Low-cost dexamethasone reduced death by up to one third in hospitalised patients with severe respiratory complications of COVID-19
On Jun. 16, 2020, the University of Oxford reported that overall dexamethasone reduced the 28-day mortality rate by…
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Pneumonia vaccine price dropped dramatically for lower-income countries thanks to the Gavi pneumococcal Advance Market Commitment
On Jun. 16, 2020, lower-income countries across the world have access life-saving pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, which protect against…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
San Diego’s scientific and medical institutes collaborated on large-scale research program to study spread of COVID-19
On Jun. 16, 2020, a consortium that includes many of San Diego’s top medical and scientific research institutes…
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The FDA warned of newly discovered potential drug interaction that may reduce effectiveness of COVID-19 treatment
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned health care providers about a newly…
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The FDA revoked Emergency Use Authorization for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) that…
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NIH launched analytics platform to harness nationwide COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
On Jun. 15, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched a centralized, secure enclave…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Medical Device | Neurology | Therapeutics
The FDA permitted marketing of first game-based digital therapeutic to improve attention function in children with ADHD
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
Batavia Biosciences and Valneva collaborated to accelerate development of low-cost inactivated polio vaccine
On Jun. 15, 2020, Batavia Biosciences and Valneva announced a collaboration agreement to accelerate market-access of a low-cost…
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Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
On Jun. 15, 2020, a team led by Scripps Research discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19…
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Lilly begans phase 3 clinical trial with baricitinib for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 15, 2020, Eli Lilly announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase 3…
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Catalent announced agreement with AstraZeneca to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 15, 2020, Catalent announced that it will provide vial filling and packaging capacity to AstraZeneca at…
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SIGA Technologies announced Department of Defense increased funding to develop Post Exposure prophylactic indication for TPOXX
On Jun. 15, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced that it had been awarded a multi-year contract from the United…
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Immunic announced first patients dosed in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial of IMU-838 in COVID-19
On Jun. 15, 2020, Immunic announced dosing of the first patients in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial…
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Cleveland Clinic researchers developed first model to predict likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 and outcomes from the disease
On Jun. 15, 2020, Cleveland Clinic researchers announced have developed the world’s first risk prediction model for healthcare…
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WHO reported cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, China
On Jun. 13, 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reported that it was following up with Chinese authorities…
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AstraZeneca to supply Europe with up to 400 million doses of Oxford University’s vaccine at no profit
On Jun. 13, 2020, AstraZeneca announced it had reached an agreement with Europe’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance (IVA), spearheaded…
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Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories entered into a licensing agreement with Gilead Sciences for Remdesivir
On Jun. 13, 2020, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories announced that it had entered into a non-exclusive Licensing Agreement with Gilead…
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Sinovac announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trials for inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Jun. 13, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trial for the Company’s…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology | Vaccine
FDA approved HPV vaccine Gardasil as throat cancer prevention
On Jun. 12, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved an expanded indication for…
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Mutated coronavirus shows significant boost in infectivity
On Jun. 12, 2020, a tiny genetic mutation in the SARS coronavirus 2 variant circulating throughout Europe and…
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CIRM board approved two additional COVID-19 projects
On Jun. 12, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved two additional…
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Cue Health received FDA EUA for Its rapid, portable, molecular point-of-care COVID-19 test
On Jun. 12, 2020, Cue Health announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food…
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Biotechnology | CDC | FDA | HIV | Therapeutics
The FDA approved drug to treat infants and children with HIV
On June 12, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Tivicay (dolutegravir) tablets and Tivicay PD…
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Biotechnology | FDA | HIV | Therapeutics
ViiV Healthcare announced FDA approval of the first-ever dispersible tablet formulation of dolutegravir for children living with HIV
On Jun. 12, 2020, ViiV Healthcare, a GSK company, with Pfizer and Shionogi Limited, announced the FDA had…
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FDA | Neurology | Ophthalmogy | Rare Disease
The FDA approved new therapy for rare disease affecting optic nerve, spinal cord
On Jun. 11, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Viela Bio’s Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) injection for intravenous…
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Oldest relative of ragworms and earthworms discovered
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter, Yunnan and Bristol announced they had discovered…
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Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be US manufacturing partner for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 11, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced deployment of its molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to…
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Quidel received BARDA funding to develop point-of-care diagnostic assay that includes COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Quidel announced it had received funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority…
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AIM ImmunoTech filed provisional patent application for ose of Ampligen(R) as potential therapy for COVID-19 Induced chronic fatigue
On Jun. 11, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for, among other…
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Moderna advanced late-stage development of vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Moderna announced progress on late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Company’s mRNA vaccine candidate against…
