AstraZeneca announced next steps towards broad and equitable access to Oxford Universitys COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 4, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the next steps in its commitment to broad and equitable global access…
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FDA Approves Merck’s RECARBRIO™ (imipenem, cilastatin, and relebactam) for Treatment of Adults with Hospital-Acquired and Ventilator-Associated Bacterial Pneumonia
On Jun. 4, 2020, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
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Introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the greater Boston area
On Jun. 4, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the…
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Novavax awarded Department of Defense contract for COVID-19 vaccine
On Jun. 4, 2020, Novavax announced that the company had been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department…
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Successful detailed tracking of major plant disease’s global spread
On Jun. 4, 2020, Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Oregon State University collaborators announced they had developed…
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INOVIO and IVI Partnered with Seoul National University Hospital to start phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine (INO-4800) in South Korea
On Jun. 4, 2020, INOVIO and Seoul National University Hospital announced a partnership to start a Phase 1/2…
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iBio announced second COVID-19 vaccine program
On Jun. 4, 2020, iBio announced initiation of preclinical immunization studies for its second COVID-19 vaccine platform. The…
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Virginia Tech researchers established a reverse genetics system to facilitate COVID-19 research
On Jun. 4, 2020, with funding from the Fralin Life Sciences Institute at Virginia Tech, researchers James Weger-Lucarelli…
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HPV vaccine manufacturers commited to provide enough supply to immunise at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
On Jun. 3, 2020, vaccine manufacturers MSD, GSK, Innovax, Serum Institute of India (SII) and Walvax have pledged…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | Diagnostics | Neurology | NIH
NIH study ties stroke-related brain blood vessel abnormality to gut bacteria
On Jun. 3, 2020, in a nationwide study, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded researchers found that the…
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CEPI granted $141 million to consortium of Bharat Biotech and IVI to advance development of Chikungunya vaccine in collaboration with Ind-CEPI
On Jun. 3, 2020, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, in collaboration with Ind-CEPI, announced a new…
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Pfizer established $500 million program to support continued biotechnology innovation
On Jun. 2, 2020, Pfizer announced the establishment of the Pfizer Breakthrough Growth Initiative, through which Pfizer will…
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Trevena announced collaboration with Imperial College London to evaluate TRV027 in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 2, 2020, Trevena announced it had entered into a collaboration with Imperial College London to evaluate…
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NIH reported early results show benefit of remdesivir for COVID-19
On Jun. 2, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that early results showed that remdesivir benefited…
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FDA cleared IND for iNKT Cells to treat COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 2, 2020, Agenus announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) clearance of AgenTus’ IND application…
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Resverlogix announced COVID-19 clinical trial program launch
On Jun. 1, 2020, Resverlogix announced that it is moving forward with a plan to further evaluate apabetalone’s…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | Vaccine | WHO
New Ebola outbreak detected in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo
On Jun. 1, 2020,The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a new outbreak of…
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Gilead announced results from phase 3 trial of Remdesivir in patients with moderate COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced topline results from the Phase 3 SIMPLE trial in hospitalized patients…
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Emergent BioSolutions joined U.S. Government’s Warp Speed Program for COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing
On Jun. 1, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had been issued a task order under an existing contract…
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Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem synthesized four potential Covid-19 drugs for testing in biological assays
On Jun. 1, 2020, Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem announced that the Company, together with partner OntoChem GmbH, has…
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The USDA announced transition to preventive plan for virulent Newcastle disease in California
On Jun. 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced…
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Eli Lilly began world’s first study of a potential COVID-19 antibody treatment in humans
On Jun. 1, 2020, Eli Lilly announced patients have been dosed in the world’s first study of a…
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Proteostasis Therapeutics announced in vitro data for PTI-129 as potential treatment candidate for COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Proteostasis Therapeutics announced results from in vitro studies evaluating the use of PTI-129 as…
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FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for Impella RP as therapy for COVID-19 patients with right heart failure
On Jun. 1, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had issued an emergency use authorization…
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Altimmune launched clinical trial of T-COVIDTM, an investigational intranasal immune modulator for treatment of patients with early COVID-19
On Jun. 1, 2020, Altimmune announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized the Company to…
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LabCorp launched new COVID-19 clinical trial site to connect patients with U.S. research trials
On Jun. 1, 2020, LabCorp announced that Covance, its drug development business, had created COVID-19 Clinical Trial Connect…
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FDA authorized OPKO Health clinical trial evaluating RAYALDEE in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 1, 2020, OPKO Health announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized OPKO to…
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Tonix Pharma announced FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies to be Manufacturing partner for COVID-19 vaccine candidate TNX-1800
On Jun. 1, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced an agreement whereby FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies will provide contract manufacturing and…
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Cytiva and Entos Pharmaceuticals work together to accelerate development of COVID19 vaccines
On May 31, 2020, Cytiva announced their Fast Trak process development team will use their expertise to develop…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
International community rallied to support open research and science to fight COVID-19
On May 29, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that thirty countries and multiple international partners and…
