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Wren Laboratories launched saliva-based PCR COVID-19 test
On Nov. 12, 2020, Wren Laboratories announced that it had been granted an emergency use authorization by the…
Early mutation in SARS-CoV-2 virus in Europe led to its domination world wide
On Nov. 12, 2020, a study published in Science by a team of researchers in the U.S. and…
CALAVI did not meet the primary endpoint in patients hospitalised with respiratory symptoms of COVID-19
On Nov. 12, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the CALAVI Phase II trials for Calquence (acalabrutinib) in patients hospitalised…
CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, suitable for standard fridge temperature logistics
On Nov. 12, 2020, CureVac announced that its mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV, remained stable and within defined…
Sorrento announced IND filing for COVI-DROPS against SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 11, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it was filing an investigational new drug application (IND) for…
Treatments for people with early COVID-19 infection urgent research focus
On Nov. 11, 2020, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and…
DSMB analysis recommended continuance of P3 COVID-19 ARDS trial
On Nov. 11, 2020, Mesoblast announced that the randomized controlled Phase 3 trial of remestemcel-L in patients with…
Mateon and Windlas Biotech announced agreement to commercialize ARTIVEDA against COVID-19
On Nov. 11, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced an agreement with Windlas Biotech of India to commercialize ARTIVeda. ARTIVeda…
Moderna completed case accrual for first planned interim analysis of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Nov. 11, 2020, Moderna announced that it had completed case accrual for the first interim analysis of…
Cardinal Health partnered with CDC to support vaccine access for pharmacies
On Nov. 11, 2020, Cardinal Health announced it had reached an agreement with the Centers for Disease Control…
BD announced Canadian Government order of 76 million portable, rapid point-of-care antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
Data showed SARS-CoV-2 reactive T Cells are associated with protection from COVID-19 was published
On Nov. 10, 2020, Oxford Immunotec announced the release of data from a prospective cohort study in keyworkers…
Medigen Vaccines and BlueWillow Biologics partnered to Develop intranasal vaccine for SARS-COV-2
On Nov. 19, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics and BlueWillow Biologics announced a partnership to develop S-2P-NE-01, a nasal…
ImmunityBio, NantKwest announced positive interim phase 1 safety data of hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine dose study
On Nov. 10, 2020, ImmunityBio and NantKwest, a clinical-stage, natural killer cell-based therapeutics company, announced they had administered…
Altimmune added Lonza as manufacturing partner for supply of AdCOVIDﾙ vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Nov. 10, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Lonza for the manufacturing of AdCOVIDﾙ, Altimmuneﾒs next-generation, single-dose…
TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner from 3M approved by EPA for use against SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, 3M announced that its TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner had been approved by the…
Hydroxychloroquine does not benefit adults hospitalized with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, a National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of…
Effect of hydroxychloroquine on clinical status at 14 days in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, a study published in JAMA reported the effect of hydroxychloroquine on clinical status at…
Lilly’s neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab received FDA emergency use authorization for treatment of recently diagnosed COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Eli Lilly’s investigational neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced vaccine candidate against COVID-19 achieved success in interim analysis from phase 3 study
On Nov. 9, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 had demonstrated evidence…
Corvus completed enrollment in phase 1 study of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed patient enrollment in its Phase 1 study…
Fred Hutch began experimental COVID-19 vaccine efficacy trial
On Nov. 9, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the start of volunteer enrollment for a…
ImmunityBioﾒs hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine candidate stimulated memory T-Cell recall in patients with SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 8, 2020, ImmunityBio announced positive study results for their human Ad5 (hAd5) COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which…
White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 8, 2020, research from the U.S. had shown that white-tailed deer were being infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
Mesa Biotech received additional $13 million from HHS to develop 30 minute SARS-CoV-2 & Flu A/Flu B test
On Nov. 6, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a contract up to $13 million from…
Humanigen announced CRADA agreement with U.S. government to develop lenzilumab for COVID-19
On Nov. 6, 2020, Humanigen announced that it had entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)…
RECOVERY trial DMC recommended continuing evaluation of REGN-COV2 in hospitalized patients
On Nov. 5, 2020, Regeneron announced an update from the independent data monitoring committee (DMC) for the UK-based…
Neoleukin Therapeutics announced publication of de novo protein decoys that block COVID-19 infection
On Nov. 5, 2020, Neoleukin Therapeutics announced the publication in Science of research describing novel molecules designed to…
Novartis’ randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial failed to meet endpoints
On Nov. 5, 2020, Novartis announced data from an interim analysis for the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial…
Denmark tightened lockdown in north, mink cull devastates industry
On Nov. 5, 2020, Denmark announced strict lockdown rules in the north of the country after authorities discovered…