Emergent received $75 million contract option from BARDA to procure doses of CYFENDUS (Anthrax Vaccine)
On Nov. 28, 2023, Emergent BioSolutions announced that the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the…
Upsurge of respiratory illnesses reported among children in Northern China
On Nov. 23, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it was monitoring data from Chinese surveillance…
Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine
FDA issued final guidance on developing drugs for COVID-19 treatment and preventionﾠ
On Nov. 22, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the final guidance COVID-19: Developing Drugs…
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Highly pathogenic Avian influenza spread in Oregon
On Nov. 17, 2023, the Oregon Department of Agriculture has new confirmed cases of avian influenza, and the…
Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics announced authorization of first CRISPR/Cas9 gene-edited therapy by UK MHRA for treatment of Sickle Cell Disease
On Nov. 16, 2023, Vertex and CRISPR Therapeutics announced that the United Kingdom (U.K.) Medicines and Healthcare products…
CPRIT invested $63 million to bring innovative researchers and companies to Texas
On Nov. 15, 2023, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it had approved…
Mule deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in Yellowstone National Park
On Nov. 14, 2023, Yellowstone National Park and the Wyoming Game and Fish Department (WGFD) officials confirmed the…
WHO reported Marburg virus disease outbreak in Equatorial Guinea
On Nov. 13, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO announced that the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare…
Surgeons in New York announced world’s first eye transplant
On Nov. 10, 2023, surgeons in New York announced they had performed the first-ever whole-eye transplant in a…
CDC published first preliminary in-season flu burden estimates
On Nov. 10, 2023, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that from October 1, 2023,…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | NIH
FDA cleared first COVID-19 home antigen test
On Nov. 9, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared for marketing the first over-the-counter (OTC)…
FDA approved new medication for chronic weight management
On Nov. 8, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Zepbound (tirzepatide) injection for chronic…
Rolls-Royce joined Boeing and World Energy for successful 100% sustainable aviation fuel flight
On Nov. 7, 2023, Rolls-Royce, working with Boeing and World Energy, announced that it had carried out a…
First human-like COVID-19 mouse model created
On Nov. 6, 2023, researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine announced they had engineered the first mice…
Novavax’s updated COVID-19 vaccine approved in the EU
On Oct. 31, 2023, Novavax announced that the European Commission had granted approval for Nuvaxovid XBB.1.5 dispersion for…
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FDA approved interchangeable biosimilar for multiple inflammatory diseases
On Oct. 31, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved Amgen’s Wezlana (ustekinumab-auub)…
First locally acquired case of dengue in California detected in a Pasadena resident
On Oct. 30, 2023, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) reported the first locally acquired case of…
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California’s Stem Cell Agency invested more than $42.1 million in translational-stage research
On Oct. 27, 2023, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $42.1 million to fund various translational…
Biological fingerprints in soil showed where diamond-containing ore is buried
On Oct. 25, 2023, University of British Columbia researchers announced they had identified buried kimberlite, the rocky home…
Bavarian Nordic’s Mpox vaccine received recommendation from U.S. CDC Advisory Committee for routine use in adults at risk
On Oct. 25, 2023, Bavarian Nordic announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory…
Highly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed on Bird Island, South Georgia – the first known cases in Antarctic
On Oct. 23, 2023, the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) reported that Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) had been…
U.S. CDC reported high rates of child flu hospitalizations recorded in 2022-2023 season
On Oct. 20, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that among children and…
FDA approved PENBRAYA,the first and only vaccine for prevention of most common serogroups causing meningococcal
On Oct. 20, 2023, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved PENBRAYA (meningococcal…
Novavax received full Marketing Authorization for potype COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid in UK
On Oct. 18, 2023, Novavax announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United…
Novavax’s prototype COVID-19 vaccine Nuvaxovid received full approval in Singapore
On Oct. 18, 2023, Novavax announced that Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA) had granted full approval for Novavax’s…
Agriculture | Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | USDA
APHIS announced partnership to improve early detection of emerging animal diseases
On Oct. 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announced a new partnership between the National Bio…
Purdue named new pediatric cancer research center for the late Tyler Trent
On Oct. 14, 2023, Purdue University ensured that the memory of the former graduate and devoted Boilermaker football…
Two fatal human influenza A/H5N1 (Bird Flu) virus infections reported in Cambodia
On Oct. 12, 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that two fatal human…
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New funding ensured 370 million children receive polio vaccinations in low-income countries
On Oct. 11, 2023, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…
University of Wisconsin-Madison discovery revealed fragile X syndrome begins developing even before birth
On Oct. 10, 2023, the University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers announced a new study published in the journal Neuron…