Mayo Clinic launched imaging solution to enable digital pathology across the enterprise
On Jun. 25, 2020, in support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic…
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RedHill Biopharma announced data from severe COVID-19 patients showed substantial benefit to patients
On Jun. 24, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that results from the treatment of the first severe COVID-19 patients…
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Sinovac received approval from China for its quadrivalent influenza vaccine
On Jun. 24, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) issued a product license…
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Mateon selected by IBM Watson Health for use of IBM Clinical Development Solution to support clinical COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jun. 24, 2020, Oncotelic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mateon Therapeutics, announced that IBM has granted access…
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Mateon selected IQVIA for its randomized, controlled, multi-menter clinical study to test OT-101 as treatment for COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 23, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced it had selected IQVIA to manage C001, a Phase 2 randomized,…
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Flu mutation study suggested universal flu vaccine may be even more challenging than expected
On Jun. 23, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research reported that some common strains of influenza have the potential…
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Takeda received FDA approval to manufacture ENTYVIO (vedolizumab) drug substance at Brooklyn Park, Minnesota facility
On Jun. 23, 2020, Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that the FDA had approved the company’s submission for its biologics…
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University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewershed Surveillance Project
On Jun. 23, 2020, studies in the Netherlands and other places have shown that the presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2,…
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Sanofi and Translate Bio expanded collaboration and license agreement to develop mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases
On Jun. 23, 2020, Sanofi and Translate Bio announced they had agreed to expand their existing 2018 collaboration…
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INOVIO received $71 million contract from U.S. Dept of Defense to scale up manufacture of CELLECTRA 3PSP smart device
On Jun. 23, 2020, INOVIO announced it had received $71 million funding from the U.S. Department of Defense…
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Catalent partnered with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals on potential treatment for COVID-19
On Jun. 22, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of…
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The NIH halted clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 20, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial to evaluate the…
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The FDA approved first therapy for rare disease that causes low phosphate blood levels, bone softening
On Jun. 18, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical ‘s Crysvita (burosumab-twza) injection…
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Tonix Pharma and Southern Research announced expansion of COVID-19 vaccine collaboration
On Jun. 18, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an expansion of its strategic collaboration with Southern Research to include…
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ViralClear opened enrollment with first patient dosing in phase II human trial of anti-viral MMPD oral solution for treatment of COVID-19
On Jun. 17, 2020, BioSig Technologies, and its subsidiary, ViralClear, announced that it had commenced patient enrollment with…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO announced preliminary results about dexamethasone use in treating critically ill COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 16, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that initial clinical trial results from the United…
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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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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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SIGA Technologies announced Department of Defense increased funding to develop posteExposure prophylactic indication for TPOXX
On Jun. 15, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) increased research and development funding…
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A cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China was reported
On Jun. 13, 2020, officials from the WHO National Health Commission and Beijing Health Commission announced preliminary investigations…
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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…
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CIRM board approved two additional COVID-19 projects
On Jun. 12, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $349,999 to Dr. Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami at…
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Biotechnology | CDC | HIV | Therapeutics
The FDA approved drug to treat infants and children with HIV
On Jun. 12, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved ViiV Healthcare’s Tivicay (dolutegravir) tablets and…
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Two science publications highlight potential of REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail to protect against SARS-CoV-2 escape mutants
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced that Science had accepted for publication two papers describing the creation of…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 11, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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NIH researchers identified key genomic features that could differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses that cause less severe disease
On Jun. 11, 2020, a team of researchers from the National Library of Medicine identified genomic features of…
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FDA approved Bristol-Myers’ Opdivo’ (nivolumab) for treatment of patients with advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
On Jun. 11, 2020, Bristol-Myers Squibb announced that Opdivo (nivolumab) was approved by the FDA for the treatment…
