Rice University COVID-19 research fund awarded first grants
On Apr. 20, 2020, the Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it will support…
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Five Oxford University COVID-19 projects received UK Research and Innovation funding
On Apr. 17, 2020, five projects from across Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division were among twenty-one new studies…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Roche developed new serology test to detect COVID-19 antibodies
On Apr. 17, 2020, Roche announced the development and upcoming launch of its Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to…
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Kaiser Permanente Washington announced Coronavirus vaccine trial to include older people
On Apr. 17, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that older adults were being enrolled…
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Incyte announced initiation of phase 3 RUXCOVID study evaluating Ruxolitinib (Jakafi) as treatment for COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 17, 2020, Incyte announced the initiation of RUXCOVID, a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 clinical…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | NIH | Vaccine
Emory University Began enrolling older adults in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
On Apr. 17, 2020, Emory University announced it had begun enrolling adults over age 55 in the clinical…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Influenza | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Celdara Medical entered into a CRADA with USAMRIID and the Geneva Foundation
On Apr. 17, 2020, Celdara Medical announced that it had entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement…
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Slower clearance of Coronavirus infection may explain why men fare worse than women
On Apr. 17, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may have solved…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
OHSU received more than $11 million to continue brain, cognitive development research
On Apr. 17, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced nearly $290 million of new funding for…
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University of Washington blood test detected past infections with new coronavirus
On Apr. 17, 2020, the University of Washington Medicine announced that a new clinical blood test will be…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Oncology | Therapeutics
FDA approved first new drug under international collaboration for patients with HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
On Apr. 17, 2020, as part of Project Orbis, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Seagen’s…
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Biotechnology | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics
Roswell Park’s Dr. Pawel Kalinski lead $14.5 million NCI-funded immunotherapy effort
On Apr. 16, 2020, a team led by Pawel Kalinski, MD, PhD, of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center…
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Philips teamed with University of Kentucky’s UK HealthCare to power state’s only eICU Clinical Command Center
On Apr. 16, 2020, Royal Philips and UK HealthCare, the clinical enterprise of the University of Kentucky, announced…
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Penn Medicine launched national component of global registry to track exposures and outcomes among providers who intubate
On Apr. 16, 2020, a team at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania launched…
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Mammoth Biosciences announced peer-reviewed validation of its rapid, CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic
On Apr. 16, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced the publication of a study demonstrating the power of its platform…
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Mayo Clinic prepared to commenced phase II FDA clinical trial for treatment of COVID-19 with Vicromax
On Apr. 16, 2020, BioSig Technologies announced that its subsidiary ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, had updated its clinical development program…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Partners HealthCare launched consortium to build and share a COVID-19 Biobank
On Apr. 16, 2020, Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Partners HealthCare announced a consortium that…
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Pulmatrix and Sensory Cloud announced partnership to develop and commercialize nasal prophylactic and anticontagion product for COVID-19
On Apr. 16, 2020, Pulmatrix announced a collaboration and license agreement with Sensory Cloud. Under the terms of…
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Moderna announced BARDA award for up to $483 million to accelerate development of mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On Apr. 16, 2020, the U.S. government announced it will fund development of an experimental coronavirus vaccine from…
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Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Partners HealthCare consortium build and share COVID-19 biobank
On Apr. 16, 2020, Biogen, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Partners HealthCare announced a consortium that will…
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FDA accepted for Priority Review Biologics License Application for REGN-EB3 to treat Ebola
On Apr. 16, 2020, Regeneron announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had accepted for Priority Review…
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Atossa Therapeutics launched COVID-19 HOPE drug development program
On Apr. 16, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced a new drug development program called COVID-19 HOPE. The program used…
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Fujifilm accelerated production of its influenza antiviral drug ‘Avigan tablet’ for COVID-19
On Apr. 15, 2020, FUJIFILM announced that it had expanded its manufacturing capacity at FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co.,…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Medicine | Therapeutics | Vaccine
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation expands its commitment to global COVID-19 response
On Apr. 15, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced an expansion of its funding for the…
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Todos Medical received medical importer status with U.S. FDA
On Apr. 15, 2020, Todos Medical announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted Todos Medical’s application…
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Singapore researchers use NanoString’s nCounter to rapidly profile response of immune system to SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Apr. 15, 2020, NanoString Technologies announced the first publication utilizing the nCounter platform and its leading gene…
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U of A virology lab finds drug originally meant for Ebola effective against key enzyme of coronavirus that causes COVID-19
On Apr. 15, 2020, scientists at the University of Alberta have shown that the drug remdesivir is highly…
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Researchers restored sight in mice by turning skin cells into light-sensing eye cells
On Apr. 15, 2020, researchers have discovered a technique for directly reprogramming skin cells into light-sensing rod photoreceptors…
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A gut-to-brain circuit drives sugar preference and may explain sugar cravings
On Apr. 15, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators report the sensation of sweetness starts on the…
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Microneedle coronavirus vaccine triggered immune response in mice
On Apr. 14, 2020, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh announced that they had adapted a system to…
