Mammoth Biosciences secured U.S. DoD award to develop CRISPR-based diagnostics and biosurveillance platforms
On Jan. 14, 2021, Mammoth Biosciences announced that it had secured a subcontract with MRIGlobal, the prime contractor…
Cepheid received Health Canada license for SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV combination test
On Jan. 14, 2021, Cepheid that Health Canada announced that it had issued Cepheid a medical device license…
NIAID scientists studied salmonella swimming behavior as clues to infection
On Jan. 13, 2021, National Institutes of Health scientists and their colleagues announced they had identified a S….
Blood test showed promise for early detection of acute heart transplant rejection
On Jan. 13, 2021, researchers announced they had developed a blood test that could make it possible for…
Oxford Immunotec’s T-SPOT SARS-CoV-2 test used to measure efficacy of Valneva’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 13, 2021, Oxford Immunotec announced the start of a collaboration with Valneva whereby it will perform…
Mateon announced positive interim results from its ARTI-19 clinical trial evaluating ARTIVeda against COVID-19
On Jan. 13, 2021, Mateon Therapeutics reported positive interim results from its ARTI-19 clinical trial evaluating ARTIVedaTM against…
The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
On Jan. 13, 2021, the USDAﾒs (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that…
Alexion updated phase 3 study of ULTOMIRISﾮ (ravulizumab-cwvz) in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 13, 2021, Alexion announced the decision to pause further enrollment in the global Phase 3 study…
Tests at an Oregon mink farm showed SARS-CoV-2 still present with no virus mutations
On Jan. 13, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) continueed to test, survey, and trap at an…
SIGA announced Public Health Agency of Canada contract to purchase $33 million of Oral TPOXX
On Jan. 13, 2021, SIGA Technologies announced that the Public Health Agency of Canada had awarded a contract…
UNICEF, WHO, IFRC and MSF announced the establishment of a global Ebola vaccine stockpile
On Jan. 12, 2021, the four leading international health and humanitarian organizations announced the establishment of a global…
Global scientists doubled down on SARS-CoV-2 variants research
On Jan. 12, 2021, the WHO announced that global scientists were intensifying research into COVID-19 to expand its…
FDA accepted for Priority Review the BLA for V114, Merckﾒs investigational 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
On Jan. 12, 2021, Merck announced the FDA accepted for priority review a Biologics License Application (BLA) for…
Rising protocol design complexity reported driving rapid growth in clinical trial data volume
On Jan. 12, 2021, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported that ever more complex…
Regeneron announced US Government sgreement to purchase additional COVID-19 antibody cocktail doses
On Jan. 12, 2021, Regeneron announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the…
Swissmedic authorized COVID-19 vaccine Moderna for Use in Switzerland
On Jan. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that Swissmedic, the Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products, had authorized the COVID-19…
UC Berkeley scientists mapped coronavirus protein linked to disease severity
On Jan. 12, 2021, UC Berkeley HIV researchers announced that they had determined the atomic structure of a…
Abbott announced fulfillment of Federal government purchase of 150 million BinaxNOWﾙ COVID-19 Rapid Tests
On Jan. 12, 2021, Abbott announced it had received FDA 510(k) clearance for the first rapid handheld traumatic…
Biotechnology | Disease | Genomics | Oncology
UTSW researchers identified new gene involved in breast cancer growth
On Jan. 12, 2021, a team researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern (UTSW) announced they had identified…
Roche’s Xofluza approved by the EC for treatment of influenza, first new influenza antiviral in almost 20 years
On Jan. 11, 2021, Roche announced that the European Commission (EC) had approved Xofluza (baloxavir marboxil) for the…
Baxter Biopharma Solutions announced sterile manufacturing agreement for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Jan. 11, 2021, Baxter announced an agreement to provide sterile manufacturing services for NVX-CoV2373, Novavax COVID-19 recombinant…
Biotechnology | CRISPR | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA cleared initiation of the Editas Medicine’s EDIT-301 clinical trial using CRISPR/Cas12a gene editing
On Jan. 11, 2021, Editas Medicine announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared the initiation…
Abbott received CE Mark for its COVID-19 IgG quantitative antibody blood test
On Jan. 11, 2021, Abbott announced it had received FDA 510(k) clearance for the first rapid handheld traumatic…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | HIV | Influenza | Vaccine
Moderna announced three new development programs in infectious disease vaccines
On Jan. 11, 2021, Moderna announced that it was expanding its pipeline of innovative vaccines with three new…
AXIM released manuscript describing rapid point-of-care test that measures COVID-19 neutralizing antibodies
On Jan. 11, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had released a preprint of its manuscript describing the…
T2 Biosystems T2SARS-CoV-2 panel proved effective with global rise in variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Jan. 11, 2021, T2 Biosystems announced that its T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel – a molecular diagnostic test that detects…
FDA conditionally approved first oral tablet to treat lymphoma in dogs
On Jan. 11, 2021, the FDA conditionally approved Anivive Lifesciences’ Laverdia-CA1 (verdinexor tablets) to treat dogs with lymphoma,…
CureVac’s COVID-19 caccine aandidate, CVnCoV, demonstrated efficient protection of non-human primates
On Jan. 11, 2021, CureVac announced the publication of preclinical data demonstrating the induction of robust antibody and…
Humanigen announced CRADA agreement with US government to develop lenzilumab for COVID-19
On Jan. 10, 2021, Humanigen announced that they were partnering to make lenzilumab available to hospitalized and hypoxic…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Oncology | Radiology | Therapeutics
American Cancer Society reported largest one-year drop in cancer mortality from 1991-2017
On Jan. 8, 2021, the American Cancer Society reported that the death rate from cancer in the U.S….