Moderna announced supply agreement to provide 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines
On Mar. 6, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Government of The Philippines for 13 million doses…
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Adaptive Biotechnologies announced FDA EUA for T-Detect COVID to confirm prior COVID-19 infection
On Mar. 5, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an…
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Abbott’s received FDA EUA for laboratory PCR assay that detects and differentiates SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV
On Mar. 5, 2021, Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for…
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FDA issued authorization for first molecular non-prescription, at-home test
On Mar. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
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Moderna announced NDA submitted to import and distribute Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Mar. 5, 2021,Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that it has submitted a New Drug Application to the Government of…
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Recruitment and enrollment began for Innovation Pharma’s phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On Mar. 5, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Company’s international Phase 2…
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New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
On Mar. 4, 2021, researchers at the University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that three new,…
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Soligenix announced positive progress in pre-clinical development of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 4, 2021, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for CiVax (heat stable COVID-19 vaccine program)…
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Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CE Mark for expanded NxTAG panel test Including SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 4, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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Washington State Department of Health provided next-generation genome sequencing
On Mar. 4, 2021, the Washington State Department of Health announced contracts with virology labs at the University…
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MediciNova announced it had discontinued development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, MediciNova announced an update on the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19. MediciNova…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Resverlogix published evidence of apabetalone’s beneficial effects on COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, Resverlogix and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute announced the publishing of an article providing…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Oncology
Men, older adults and smokers more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 3, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that an in-depth analysis of the…
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Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Rwanda
On Mar. 3, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech, in partnership with UNICEF, announced the arrival of the first doses…
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Biotechnology | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH invested in next iteration of public-private partnership to advance precision medicine for Alzheimer’s disease
On Mar. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched the next version of…
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COVAX published first round of allocations
On Mar. 2, 2021, The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the WHO,…
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Merck announced partnership to produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, Merck announced multiple agreements to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of…
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NIH launched effort to understand MIS-C, range of SARS-CoV-2 effects on children
On Mar. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it had launched a research effort…
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Innovation Pharma announced publication in Journal Viruses on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of brilacidin
On Mar. 2, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Companyﾒs international Phase 2…
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Biden administration announced collaboration between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to expand production of COVID-19 vaccines
On Mar. 2, 2021, Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to equip two Merck facilities to the standards necessary…
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First COVID-19 COVAX vaccine doses administered in Africa
On Mar. 1, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the first COVID-19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using…
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Colombia received the first vaccines arriving in the Americas through COVAX
On Mar. 1, 2021, Colombia became the first country in the Americas to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Quidel received Emergency Use Authorization for QuickVue at-home COVID-19 test
On Mar. 1, 2021, Quidel announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
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COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction
On Mar. 1, 2021, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provided evidence that…
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Novavax and Takeda finalized license agreement for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Feb. 26, 2021, Novavax and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced an exclusive license agreement for Takeda’s development, manufacturing and…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA | Genomics | Therapeutics
FDA approved targeted treatment for rare Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation
On Feb. 25, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted approval to Sarepta Therapeutics for Amondys…
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FDA allowed more flexible storage, transportation conditions for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 25, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was allowing undiluted frozen vials…
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NeuroRx announced that ZYESAMI (Aviptadil) had successfully demonstrated accelerated recovery from Covid-19 respiratory failure
On Feb. 23, 2021, NeuroRx, announced that the Phase 2b/3 trial of ZYESAMI™ (aviptadil, previously RLF-100™) for the…
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Novavax completed enrollment of PREVENT-19, COVID-19 vaccine pivotal phase 3 trial in the US and Mexico
On Feb. 22, 2021, Novavax announced it had completed enrollment of PREVENT-19, its pivotal Phase 3 study in…
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First identification of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N8) infection
On Feb. 20, 2021, Russian authorities reported the detection of influenza A(H5N8) virus infection in seven poultry workers…
