FDA issued authorization for first molecular non-prescription, at-home test
On Mar. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
FDA authorized Cue Health’s COVID-19 test for at-mome and Over The Counter Use
On Mar. 5, 2021, Cue Health announced it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
Moderna announced NDA submitted to import and distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Mar. 5, 2021, Moderna announced that Takeda Pharmaceutical had submitted a New Drug Application to the Government…
Recruitment and enrollment began for Innovation Pharma’s phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On Mar. 5, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Company’s international Phase 2…
CureVac and Novartis signed initial agreement on manufacturing of COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Mar. 4, 2021, CureVac and Novartis announced an initial agreement for the manufacturing of CureVacï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine…
NIH-sponsored ACTIV-3 clinical trial closed enrollment into two sub-studies
On Mar. 4, 2021, the NIH announced that the ACTIV-3 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of…
New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
On Mar. 4, 2021, researchers at the University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that three new,…
Soligenix announced positive progress in pre-clinical development of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 4, 2021, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for CiVaxï¾™ (heat stable COVID-19 vaccine program)…
Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CE Mark for expanded NxTAG panel test Including SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 4, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
Resverlogix published evidence of apabetalone’s beneficial effects on COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, Resverlogix and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute announced the publishing of an article providing…
Men, older adults and smokers more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 3, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that an in-depth analysis of the…
Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Rwanda
On Mar. 3, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech, in partnership with UNICEF, announced the arrival of the first doses…
Altasciences announced phase I research for COVID-19 pneumonia treatment
On Mar. 3, 2021, Altasciences announced support for ReAlta Life Sciences’ Phase I trial to evaluate RLS-0071 for…
Washington State Department of Health provided next-generation genome sequencing
On Mar. 3, 2021, the Washington State Department of Health announced contracts with virology labs at the University…
NIH invested in next iteration of public-private partnership to advance precision medicine for Alzheimer’s disease
On Mar. 2, 2021, the NIH announced it had launched the next version of the Accelerating Medicines Partnership…
COVAX published first round of allocations
On Mar. 2, 2021, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the WHO,…
NIH halted trial of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in emergency department patients with mild symptoms
On Mar. 2, 2021, the NIH halted a clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 convalescent…
Merck announced partnership to produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, Merck announced multiple agreements to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of…
NIH launched effort to understand MIS-C, range of SARS-CoV-2 effects on children
On Mar. 2, 2021, the NIH announced that it had launched a research effort to understand how SARS-CoV-2,…
CDC’s ACIP issued interim recommendation for use of Ebola vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended preexposure vaccination with Merck’s Ervebo was…
MediciNova announced it had discontinued development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 2, 2021, MediciNova announced it that given the COVID-19 vaccines currently in use and other vaccines…
NanoViricides pan-coronavirus COVID-19 drug candidates highly effective in pre-clinical animal atudies
On Mar. 2, 2021, NanoViricides reported that NV-CoV-2 and NV-CoV-2-R were found to be highly effective in comparison…
Innovation Pharma announced publication in Journal Viruses on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of brilacidin
On Mar. 2, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Companyï¾’s international Phase 2…
Cerecor announced postitive data in phase 2 clinical trial in patients hospitalized with COVID-19 ARDS
On Mar. 2, 2021, Cerecor announced final efficacy data including 60-day mortality from their completed US-based, multi-center (10…
Biden administration announced collaboration between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to expand production of COVID-19 vaccines
On Mar. 2, 2021, the Biden Administration has helped forge a historic manufacturing collaboration between two of the…
First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa
On Mar. 1, 2021, the WHO announced that the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using COVAX doses…
Colombia received the first vaccines arriving in the Americas through COVAX
On Mar. 1, 2021, Colombia became the first country in the Americas to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the…
Quidel received Emergency Use Authorization for QuickVue at-home COVID-19 test
On Mar. 1, 2021, Quidel announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction
On Mar. 1, 2021, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provided evidence that…
CDC’s ACIP issued interim recommendation for use of Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 28, 2021, after a transparent evidence-based review of all available data, the Advisory Committee on Immunization…