Moderna announced EMA’s CHMP recommended booster dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in the European Union
On Oct. 25, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
The Department of Veterans Affairs expanded mandate for COVID-19 vaccines among VHA employees
On Oct. 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it had begun offering Moderna…
HHS invested over $560 million to bolster product manufacturing to increase supply, availability of COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 22, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that it had invested more…
The U.S. CDC reported two new variant Influenza (Flu) virus infections
On Oct. 22, 2021, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported two new U.S. human…
INOVIO announced MOU with Colombia for protecting against COVID-19 and broader health initiatives
On Oct. 21, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced the signing of a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Colombia’s Ministry…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced phase 3 trial data showing high efficacy of booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 21, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced topline results from a Phase 3 randomized, controlled trial evaluating…
COVID-19 booster increased antibody responses, was protective in rhesus macaques
On Oct. 21, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that a booster dose of the mRNA-1273 COVID-19…
U.S. CDC Advisory Committee unanimously recommended Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine as booster for all eligible individuals
On Oct. 21, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Ligand and CR Double-Crane entered agreement to develop oral COVID-19 therapeutic
On Oct. 21, 2021, Ligand Pharmaceuticals announced the signing of a collaboration agreement granting China Resources Double-Crane Pharmaceutical…
NIH launched program to map a rare type of non-dividing cells implicated in human health and disease
On Oct. 18, 2021, the National Institutes of Health launched a program to study a rare type of…
Quest Diagnostics provided K-12 School COVID-19 testing with Ginkgo Bioworks to support safer classrooms in Texas
On Oct. 20, 2021, Quest Diagnostics announced it had formed an agreement with the Texas Department of State…
Moderna announced FDA authorization of booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S.
On Oct. 20, 2021, Moderna announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized for emergency…
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine booster shot authorized for Emergency Use by U.S. FDA
On Oct. 20, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued Emergency…
Study found that for the unvaccinated, reinfection by COVID-19 was likely
On Oct. 19, 2021, National Science Foundation funded scientists at the Yale School of Public Health and the…
NYU Langone Health’s Groundbreaking Transplant Offers Hope amid Organ Shortages
On Oct. 19, 2021, the first investigational transplant of a genetically engineered, nonhuman kidney to a human body…
Largest ever global study of tuberculosis identified genetic causes of drug resistance
On Oct. 19 , 2021, researchers at the University of Oxford, using cutting-edge genomic sequencing techniques, announced they…
Biotechnology | FDA | HIV | Therapeutics
U.S. FDA approved expanded indication of Gilead’s Biktarvy for Treatment of HIV-1 in pediatric populations
On Oct. 18, 2021, Gilead Sciences announced that the Food and Drug Administration had approved a new low-dose…
Athenex and Center for Cell and Gene Therapy announced allowance of first U.S. patent around CAR-NKT cell therapy
On Oct. 18, 2021, Athenex and the Center for Cell and Gene Therapy at Baylor College of Medicine,…
LogicBio Therapeutics announced early clinical trial results demonstrated first-ever in vivo genome editing in children
On Oct. 18, 2021, LogicBio Therapeutics announced clinical trial results that demonstrated the first-ever in vivo genome editing…
Subcutaneous Interferon does not improve outcomes for hospitalized adults with COVID-19
On Oct. 18, 2021, a NIAID sponsored clinical trial found that treatment with the immunomodulator interferon beta-1a plus…
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted data to EMA for vaccination of children 5 to <12 years of age with COMIRNATY
On Oct. 18, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Human Medicinal Products…
FDA approved naloxone injection to counteract opioid overdoses
On Oct. 18, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved ZIMHI (naloxone hydrochloride) injection as an additional option…
COVID-19 vaccine developed by Valneva using Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant met co-primary endpoints in phase 3 trial
On Oct. 18, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced that Valneva reported positive topline results from the Phase 3 pivotal…
Merck received positive CHMP opinion for VAXNEUVANCEﾙ (Pneumococcal 15-valent conjugate vaccine)
On Oct. 15, 2021, Merck announced that the European Medicines Agencyﾒs Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use…
Pfizer and BioNTech submitted data to EMA for vaccination of children 5 to <12 years of age with COMIRNATY
On Oct. 15, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had submitted data supporting the vaccination of children 5…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics
FDA approved Roche’s Tecentriq as adjuvant treatment for certain people with early non-small cell lung cancer
On Oct. 15, 2021, Roche announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Tecentriq (atezolizumab)…
Relief’s collaboration partner published positive aviptadil data in high comorbidity critical COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 15, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS reported that the parent company of its U.S. collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals,…
Tuberculosis deaths rose for the first time in more than a decade due to the COVID-19 pandemic
On Oct. 14, 2021, the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19 pandemic had reversed years of global…
FDA accepted REGEN-COVﾮ (casirivimab and imdevimab) for priority review for treatment and prophylaxis of COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2021, Regeneron announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had accepted for priority…
NIH RADx initiative expanded COVID-19 testing innovation for additional types of rapid tests
On Oct. 14, 2021, The NIH Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative announced that it has issued contract…