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…
Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine candidate recommended for EUA by FDA advisory committee
On Feb. 26, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that the FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee…
EMA issued advice on Regeneron’s antibody cocktail (casirivimab with imdevimab) for COVID-19 patients
On Feb. 26, 2021, Regeneron announced the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use…
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…
Altimmune commenced enrollment in phase 1 trial of AdCOVID needle-free, single-dose Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 25, 2021, Altimmune announced that it had commenced enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial of…
Chimerix reported promising topline results from first cohort of a randomized COVID-19 trial with DSTAT
On Feb. 25, 2021, Chimerix reported topline results from the first cohort of its randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase…
Pfizer and BioNTech initiated sudy to evaluate COVID-19 booster and new vaccine variants
On Feb. 25, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had begun an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity…
IDMC found clear efficacy for REGEN-COVï¾™ in phase 3 COVID-19 outpatient outcomes trial
On Feb. 25, 2021, Regeneron announced changes to the phase 3 trial assessing investigational REGEN-COVï¾™ (casirivimab with imdevimab)…
Overall deaths did not increase for most Chinese regions during the initial COVID-19 outbreak
On Feb. 24, 2021, scientists at the University of Oxford reported that overall deaths did not increase in…
COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marked beginning of global rollout
On Feb. 24, 2021, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via…
XPhyto placed first order for 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR tests
On Feb. 24, 2021, XPhyto announced that it has placed the first order for its rapid point-of-care SARS-CoV-2…
NeuroRx announced that ZYESAMI (Aviptadil) had successfully demonstrated accelerated recovery from Covid-19 respiratory failure
On Feb. 24, 2021, NeuroRx, announced that the phase 2b/3 trial of ZYESAMI for the treatment of Respiratory…
Quest Diagnostics introduced new COVID-19 semi-quantitative serology test service
On Feb. 24, 2021, Quest Diagnostics introduced a new COVID-19 testing service that aids in providing insight into…
Cue received CE Mark for Its molecular point-of-care COVID-19 test
On Feb. 23, 2021, Cue Health announced that its molecular point-of-care COVID-19 Test had received the CE mark,…
PerkinElmer changed COVID-19 rapid testing with highly sensitive point of care antigen test for mass screening
On Feb. 23, 2021, PerkinElmer announced the launch of the PerkinElmerï¾® COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection…
Amyris announced positive pre-clinical results for COVID-19 RNA vaccine platform
On Feb. 22, 2021, Amyris announced highly promising preliminary data in a pre-clinical study of its ribonucleic acid…
Biohaven’s multimodal antibody therapy demonstrated effective neutralization of multiple strains of COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, Biohaven Pharmaceutical announced that a hyperimmune globulin mimic (HGM) developed with Biohaven’s proprietary MATE…
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…
G7 leaders committed US$ 4.3 billion to finance global equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines
On Feb. 19, 2021, the ACT Accelerator partnership welcomed over US$ 4.3 billion of new investments from the…
Johnson & Johnson announces submission to WHO for EUL of investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 19, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen-Cilag had submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to…
Pfizer and BioNTech submited COVID-19 vaccine stability data at standard freezer temperature to the FDA
On Feb. 19, 2021, BioNTech announced the submission of new data to the FDA demonstrating the stability of…
Luminex received BARDA funding to support development and validation of test combining SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory pane
On Feb. 19, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received $11.3 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced…
Worldï¾’s largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments expanded internationally
On Feb. 18, 2021, scientists at the University of Oxford announced that the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy…
Novavax announced MOU with Gavi for cumulative supply to COVAX facility of 11 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 18, 2021, Novavax and announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to…
Plans underway for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Feb. 18, 2021, Washington University pediatric infectious diseases doctors announced plans to launch clinical trials in the…
Pfizer and BioNTech commenced global clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women
On Feb. 18, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the first participants hadbeen dosed in a global Phase…
NIH funded study to evaluate remdesivir for COVID-19 in pregnancy
On Feb. 17, 2021, the NIH annunced funding of a study to evaluate the effects of remdesivir in…
European Commission purchased additional 150 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Feb. 17, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Commission had purchased an additional 150 million doses of…
Altimmune announced FDA clearance of AdCOVIDï¾™ IND application
On Feb. 17, 2021, Altimmune announced that the FDA had cleared the Companyï¾’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application…
Labcorp added high sensitivity antigen test to screen for active COVID-19 infection
On Feb. 17, 2021, LabCorp announced the availability of a new laboratory-based antigen test that will help doctors…