CEPI and GSK announced collaboration to strengthen the global effort to develop a vaccine for the 2019-nCoV virus
On Feb. 3, 2020, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and GSK announced a new collaboration aimed…
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CDC released the 2020 recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents, as well as for adults
On Feb. 3, 2020, the CDC released the 2020 recommended immunization schedules for children and adolescents, as well…
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Mammoth Biosciences secured contract from NIH to scale high-throughput CRISPR SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic platform
On Jan. 31, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced the company had received a contract from the National Institutes of…
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COVID-19 | Genomics | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Vaxart announced initiation of Coronavirus vaccine program
On Jan. 31, 2020, Vaxart announced it had initiated a program to develop a coronavirus vaccine candidate based…
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Taconic Biosciences Launched new immuno-oncology mouse model
On Jan 31, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced that it had expanded its immuno-oncology portfolio with the launch of…
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
On Jan. 31, 2020, the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services announced that as a result of…
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WHO declared coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency
On Jan. 30, 2020, The WHO announced that the outbreak of a deadly and fast-spreading strain of coronavirus…
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CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics
The CDC confirmed person-to-person spread of new coronavirus in the U.S.
On Jan. 30, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed that the 2019 Novel Coronavirus…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Genomics | Medical Device | Nanotechnology | Neurology | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
New center to fund ‘most exciting’ biomedical discoveries
On Jan. 30, 2020, the University of Washington (UW) announced that a new center was being created with…
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23andMe signed a strategic agreement with Almirall
On Jan. 29, 2020, 23andMe announced an agreement with Almirall to in-license 23andMe’s bispecific monoclonal antibody designed to…
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Sorrento and Celularity to initiate emergency allogeneic natural killer cell therapy development for Coronavirus infection
On Jan. 29, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced it had initiated a clinical and manufacturing collaboration with Celularity, a…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO, China leaders discuss next steps in battle against coronavirus outbreak
On Jan. 28, 2020, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, met President…
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AbCellera mobilized response to the novel coronavirus outbreak as part of its DARPA P3 program
On Jan. 28, 2020, AbCellera confirmed that it had mobilized its pandemic response platform against the ongoing outbreak…
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Alexion completed acquisition of Achillion for $930 million
On Jan. 28, 2020, Alexion Pharma announced it had completed its acquisition of Achillion Pharmaceuticals for $930 million….
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Northeastern partners with entrepreneur David Roux to launch the Roux Institute at Northeastern University
On Jan. 27, 2020, the Jackson Laboratory announced it was one of the founding partners of the Roux…
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GSK licensed tuberculosis vaccine candidate to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute for continued development
On Jan. 27, 2020, GSK announced that it had licensed its M72/AS01E[3] tuberculosis disease (TB) vaccine candidate to…
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The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas announced it had recruited its 200th CPRIT scholar
On Jan. 27, 2020, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it had recruited its…
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to global response to 2019-nCOV
On Jan. 26, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had immediately committed $10 million…
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CDC | Disease | Non-Profit Research | Vaccine
CDC published updated ACIP recommendations on the use of Td and Tdap vaccines
On Jan. 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
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NIH officials discussed novel coronavirus that recently emerged in China
On Jan. 23, 2020, the new cluster of viral pneumonia cases originating in Wuhan, China, marked the third…
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World’s first meningitis B national infant vaccination programme showed 75% drop in cases over three years
On Jan. 23, 2020, two independent meningitis B studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
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Moderna announced funding award from CEPI to accelerate development of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Jan. 23, 2020, Moderna announced a new collaboration to develop an mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus…
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers announced new insight on diabetic retinopathy
On Jan. 23, 2020, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers Megan Capozzi, PhD, John Penn, PhD, and colleagues showed…
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The Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program received NIH grant to continue work as Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation
On Jan. 23, 2020, the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program (VVRP) received a grant from the National Institutes of…
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Vir Biotec applying multiple platforms to address public health risk from coronavirus
On Jan. 22, 2020, Vir Biotech announced it was working to rapidly determine whether its previously identified anti-coronavirus…
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Johns Hopkins engineering professor Dr Lauren Gardner created the COVID dashboard used around the world to track the novel coronavirus outbreak
On Jan. 22, 2020, Johns Hopkins engineering professor Dr. Lauren Gardner created the COVID dashboard used around the…
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deCODE reported a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 69,189 cases and 702,199 controls from Iceland and UK biobank
On Jan. 20, 2020, deCODE genetics reported a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 69,189 cases and 702,199 controls from…
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Lack of new antibiotics threatens global efforts to contain drug-resistant infections
On Jan. 17, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that declining private investment and lack of innovation…
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TB Alliance announced partnership with Hongqi Pharma to commercialize therapy for d Drug-resistant TB in China
On Jan. 17, 2020, the Non-profit drug developer TB Alliance granted Shenyang Hongqi Pharmaceuticals , a subsidiary of…
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Karmanos Cancer Institute was awarded the President’s Trophy for second year in a row by McLaren Health Care
On Jan. 16, 2020, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received the President’s Trophy for the second year…
