Department of Veterans Affairs mandated COVID-19 vaccines among employees, including facilities staff
On Jul. 26, 2021, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it had mandated COVID-19 vaccines for…
Trevena announced first patient enrolled in NIH-funded ACTIV-4 host tissue trial of TRV027 for COVID-19
On Jul. 26, 2021, Trevena announced that the first COVID-19 patient had been enrolled in the NIH-funded ACTIV-4…
American Medical Association announced support of COVID-19 vaccine mandates for health care workers
On Jul. 26, 2021, the American Medical Association (AMA) call for all health care and long-term care employers…
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Planning a Summer vacation? Where to go? How about going to one of those large events with tens…
Relief announced that U.S. collaboration had reporteded successful commercial formulation for aviptadil
On Jul. 23, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS announced that the parent company of its collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals, reported…
CHMP adopted positive opinion recommending authorization for use of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in EU
On Jul. 23, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human…
Pfizer and BioNTech to supply U.S. Government with additional 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 23, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. government had purchased an additional 200 million…
Humanigenﾒs partner in South Korea received pproval to conduct phase 1 study of lenzilumab
On Jul. 21, 2021, Humanigen announced its development and commercialization partners for South Korea and the Philippines, Telcon…
Moderna announced agreement with Taiwan for 20 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine and variant booster
On Jul. 22, 2021, Moderna announced a new supply agreement with Taiwan for 20 million doses of Moderna’s…
Sorrento announced dosing of COVID-19 patients in phase 2 clinical trial for COVIDROPS neutralizing antibody against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 21, 2021, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that COVID-19 patients had been dosed in its Phase 2 efficacy…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced collaboration with Biovac to manufacture and distribute COVID-19 vaccine doses in Africa
On Jul. 21, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the signing of a letter of intent with The Biovac…
Japan became first country to approve Ronapreve (casirivimab and imdevimab) for ttreatment of mild to moderate COVID-19
On Jul. 20, 2021, Roche announced that Japanﾒs Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) had approved Ronapreveﾙ(casirivimab…
Moderna partnered with Takeda and Government of Japan to aupply additional 50 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine and variant booster candidate
On Jul. 20, 2021, Moderna announced that the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) and…
Japan became first country to approve Regeneron antibody cocktail (casirivimab and imdevimab) for treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 20, 2021, Regeneron announced that Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) had approved Regeneron’s…
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U.S. FDA granted Priority Review for Biologics License Application for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 16, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted…
Corvus discontinued phase 3 study of mupadolimab for COVID-19 due to vaccine effectiveness in reducing hospitalizations
On Jul. 15, 2021, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had discontinued its Phase 3 study of mupadolimab for…
iBio reported successful preclinical immunization studies with next-gen nucleocapsid COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 15, 2021, iBio announced that preclinical studies of IBIO-202, its subunit vaccine candidate that targets the…
Hologic obtained European CE Mark for use of saliva samples with COVID-19 test
On Jul. 14, 2021, Hologic announced that it had obtained a CE Mark for the use of saliva…
Relief Therapeutics reported that partner, NRx Pharma, and Quantum Leap announced treatment of severely ill COVID-19 patients
On Jul. 13, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS reported that its collaboration partner, NRx Pharmaceuticals, and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborativeﾙ…
U.S. FDA announced revisions JNJ COVID-19 Vaccine fact sheets to include information pertaining to Guillain-Barre Syndrome
On Jul. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revisions to the vaccine recipient and vaccination provider…
Gavi signed agreements with Sinopharm and Sinovac for immediate supply to COVAX
On Jul. 12, 2021, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, announced that it had signed advance purchase agreements with Sinopharm…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Argentina for 20 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 12, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the government of Argentina for 20 million doses…
10 million doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine supplied to Taiwan Region
On Jul. 12, 2021, BioNTech announced that Fosun Industrial Co. had reached advance procurement agreements for the mRNA-based…
UKﾒs MHRA accepted Humanigenﾒs submission of Lenzilumab for Marketing Authorization in COVID-19 for expedited rolling review
On Jul. 9, 2021, Humanigen announced its submission for Marketing Authorization for lenzilumab in COVID-19, begun in Jun….
NIH study associated COVID-19 surged with mortality increases for patients
On Jul. 8, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a new study authored by scientists…
Rice, Rutgers announced development of inhalable COVID-19 vaccine spray
On Jul. 7, 2021, Rice University announced a study to develop an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine. The project led…
WHO recommended interleukin-6 receptor blockers for COVID-19 and urged producers to join efforts to rapidly increase access
On Jul. 6, 2021, the World Health Organization announced updated patient care guidelines to include interleukin-6 receptor blockers,…
Dynavax and Biological E announced agreement of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant for Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 6, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Biological E announced the execution of a commercial supply agreement of…
U.S. FDA authorized an EUA for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine manufacture at Emergent facility
On Jul. 2, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the use, under the emergency use authorization…
Moderna announced Recipharm site in France manufacturing COVID-19 Vaccine following approval by EMA
On Jul. 1, 2021, Moderna confirmed that following the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Human Medicines (CHMP)…