Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Genomics | HIV | Vaccine
Winners of 2022 Breakthrough Prizes In Life Sciences announced
On Sept. 22, 2021, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation and its founding sponsors announced the 2022 winners of the…
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INOVIO received regulatory authorization to conduct phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in Mexico
On Sept. 22, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received authorization from COFEPRIS, the national health regulatory…
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Pfizer and BioNTech expanded U.S. collaboration to provide 500 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to poorest countries
On Sept. 22, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced plans to expand their agreement with the U.S. government by…
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Veklury (Remdesivir) significantly reduced risk of hospitalization in high-risk patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 22, 2021, Gilead Sciences announced positive results from a Phase 3 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to…
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The Medicines Patent Pool secured its first licence for malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis C
On Sept. 21, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) announced that it had signed a licence agreement with…
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University of Oxford and Oracle Cloud System helped researchers identify COVID-19 variants faster
On Sept. 20, 2021, the University of Oxford and Oracle’s Global Pathogen Analysis System announced that it was…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced positive topline results from pivotal trial of COVID-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11 years
On Sept. 20, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from a Phase 2/3 trial showing a favorable safety…
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CDC to invest $2.1 billion to protect patients and healthcare workers from COVID-19 and future infectious diseases
On Sept. 17, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a $2.1 billion investment to…
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Great cats tested presumptive positive for COVID-19 at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo
On Sept. 17, 2021, the lions and tigers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo were reported testing presumptive positive…
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Zoo Atlanta reported nine western lowland gorillas tested positive for COVID-19
On Sept. 17, 2021, Zoo Atlanta reported that of the 20 gorillas at the Zoo, 18 showed clinical…
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US Department of Defense awarded $647 million in contracts for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits
On Sept. 17, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the biggest decrease in life expectancy since World War II
On Sept. 17, 2021, Oxfordﾒs Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science reported the COVID-19 pandemic triggered life expectancy losses…
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Moderna announces Health Canada approves its COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 16, 2021, Moderna announced Health Canada had approved the New Drug Submission (NDS-CV) for SPIKEVAX (elasomeran…
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Novavax included in University of Oxford Com-COV3 study comparing mixed COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents
On Sept. 16, 2021, Novavax announced its participation in a newly expanded Phase 2 clinical trial called Comparing…
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Africa faced 470 million COVID-19 vaccine shortfall in 2021
On Sept. 16, 2021, the WHO reported that the continent faced almost 500 million doses short of the…
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Celsion and Hainan Poly Pharm signed agreement to manufacture Celsionﾒs DNA-based vaccine
On Sept. 16, 2021, Celsion and Hainan Poly Pharm announced an amendment to their existing contract manufacturing agreement…
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Oragenics initiated COVID-19 challenge study evaluating multiple formulations of its SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidate
On Sept. 15, 2021, Oragenics announced the initiation of a study to evaluate the immunogenicity and viral load…
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Moderna reported clinical data on its COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 15, 2021, Moderna announced new analysis suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective against circulating…
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NIH builds large nationwide study population of tens of thousands to support research on long-term effects of COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded nearly $470 million to build a national…
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Guinea declared end of Marburg virus disease outbreak
On Sept. 15, 2021, Guinea declared the end of the Marburg virus disease outbreak having recorded no new…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA EUA for COVID-19 IgG antibody rapid test
On Sept. 15, 2021, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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US Department of Defense awarded $3.2 billion in contract modifications for monoclonal antibodies
On Sept. 15, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
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Emergent BioSolutions announced manufacturing agreement with Providence Therapeutics for mRNA COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Sept. 14, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced a five-year contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services agreement spanning Emergentﾒs…
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Regeneron announced U.S. Government agreement to purchase additional REGEN-COV antibody cocktail
On Sept. 14, 2021, Regeneron announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and…
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City of Hope trial was first to test an investigational COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised bone marrow transplant
On Sept. 14, 2021, City of Hope announced that it had begun enrolling patients in a Phase 2…
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World global health leaders made urgent call to accelerate vaccination globally
On Sept. 14, 2021, the WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health…
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Misdirected antibodies linked to severe COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2021, the NIH announced that an international project called the COVID Human Genetic Effort has…
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Twist Bioscience committed to deliver synthetic RNA controls to fight Delta plus variants of COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced that it had started shipping its synthetic RNA reference controls for…
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Twist Bioscience collaborates with Adicet Bio to accelerate discovery of Gamma Delta T cell cancer therapeutics
On Sept. 13, 2021, Twist Bioscience announced and Adicet Bio announced a collaboration to accelerate the discovery of…
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Atlanta Zoo’s western lowland gorillas tested presumptive positive for COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2021, Zoo Atlanta reported that it had received presumptive positive test results indicating that members…
