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,…
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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…
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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)…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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USDA confirmed COVID-19 infection in a Coatimundi at an Illinois Zoo
On Oct. 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Research Service (ARS) announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the…
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Moderna announced FDA Advisory Committee unanimously voted in support of EUA for booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 14, 2021, Moderna confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Cepheid received CE Mark for Xpert Xpress CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus
On Oct. 14, 2021, Cepheid announced it had received the CE mark for Xpert Xpress CoV-2/Flu/RSV plus, a…
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Democratic Republic of the Congo started Ebola vaccination
On Oct. 13, 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that vaccination…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | HIV | Life Science History | Non-Profit Research | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks
On Oct. 13, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s…
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Moderna announced COVAX exercised option to purchase 176.5 million additional doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance had exercised its option to purchase an…
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INOVIO announced preprint publication of homologous boosting data for its COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800
On Oct. 12, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced online preprint publication in MedRxiv of Phase 1 clinical data on…
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COVID-19 | Disease | HIV | Measles | Medicine | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Resilience collaborated with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to develop next-gen biomanufacturing technologies
On Oct. 12, 2021, National Resilience announced a strategic collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to implement…
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Washington University School of Medicine reported antiviral compound blocked SARS-CoV-2 from entering cells
On Oct. 11, 2021, scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced they had developed…
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Merck and Ridgeback announced Submission of EUA to the FDA for Molnupiravir, an Investigational Oral antiviral medicine, for treatment of COVID-19
On Oct. 11, 2021, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced that Merck had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
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INOVIO expanded INNOVATE phase 3 for INO-4800 to include Colombia
On Oct. 11, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received authorization from Colombia’s INVIMA, to conduct the…
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Ebola case reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Oct. 8, 2021, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a…
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Duke University-led study showed Vaxart’s oral COVID-19 vaccine candidate reduced transmission of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Oct. 7, 2021, Vaxart announced that a Duke University-led study published in bioRxiv showed that Vaxart’s (investigational…
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PerkinElmer received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for respiratory SARS-CoV-2 panel
On Oct. 7, 2021, PerkinElmer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued Emergency Use…
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Moderna announced state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa to manufacture up to 500 million doses per year
On Oct. 7, 2021, Moderna announced it was building a state-of-the-art mRNA facility in Africa with the goal…
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Diagnostics | NIH | Vaccine
BD unveiled Nebraska-based manufacturing capacity to support U.S. vaccination agility and preparedness
On Oct. 7, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced it had strengthened the U.S. government’s access to safety injection…
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WHO, UN set out steps to meet world COVID vaccination targets
On Oct. 7, 2021, the World Health Organization launched the Strategy to Achieve Global Covid-19 Vaccination by mid-2022…
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U.S. CDC reported more than 140,000 U.S. children lost a primary or secondary caregiver due to COVID-19 pandemic
On Oct. 7, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported One U.S. child loses a…
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NIH BRAIN Initiative unveiled detailed Atlas of the Mammalian Primary Motor Cortex
On Oct. 6, 2021, the The NIH Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologiesﾮ (BRAIN?) Initiative Cell Census Network…
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AIM ImmunoTech published phase 1 clinical study data supporting the safety of Ampligen as intranasal therapy
On Oct. 6, 2021, AIM ImmunoTech released detailed safety data from a Phase 1 clinical study which supported…
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Vaxartﾠbegan recruiting in global phase II COVID-19 oral tablet vaccine clinical trial
On Oct. 6, 2021, Vaxart announced that it had begun recruiting subjects for its Phase II COVID-19 oral…
