Landmark partnership announced for development of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2020, the University of Oxford announced an agreement with the UK-based global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca…
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Medigen Vaccines SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Kit obtained CE Marking and Taiwan MOHW’s approval
On Apr. 30, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVC) announced its SARS-CoV-2 qPCR Kit complied with EU CE requirements,…
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Mateon announced peer reviewed publication on its R&D effort against COVID-19
On Apr. 30, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics report several peer-reviewed publications derived from its R&D effort against COVID-19. Published April…
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Nature publication presents new ‘Blueprint’ revealed how SARS-CoV-2 virus hijacks human cells
On Apr. 30, 2020, an international team of more than 120 scientists has detailed the impact of 75…
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Emory University launched study on COVID-19 immune responses
On Apr. 30, 2020, Emory University researchers are taking part in a multi-site study across the U.S. to…
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InBios obtained BARDA funding to develop point-of-care COVID-19 test
On Apr. 30, 2020, InBios announced that it had been awarded a contract from the Biomedical Advanced Research…
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Clinical trial of drug hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19 began at Montefiore and Einstein
On Apr. 29, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that they…
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Windtree announced first patient enrolled in AEROSURF bridging study for treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome
On Apr. 29, 2020, Windtree Therapeutics announced it has enrolled the first patient into its AEROSURF phase 2b…
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Texas A&M researchers lead testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, a team of Texas A&M University researchers asked hundreds of frontline medical workers to…
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NIH clinical trial shows remdesivir accelerated recovery from advanced COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and…
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Gilead announced results from phase 3 trial of investigational antiviral Remdesivir in patients with severe COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, Gilead announced topline results from the open-label, Phase 3 SIMPLE trial evaluating 5-day and…
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Electron microscopy technique revealed how a key human antibody disarms many strains of HIV
On Apr. 29, 2020, Scripps researchers announced they had developed a method for examining the machinery of HIV…
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Emory University helped lead research on drug to treat COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 29, 2020, Emory University played a leading role in the government-sponsored clinical trial of the COVID-19…
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Clinical trial began to see if convalescent plasma can treat COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine and NYU Langone…
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Entos Pharmaceuticals partnered with EpiVax to develop a pan-Coronavirus DNA vaccine
On Apr. 28, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced a collaboration with EpiVax, a world leading informatics and immunology biotechnology…
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Dutch consortium began production of millions of medical face masks for healthcare professionals in the Netherlands
On Apr. 28, 2020, the Dutch consortium of AFPRO Filters, Royal Auping, and Royal DSM has begun large-scale…
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Illumina’s donation to Africa Centre for Disease Control expanded capability for sequencing-based COVID-19 surveillance
On Apr. 28, 2020, Illumina announced that the African Union Commission, on behalf of the Africa Center for…
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Secarna Pharma entered into cooperation with Guangzhou’s Sun Yat-sen University to develop treatment for SARS-CoV-2 viral infections
On Apr. 28, 2020, Secarna Pharmaceuticals announced that the Company had entered into a cooperation with the First…
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Sarepta Therapeutics announced research agreement with U.S. DoD to evaluate multiple constructs from proprietary RNA platform as treatments for COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2020, Sarepta Therapeutics announced the Company and the USAMRIID, the Department of Defense’s lead laboratory…
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Chimerix received FDA clearance for rolling submission of New Drug Application for brincidofovir as medical countermeasure for smallpox
On Apr. 28, 2020, Chimerix announced it had received clearance from the FDA for a rolling submission of…
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INOVIO and GeneOne reported positive phase 1/2a clinical data with DNA vaccine INO-4700 for MERS Coronavirus
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO and GeneOne Life Science announced interim data through week 16 from a Phase 1/2a…
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UW-Madison researchers created hybrids of six yeast species to combine useful traits
On Apr. 28, 2020, researchers at the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have…
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Merck and Institute for Systems Biology collaborate to define molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify potential prognostic biomarkers
On Apr. 27, 2020, Merck and the Institute for Systems Biology announced a new research collaboration to investigate…
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CTI Biopharma announced initiation of phase 3 PRE-VENT study evaluating Pacritinib in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19
On Apr. 27, 2020, CTI BioPharma announced initiation of PRE-VENT, a Phase 3 study evaluating pacritinib in hospitalized…
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Atossa Therapeutics contracted with NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan for COVID-19 HOPE clinical study
On Apr. 27, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced that it had contracted with NYC Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan in New…
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Six COVID-19 patients treated with RedHills opaganib under compassionate use show objective clinical improvement
On Apr. 27, 2020, RedHill Biopharma provided an additional update on the compassionate use program with its investigational…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
Mateon announced filing of IND with FDA to evaluate antisense drug candidate OT-101 in COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 27, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced announced it has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | CRISPR | EPA | FDA | Genomics | USDA
Yield10 Bioscience obtains positive response from USDA-APHIS on regulatory status of CRISPR genome-edited C3007 trait in camelina
On Apr. 27, 2020, Yield10 Bioscience announced that it has obtained a positive response from USDA-APHIS’s Biotechnology Regulatory Services…
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Neurocrine Biosciences announced FDA approval of ONGENTYS as treatment for patients with Parkinson’s Disease
On Apr. 27, 2020, Neurocrine Biosciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved once-daily oral…
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ARTES joined global combat against Corona with virus-like particle based platform technologies
On Apr. 27, 2020, ARTES Biotechnology, the German-based biotech company specializing in process development for recombinant vaccines, entered…
