Asthma drug budesonide shortened recovery time in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19
On Apr. 12, 2021, Oxford University reported that early treatment with inhaled budesonide shortened recovery time by a…
FDA authorized new high-throughput, automated system for leading COVID-19 test
On Apr. 12, 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted…
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NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines strongly recommended Use of REGEN-COV in high risk outpatients
On Apr. 9, 2021, Regeneron announced that newly updated National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 treatment guidelines strongly…
Pfizer and BioNTech requested regulatory agencies expand Emergency Use of COVID-19 vaccine to adolescents
On Apr. 9, 2021, Pfizer announced they had requested amendments to the U.S. Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of…
Antiviral drug Favipiravir investigated as a possible COVID-19 treatment for at-home recovery in PRINCIPLE trial
On Apr. 8, 2021, Oxford University announced that favipiravir was to be investigated in the UK as part…
ImmunityBio announced single prime hAd5 COVID-19 vaccination induced 10-fold increase in T cell response
On Apr. 8, 2021, ImmunityBio reported initial data indicating that a single subcutaneous injection of the companyﾒs COVID-19…
NIH began study of allergic reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
On Apr. 7, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial was underway to…
WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety reported on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 7, 2021, the COVID-19 subcommittee of the WHO Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) announed…
AIM ImmunoTech announced positive data in phase 1 study Investigating intranasal administration of Ampligen as potential treatment for COVID-19
On Apr. 7, 2021, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had completed dosing of Cohort 1 in a Phase…
Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data of its COVID-19 vaccine in the NEJM
On Apr. 7, 2021, Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data out to 6 months following the second…
CDC awarded $3 billion to expand COVID-19 vaccine programs
On Apr. 7, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it had awarded $3 billion…
Moderna and Catalent announced long-term strategic collaboration for vial filling of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 6, 2021, Moderna and Catalent announced the expansion of their strategic collaboration to dedicate a new…
Nearly 80 percent of teachers, school staff, and childcare workers received at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 6, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly 80 percent of…
The FDA issued an EUA to Symbiotica for the COVID-19 self-collected antibody test system
On Apr. 5, 2021, the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to Symbiotica for the COVID-19 Self-Collected…
Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem entered next stage of development for Covid-19 therapeutic
On Apr. 5, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that based on Proof of Concept animal study results, it was…
Positive phase 1/2 results reported for Valneva’s inactivated COVID-19 vaccine candidate using CpG 1018ﾙ adjuvant
On Apr. 5, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced that Valneva had reported positive initial results for Part A of…
Innovation Pharma announced increased dosing in phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin in COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 5, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that an independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) completed its scheduled review…
Novavax initiated COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial crossover
On Apr. 5, 2021, Novavax announced the initiation of crossover arms in two ongoing clinical trials of NVX-CoV2373,…
Emergent announced support of manufacturing capacity expansion for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 4, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had received a contract modification to increase the original task…
Emergent announced topline data from NIAID phase 3 ITAC Trial evaluating immunoglobulins as treatment for patients with COVID-19
On Apr. 2, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced that topline data from the ITAC trial had demonstrated that the…
FDA revised Moderna COVID-19 vaccine EUA to increase the number of vaccine doses available
On Apr. 1, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two revisions regarding the number of…
Moderna provided storage update and FDA authorization for 15-doses per vial of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 1, 2021, Moderna announced that based on submitted stability data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Pfizer and BioNTech confirmed high efficacy and no serious safety concerns in updated COVID-19 vaccine study
On Apr. 1, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced updated topline results from analysis of 927 confirmed symptomatic cases…
Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros biostructures entered into pan-coronavirus discovery research and license agreement
On Apr. 1, 2021, Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros Biostructures announced hat they had entered into a discovery…
COVID-19 variant vaccine trial began at KPWHRI
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
NIH clinical trial evaluating Moderna COVID-19 variant vaccine began
On Mar. 31, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to protect…
Quidel’s QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test received EUA for screening use with serial testing
On Mar. 31, 2021, Quidel announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
Pfizer-BioNTech announced positive topline results of pivotal COVID-19 vaccine study in adolescents
On Mar. 31, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that, in a Phase 3 trial in adolescents 12 to…
T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Mar. 30, 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that researchers had analyzed…
Celonic and CureVac announced agreement to manufacture over 100 million doses of CureVacﾒs COVID-19 vaccine CVnCoV
On Mar. 30, 2021, CureVac and Celonic Group announced their partnership for the production of CureVacﾒs mRNA-based COVID-19…