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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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USDA provided more than $12 million in funding to control and prevent chronic wasting disease
On Sept. 28, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
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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…
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SARS-CoV-2 infects coronary arteries, increases plaque inflammation
On Sept. 28, 2023, the National Institute of health announced SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can directly…
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Amicus Therapeutics announced FDA approval and launch of treatment for Pompe disease
On Sept. 28, 2023, Amicus Therapeutics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Pombilitiﾙ…
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Ligand Acquires Assets of Novan for $12.2 Million
On Sep. 27, 2023, Ligand Pharmaceuticals announced that it has closed the transaction to acquire assets of Novan following…
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Gritstone Bio awarded $433 Mmillion BARDA contract to conduct comparative phase 2b study evaluating next-generation vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Sept. 27, 2023, Gritstone bio announced that it was awarded a contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research…
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New cancer diagnoses fell abruptly early in the COVID-19 pandemic according to Annual Report to the Nation
On Sept. 27, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that new diagnoses of…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | FDA | USDA
APHIS issued regulatory status review response for Ohalo Genetics potato
On Sept. 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced…
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Diagnostics | Disease | Medical Device | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress
ARPA-H launched program for real-time drug delivery and disease tracking to improve patient self-care
On Sept. 26, 2023, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department…
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U.S. National Science Foundation invested $26.7 million in building the first-ever prototype open knowledge network
On Sept. 26, 2023, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced it had invested $26.7 million in 18…
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USDA approved genetic engineered hemp plant to reduce THC and CBC levels
On Sep. 26, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they had reviewed a hemp plant modified…
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Researchers demonstrated heat-induced pyroelectricity in viruses
On Sept. 25, 2023, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley reported that engineered viruses also can generate…
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West Nile virus reported in humans and horses from four counties in Washington state
On Sept. 25, 2023, the Washington State Department of Health confirmed the presence of West Nile virus in…
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RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species
On Sept. 22, 2023, a new study showed the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA…
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U.S. CDC announced $262 million funding to support National Network for outbreak response and disease modeling
On Sept. 22, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the recipients of 13…
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Biotechnology | HIV | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Clinical trial of HIV vaccine began in United States and South Africa
On Sept. 20, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced that a trial of a preventive HIV vaccine…
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Newly discovered trigger of Parkinson’s upends common beliefs
On Sept. 15, 2023, a Northwestern Medicine study challenges a common belief in what triggers Parkinson’s disease. Degeneration…
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National Institutes of Health clinical trial of universal flu vaccine candidate began
On Sept. 15, 2023, researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced they had…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO reported legionellosis deaths from Poland
On Sept. 14, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of September 11, 2023, a total…
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Northwestern received $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
On Sept. 14, 2023, Northwestern University announced it had been awarded $50 million over five years from the…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH awarded $50.3 million for ‘multi-omics’ research on human health and disease
On Sept. 12, 2023, the National Institutes of Health announced it was establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and…
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Moderna received U.S. FDA approval for updated COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 11, 2023, Moderna announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental Biologics…
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Pfizer and BioNTech received U.S. FDA approval for 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 11, 2023, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | NIH | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics | Women's Health
High levels of particulate air pollution associated with increased breast cancer incidence
On Sept. 11, 2023, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that living in an area…
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White House announced $240 million in additional investment to accelerate new ways to prevent, detect, treat cancer
On Sept. 10, 2023, the White House announced $240 million in additional investment through the Advanced Research Projects…
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European Commission expanded Merck’s ERVEBO [Ebola Zaire vaccine] indication to include children 1 year of age and older
On Sept. 7, 2023, Merck announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved an expanded indication for ERVEBO…
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