Japan became first country to approve Regeneron antibody cocktail (casirivimab and imdevimab) for treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 20, 2021, Regeneron announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) had approved Regeneron’s…
Merck Announces FDA approval of VAXNEUVANCE for prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease
On Jul. 16, 2021, Merck announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved VAXNEUVANCE (Pneumococcal 15-valent…
U.S. FDA granted Priority Review for Biologics License Application for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 16, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted…
CDC and Texas confirmed Monkeypox In U.S. traveler
On Jul. 16, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) annouced and the Texas Department of…
Corvus discontinued phase 3 study of mupadolimab for COVID-19 due to vaccine effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations
On Jul. 15, 2021, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had discontinued its Phase 3 study of mupadolimab for…
iBio reported successful preclinical immunization studies with next-gen nucleocapsid COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 15, 2021, iBio announced that preclinical studies of IBIO-202, its subunit vaccine candidate that targets the…
Hologic obtained European CE Mark for use of saliva samples with COVID-19 test
On Jul. 14, 2021, Hologic announced that it had obtained a CE Mark for the use of saliva…
Relief Therapeutics reported that partner, NRx Pharma, and Quantum Leap announced treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients
On Jul. 13, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS reported that its collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborativeﾙ…
U.S. FDA announced revisions JNJ COVID-19 Vaccine fact sheets to include information pertaining to Guillain-Barre Syndrome
On Jul. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revisions to the vaccine recipient and vaccination provider…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Argentina for 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 12, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the government of Argentina for 20 million doses…
10 million doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine supplied to Taiwan Region
On Jul. 12, 2021, BioNTech announced that Fosun Industrial Co. had reached advance procurement agreements for the mRNA-based…
Gavi signed agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac for immediate supply to COVAX
On Jul. 12, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced that it had signed advance purchase agreements with Sinopharm…
UKﾒs MHRA accepted Humanigenﾒs submission of Lenzilumab for Marketing Authorization in COVID-19 for expedited rolling review
On Jul. 9, 2021, Humanigen announced its submission for Marketing Authorization for lenzilumab in COVID-19, begun in Jun….
Tree DNA helped convict Washington timber thief after fire
On Jul. 9, 2021, a federal jury convicted a timber thief who authorities said started a large forest…
U.S. FDA issued an EUA to Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics for VITROS Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG quantitative test
On Jul. 9, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Ortho-Clinical…
Rapid decrease in lung cancer and melanoma deaths lead overall continued decline in cancer death rate
On Jul. 8, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that the overall cancer death rates continue…
NIH study associated COVID-19 surged with mortality increases for patients
On Jul. 8, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a new study authored by scientists…
Collaboration created worldﾒs largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human disease
On Jul. 8, 2021, access to the worldﾒs largest browsable resource linking rare protein-coding genetic variants to human…
Pfizer and BioNTech provided update on booster program in light of the Delta-variant
On Jul. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced encouraging data in the ongoing booster trial of a third…
Rice, Rutgers announced development of inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
On Jul. 7, 2021, Rice University announced a study to develop an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. The project led…
WHO recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urged producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access
On Jul. 6, 2021, the World Health Organization announced updated patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers,…
Dynavax and Biological E announced agreement of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant for Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 6, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Biological E announced the execution of a commercial supply agreement of…
Becton Dickinson and CerTest teamed up to detect covid-19 in saliva
On Jul. 5, 2021, CerTest Biotec and BD announces addition of saliva to the CE Marked VIASURE SARS-CoV-2…
NIH COVID-19 testing initiative funded additional research projects to safely return children to in-person school
On Jul. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health funding five additional projects to identify ways of safely…
U.S. FDA authorized an EUA for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine manufacture at Emergent facility
On Jul. 2, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use, under the emergency use authorization…
Moderna announced Recipharm site in France manufacturing COVID-19 Vaccine following approval by EMA
On Jul. 1, 2021, Moderna confirmed that following the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Human Medicines (CHMP)…
HDT Bio received notice to proceed from FDA for U.S. phase 1 clinical trial of RNA COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 1, 2021, HDT Bio announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had reviewed the companyﾒs Investigational…
Ateaﾒs AT-527 oral antiviral drug candidate reduced viral replication in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Jun. 30, 2021, Atea Pharmaceuticals announced positive interim results from the global Phase 2 study evaluating AT-527…
NIH-funded screening study builds case for frequent COVID-19 antigen testing
On Jun. 30, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced a highly anticipated study that compared rapid antigen…
CureVac announced final data from phase 2b/3 trial of first-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Jun. 30, 2021, CureVac announced results from the final analysis of its 40,000 subject international pivotal Phase…