BioNTech received €375M in funding from German Federal Ministry to support COVID-19 vaccine program BNT162
On Sept. 15, 2020, BioNTech announced that it will receive a grant of up to 375 million Euro…
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Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2020, UT Southwestern research suggested conditions related to obesity, including inflammation and leaky gut, leave…
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UTHealth joined NIH trial to test antibodies and other experimental outpatient treatments for COVID-19 pneumonia
On Sept. 15, 2020, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) announced that a study…
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Novavax announced COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing agreement with Serum Institute of India
On Sept. 15, 2020, Novavax announced an amendment to its existing agreement with Serum Institute of India which…
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Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union tracked strains of SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 15, 2020, initial findings reported by the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union (ACGU) suggested that following Arizona’s…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH augmented large scale study of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
On Sept. 14, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had added funding for more…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Non-Profit Research | Vaccine
Flu may increase the spread of Covid-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin and the Institut…
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The US Dept of Defense awarded contracts for COVID-19 disposable isolation gowns
On Sept. 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), on behalf of the Department of Health and…
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Valneva announced COVID-19 vaccine partnership with UK Government
On Sept. 14, 2020, Valneva announced a vaccine partnership with the UK government for its inactivated COVID-19 vaccine,…
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Vaxart announced FDA clearance of IND application for oral COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Vaxart announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its review…
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Mateon global study for Artemisinin intervention against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in India
On Sept. 14, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that its global study based on its ARTI-19 protocol for Artemisinin…
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Valneva and Dynavax announced commercial supply agreement for inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced a commercial partnership for the supply of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant…
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Genomic leaders collaborated to create Australia’s first national COVID-19 tracking system
On Sept. 14, 2020, Illumina announced that the Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus…
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Baricitinib in combination with remdesivir reduced time to recovery in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in ACTT-2 Trial
On Sept. 14, 2020, Eli Lilly and Incyte announced initial data from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-2)…
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RECOVERY COVID-19 phase 3 trial evaluated Regeneron’s REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail in the UK
On Sept. 14, 2020, Regeneron and the University of Oxford announced that RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY),…
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Meridian launched novel SARS-CoV-2 antibody pair designed for developing highly sensitive rapid antigen tests from saliva
On Sept. 14, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced the launch of a novel highly sensitive SARS-CoV-2 antibody pair to…
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Text analysis software track global biothreats, such as COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) reported that U.S. analysts monitoring global biothreats…
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Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced partnership for cannabinoid drug development and cancer clinical trials
On Sept. 14, 2020, Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced they had entered into a collaborative research agreement…
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Gilead Sciences announced acquisition of Immunomedics for $21 billion
On Sept. 13, 2020, Gilead Sciences and Immunomedics announced an agreement whereby Gilead would acquire Immunomedics for $88.00…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 clinical trials resumed in the UK
On Sept. 12 2020, Clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, have resumed in the UK…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | FDA | Vaccine
BioNTech and Pfizer proposed expansion of pivotal COVID-19 vaccine trial
On Sept. 12, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had submitted an amended protocol to the FDA…
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Transmission of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with child care facilities in Utah
On Sept. 11, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that twelve children acquired…
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MediciNova announced intranasal RS virus vaccine vuccessfully induced neutralizing antibodies against RS virus in mice
On Sept. 11, 2020, MediciNova announced that BioComo, co-developer of MediciNova’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19, announced that its…
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Todos Medical announced commercial launch of COVID-19 qPCR test kits in the U.S.
On Sept. 11, 2020, Todos Medical announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added the…
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NIH ACTIV initiative launched adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2020, the National Institutes of Health launched two of three adaptive Phase 3 clinical trials…
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Corvus Pharmaceuticals provided update on clinical trial of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced updated data from its ongoing Phase 1 study investigating the potential…
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The ACIP updated flu vaccine recommendations for 2020-2021
On Sept. 9, 2020, the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) reviewed and agreed with the Advisory Committee…
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Valneva announced IXIARO supply contract with the U.S. Government worth up to $166 million
On Sept. 9, 2020, Valneva announced the signing of a new contract, lasting up to three years, with…
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Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19
On Sept. 9, 2020, Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital reported that patients hospitalized with severe…
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Head-to-head study demonstrated equivalency and accuracy of COVID-19 rapid point-of-care tests, despite test sensitivity claims
On Sept. 9, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the results of a new research study that demonstrated performance…
