Novavax received full Marketing Authorization for potype COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid in UK
On Oct. 18, 2023, Novavax announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United…
Novavax’s prototype COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid received full approval in Singapore
On Oct. 18, 2023, Novavax announced that Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has granted full approval for Novavax’s…
New initiative aimed to sequence half a million genomes of people with African ancestry for health studies
On Oct. 18, 2023, an industry-academic initiative was announced that aimed to create the largest ever database of…
APHIS announced partnership to improve early detection of emerging animal diseases
On Oct. 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announced a new partnership between the National Bio…
The U.S. Strategic National Stockpile was not positioned to respond effectively to the COVID-19 Pandemic
On Oct. 16. 2023, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services reported results of an audit that…
Dengue outbreak was declared in Chad
On Oct. 15, 2023, a dengue outbreak was declared by the Ministry of Public Health and Prevention in…
Investigational drug restoreed parathyroid function in rare disease
On Oct. 13, 2023, the National Institute of health (NIH) announced that an investigational drug, encaleret, restored calcium…
Scientists unveiled detailed cell maps of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain
On Oct. 12, 2023, the National Institute of health (NIH) announced that a group of international scientists had…
Two fatal human influenza A/H5N1 (Bird Flu) virus infections reported in Cambodia
On Oct. 12, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that two fatal human…
FDA established new advisory committee on digital health technologies
On Oct. 11, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the creation of a new Digital Health…
New funding ensured 370 million children receive polio vaccinations in low-income countries
On Oct. 11, 2023, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
University of Wisconsin-Madison discovery revealed fragile X syndrome begins developing even before birth
On Oct. 10, 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers announced a new study published in the journal Neuron…
GSK and Zhifei announced exclusive strategic vaccine partnership in China with $3 billion
On Oct. 9, 2023, GlaxoSmithKline announced that it had reached an exclusive agreement with Chongqing Zhifei Biological Products…
California became first U.S. state to ban red dye No. 3
On Oct. 7, 2023, California became the first state to ban four chemicals used in well-known candies and…
Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus and Aleksey Yekimov “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”
On Oct. 4, 2023, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Moungi G. Bawendi, Louis E. Brus…
Vir Biotechnology awarded BARDA funding to support development of antibody platform technologies for global infectious disease threats
On Oct. 3, 2023, Vir Biotechnology announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of…
FDA authorized updated Novavax COVID-19 vaccine formulated to better protect against currently circulating variant
On Oct. 3, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorization (EUA) of the…
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Novavax’s Nuvaxovid received positive CHMP opinion for full marketing authorization for prevention of COVID in the EU
On Oct. 3, 2023, Novavax announced that it’s COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted (2023-2024 Formula) (NVX-CoV2601) had received Emergency Use…
France kicked off world first bird flu vaccination despite trade backlash
On Oct. 2, 2023, France began vaccinating ducks against bird flu to try and stem the virus that…
California’s Stem Cell Agency approved $110 million investment into basic research in neuropsychiatric diseases
On Oct. 2, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) announced its approval of a new program…
Nobel Prize in medicine was jointly awarded to Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman “for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19”
On Oct. 2, 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or medicine was awarded jointly to Katalin Kariko and…
WHO recommended R21/Matrix-M vaccine for malaria prevention
On Oct. 2, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had recommended a new vaccine, R21/Matrix-M, developed…
USDA Protected U.S. Poultry with Restrictions on Poultry Products from France and the European Union
On Sept. 29, 2023, The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced it…
ARPA-H launched program for real-time drug delivery and disease tracking to improve patient self-care
On Sep. 29, 2023, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) launched a program to develop new…
U.S. National Science Foundation invested $35 million in future manufacturing
On Sept. 29, 2023, through the Future Manufacturing program, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced targeted investments…
Flu vaccines helped prevent 66,500 flu hospitalizations in the U.S. during 2022 flu season
On Sept. 29, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that during the 2022-2023…
FDA granted first marketing authorization for DNA test to assess predisposition for dozens of cancer types
On Sept. 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Invitae de novo marketing authorization for…
FDA launched pilot program to help further accelerate development of rare disease therapies
On Sept. 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it was taking steps to help further…
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California’s Stem Cell Agency invested $44 million to advance regenerative medicine research and manufacturing in California
On Sept. 29, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $43.8 million to fund projects aimed…
Pfizer and BioNTech received Health Canada authorization for XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 28, 2023, Pfizer and BioNTech that Health Canada had authorized the companies’ Omicron XBB.1.5-adapted monovalent COVID-19…