinant nanoparticle protein-based COVID-19 vaccine, demonstrated 100% protection against…
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Cocrystal’s COVID-19 antiviral CDI-45205 shown to be active against SARS-CoV-2 and prominent SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Jun. 14, 2021, Cocrystal Pharma announced the selection of CDI-45205 as the lead compound for further development…
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G7 announced pledges of 870 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
On Jun. 13, 2021, G7 global leaders pledged to share COVID-19 vaccine doses internationally, in support of global…
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Emergent BioSolutions’ COVID-19 vaccine drug substance authorized as part of Johnson & Johnson EUA
On Jun. 11, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced that two batches of COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by at its Baltimore…
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Quidel received amended Emergency Use Authorization for new Sofia Q rapid antigen test device
On Jun. 11, 2021, Quidel announced it had received an amended Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S….
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FDA issued EUA for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine manufactured at Emergent BioSolutions facility in Baltimore
On Jun. 11, 2021, The FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine, two…
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Novavax announces positive data from three complementary studies of COVID-19 Beta variant strain vaccine
On Jun. 11, 2021, Novavax announced preclinical and clinical data on the company’s original recombinant protein COVID-19 vaccine…
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Moderna and Tabuk Pharmaceuticals partnered to commercialize COVID-19 Vaccine in Saudi Arabia
On Jun. 11, 2021, Moderna and Tabuk Pharmaceutical announced an agreement to commercialize the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and…
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Pfizer and BioNTech provided 500 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to U.S. Government for donation to poorest nations
On Jun. 10, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced plans to provide the U.S. government at a not-for-profit price…
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Moderna filed for Emergency Use Authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in the United States
On Jun. 10, 2021, Moderna announced that it had requested an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its COVID-19…
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Vertex announces FDA approval for TRIKAFTAﾮ in children with Cystic Fibrosis ages 6 through 11 with certain mutations
On Jun. 9, 2021, Vertex Pharmaceuticals announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved expanded use of…
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FDA approved PREVNAR 20ﾙ, Pfizerﾒs pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine for adults ages 18 years or older
On Jun. 8, 2021, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved PREVNAR 20ﾙ…
