LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorp announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
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SIGA Technologies announced deliveries of oral TPOXX to HHS valued at approximately $32 million
On Jun. 25, 2020, SIGA Technologies announced the deliveries of oral TPOXX (tecovirimat) to the U.S. Department of…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
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Why men may fare worse than women against SARS-CoV-2
On Jun. 24, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigators reported that data from COVID-19 cases around the…
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Symbiosis and AstraZeneca signed supply agreement for sterile manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials
On Jun. 24, 2020, Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, an India-based specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, announced…
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New Oxford University co-led platform accelerated COVID-19 tests into real-world use
On Jun. 24, 2020, the University of Oxford that the COVID-19 National DiagnOstic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR)…
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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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Texas A&M researchers testing COVID-19 vaccine candidates for iBio
On Jun. 24, 2020, a team of scientists at Texas A&M University announced it is working with iBio…
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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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The FDA announced first of its kind pilot program to communicate patient reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials
On Jun. 23, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today launched Project Patient Voice, an initiative of…
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Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had tested a ‘universal mosquito vaccine’…
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Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
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FibroGen announced first patient enrolled in Pamrevlumab clinical trial in patients hospitalized in US with acute COVID-19
On Jun. 23, 2020, FibroGen announced it has started enrollment for a Phase II clinical trial of pamrevlumab…
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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, a leading developer of TGF-β therapeutics, announced it has selected IQVIA to…
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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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the…
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University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewer shed 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 Pasteur, the vaccines global business unit of Sanofi, and Translate Bio, a clinical-stage…
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INOVIO received $71 million contract from U.S. Department 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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Intranasal immunization with Intravacc’s experimental whooping cough vaccine confered broad protection
On Jun. 22, 2020, Intravacc announced promising results of a preclinical study with its experimental whooping cough vaccine…
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Catalent partnered with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals on potential treatment for COVID-19
On Jun. 22, 2020, Catalent announced that it is partnering with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of BioSig Technologies,…
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Pfizer announced start of four phase 3 clinical trials for investigational vaccines
On Jun. 22, 2020, Pfizer announced the initiation of four phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline…
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Taconic Biosciences announced distribution of critical COVID-19 mouse model
On Jun. 22, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced an exclusive agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch at…
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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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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Vaccine
GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
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COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases and deaths in New York City
On Jun. 19, 2020, The COVID-19 pandemic in New York City caused a surge in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests…
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Biotechnology | FDA | Oncology | Rare Disease | Therapeutics
Ultragenyx and Kyowa Kirin Announce U.S. FDA Approval of Crysvita® (burosumab) for Treatment of Tumor-Induced Osteomalacia
On Jun. 18, 2020, Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical and Kyowa Kirin announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
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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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Large Study at Mount Sinai Investigated the Effects of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes
On Jun. 18, 2020, a multidisciplinary team at Mount Sinai is conducting the first large-scale prospective study to…
