Moderna partnered with Takeda and Government of Japan to supply 50 million doses of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 29, 2020, Takeda Pharmaceutical announced that it would import and distribute 50 million doses of Moderna’s…
Emulate collaborated with FDA to apply lung-chip to evaluate safety of COVID-19 vaccines
On Oct. 29, 2020, Emulate announced that it had entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)…
Novartis announced collaboration with Molecular Partners to develop DARPinﾮ therapies against COVID-19
On Oct. 28, 2020, Novartis and Molecular Partners announced an option and license agreement to develop, manufacture and…
CVS Health expanded COVID-19 testing services with 1,000 rapid-result test sites
On Oct. 28, 2020, CVS Health announced plans to expand COVID-19 testing services currently offered at select CVS…
NIH scientists discovered key pathway in lysosomes that coronaviruses use to exit cells
On Oct. 28, 2020, researchers at the NIH announced that they had discovered a biological pathway that the…
Data for Lilly’s bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) in COVID-19 outpatients published in NEJM
On Oct. 28, 2020, Eli Lilly announced the New England Journal of Medicine had published data from the…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
Lilly announced agreement with US government to supply 300,000 vials of investigational neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab to fight COVID-19
On Oct. 28, 2020, Eli Lilly announced an initial agreement with the U.S. government to supply 300,000 vials…
Regeneron’s COVID-19 outpatient trial demonstrated that REGN-COV2 antibody significantly reduced virus levels
On Oct. 28, 2020, Regeneron announced positive, prospective results from an ongoing Phase 2/3 seamless trial in the…
Aurinia announced European trial to evaluate antiviral activity of Voclosporin in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2020, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced the funding and initiation of an open-label exploratory trial evaluating the…
Nektar Therapeutics announced phase 1b clinical study to evaluate empegaldesleukin for treatment of patients with COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2020, Nektar Therapeutics announced that it has received FDA clearance for an Investigational New Drug…
UK MHRA began rolling review of Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 27, 2020, Moderna announced that the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the United…
Novavax provided phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine clinical development update
On Oct. 27, 2020, Novavax announced updates on its Phase 3 clinical development program of NVX-CoV2373, its COVID-19…
CHF Solutions announced deployment of Aquadex Systems to hospitals in the s to treat COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 27, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it had shipped Aquadexﾙ product to medical facilities in Tennessee…
DOD and HHS awarded $33 million contract to Tecan to establish domestic production of disposable pipette tips
On Oct. 26, 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
Antibodies co-invented by Scripps Research and IAVI developed as a potential COVID-19 therapy
On Aug. 27, 2020, immunologists at Scripps Research, in partnership with colleagues at the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center,…
ViralClear halted its phase 2 hospitalized COVID-19 trial
On Oct. 26, 2020, BioSig Technologies and its majority owned subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, announced the halting of its…
Moderna announced supply agreement with Qatar for mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 26, 2020, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Ministry of Public Health of Qatar for…
Todos Medical announced clinical validation and national CLIA certification for MOTO+PARA mobile labs
On Oct. 26, 2020, Todos Medical announced the completion of clinical validation and CLIA certification for MOTO+PARA’s mobile…
PerkinElmer received CE Mark for multi-analyte respiratory panel including COVID-19
On Oct. 26, 2020, PerkinElmer announced that its PKamp Respiratory SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Panel had received clearance to be…
ContraFect initiated expanded access to Exebacase for treatment of MRSA bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 26, 2020, ContraFect announced that it had initiated an expanded access program to provide exebacase for…
Todos Medical announced instrument validation completed at MOTO+PARA Mobile Lab
On Oct. 26, 2020, Todos Medical announced the completion of the instrument validation in its mobile lab division….
Taconic Biosciences launched critical model for COVID-19 research
On Oct. 26, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced immediate humanized ACE2 mouse model availability for COVID-19 research. The SARS-CoV-2…
Membrion molecular coating to prevent COVID-19 virus from passing through cloth face masks
On Oct. 26, 2020, Membrion announced a breakthrough in the fight against the COVID-19 virus: a molecular coating…
Entos Pharma awarded $5 million in NRC IRAP funding to conduct phase I Clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Oct. 23, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced it was receiving advisory services and funding of up to $5…
Johnson & Johnson prepared to resume phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the US
On Oct. 23, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that it was preparing to resume recruitment in the pivotal…
IAVI, Merck, and Serum Institute joined forces to develop monoclonal antibodies for COVID-19
On Oct. 22, 2020, IAVI, a nonprofit scientific research organization dedicated to addressing urgent, unmet global health challenges,…
Amyris and the Infectious Disease Research Institute entered into exclusive license for novel RNA vaccine platform
On Oct. 22, 2020, Amyris and the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) announced the signing of a Collaboration…
Moderna completed enrollment of phase 3 COVE study of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 22, 2020, Moderna announced that it had completed enrollment of 30,000 participants for the Phase 3…
Todos Medical announced distribution agreement with Adial Pharma to market Assure/FaStep Covid-19 antibody tests
On Oct. 22, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into an exclusive supply agreement with U.S….
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA approved Gilead’s antiviral Veklury (remdesivir) for treatment of COVID-19
On Oct. 22, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that the FDA had approved the antiviral drug Veklury (remdesivir) for…