Thermo Fisher Scientific increased availability of COVID-19 testing with sample collection kit from Everlywell
On Oct. 19, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received an expansion of its Emergency Use Authorization…
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RNA ‘ticker tape’ records gene activity over time
On Oct. 19, 2020, researchers at MIT, Harvard, and the Broad Institute of MIT announced they had developed…
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Bio-Techne announced commercial release of SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen serology assay kit for simple western
On Oct. 19, 2020, Bio-Techne announced that ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, released its SARS-CoV-2 Multi-Antigen Serology Module for…
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LabCorp and Swedish extended laboratory services relationship providing access to COVID-19 testing and diagnostics
On Oct. 19, 2020, LabCorp and Swedish, the largest nonprofit healthcare system in the Puget Sound region, announced…
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LabCorp launched quantitative antibody test to assess effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials
On Oct. 19, 2020, LabCorp announced a test that provided a quantitative measurement of an individual’s SARS-CoV-2 IgG…
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BARDA reselected ICON as preferred partner to help strengthen U.S. emergency preparedness and response
On Oct. 19, 2020, ICON announced that it had been re-selected by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…
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Just – Evotec Biologics received grant to enable an antibody product for the prevention of COVID-19
On Oct. 19, 2020, Evotec announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary, Just – Evotec Biologics had received a grant…
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NIH began large clinical trial to test immune modulators for treatment of COVID-19
On Oct. 16, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to…
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BD announce assay for immune assessment of COVID-19 patients available in Europe
On Oct. 16, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the CE mark and European availability of a product for…
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U.S. DOD awarded $6.98 million to Teel Plastics to increase production of Swabsticks for COVID-19 testing
On Oct. 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
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Entos announced spin-off company Aegis Life to support global vaccine commercialization
On Oct. 15, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announces that its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, will pursuing U.S….
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Solidarity Therapeutics trial produced conclusive evidence on effectiveness of repurposed drugs for COVID-19
On Oct. 15, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Interim that results from the Solidarity Therapeutics Trial,…
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University of Oxford scientists developed extremely rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19
On Oct. 15, 2020, scientists from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics announced they had developed an…
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Ionis antisense medicine evaluated in an investigator-initiated clinical study of COVID-19 patients in Brazil
On Oct. 15, 2020, Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced that IONIS-PKK-LRx was being evaluated in an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical…
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals enrolled first participant in PRECISION Study for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
On Oct. 15, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study…
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Fred Hutch completed move-in of Lake Union Steam Plant
On Nov. 9, 2020, after more than two years of reconstruction efforts, scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer…
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4D Nucleome Program Projects launched to map the nucleus, the information center of our cells
On Oct. 15, 2020 research teams from two divisions of the Allen Institute, the Allen Institute for Cell…
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Global tuberculosis progress at risk during COVID-19 pandemic
On Oct. 14, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries…
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WHO announced position on genetically modified mosquitoes
On Oct. 14, 2020, recognizing the urgent need for new tools to combat vector-borne diseases (VBDs), and in…
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FDA approved first treatment for Ebola virus
On Oct. 14, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Regeneron Pharmaceutical’s Inmazeb (atoltivimab, maftivimab, and…
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US DOD expanded collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture an investigational mab to prevent COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD)…
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Vaxart announced positive hamster challenge study data for its oral COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 14, 2020, Vaxart announced topline results from its Hamster Challenge Study. The available results show that…
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Thermo Fisher announced plans to expand sterile filling capacity for therapies and vaccines with new facility in Singapore
On Oct. 14, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced plans to develop two new sterile filling lines in Singapore…
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Moderna received confirmation of eligibility for submission of MAA to the European Medicines Agency for COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 14, 2020, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced it had received an application for conditional marketing…
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America’s Top Young Scientist of 2020: 14-year-old researched spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Oct. 14, 2020, 3M and Discovery Education announced they had named 14-year-old Anika Chebrolu from Frisco, Texas,…
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Tevogen Bio submitted IND for T cell treatment in COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, Tevogen Bio announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to develop a COVID-19…
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Regeneron’s antibody cocktail REGN-EB3 (Inmazeb) first FDA-approved treatment for Ebola (Zaire Ebolavirus)
On Oct. 14, 2020, Regeneron announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Inmazeb (atoltivimab,…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication of phase 1 data on lead mRNA vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preliminary, peer-reviewed data from the Phase 1 portion of…
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Cue received $481 million award to expand domestic production capacity of molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 13, 2020, Cue Health announced a $481 Million award from the Department of Defense (DOD), on…
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Moderna announced initiation of rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 13, 2020, Moderna announced initiation of a rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA-1273, the Company’s…
