US Departments of HHS and DoD announced collaboration with McKesson for COVID-19 vaccine distribution
On Sept. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DoD),…
CureVac expected to receive up to 252 million Euros from German Federal Ministry of Research for further COVID-19 vaccine development
On Sept. 4, 2020, CureVac announced that it had received notification from the German Federal Ministry of Education…
RedHill Biopharma’s Opaganib awarded COVID-19 grant by State of Pennsylvania
On Sept. 3, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced the selection of opaganib, a proprietary, first-in-class, orally-administered, sphingosine kinase-2 (SK2)…
Lenzilumab COVID-19 case-control study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Journal
On Sept. 3, 2020, Humanigen announced the first case-control data of lenzilumab in severe COVID-19 demonstrated an 80%…
U.S. Department of Defense sites selected for phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Sept. 3, 2020, the U.S Department of Defense announced that five locations were identified to participate in…
Sanofi and GSK initiated Phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 adjuvanted recombinant protein-based vaccine candidate
On Sept. 3, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced the start of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their…
ADMA Biologics launched COVID-19 ImmunoRank Neutralization MICRO-ELISA for detection of SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 3, 2020, ADMA Biologics announced the launch of COVID-19 ImmunoRank Neutralization MICRO-ELISA, a proprietary, fully-validated ELISA…
COVID-19 vaccine study shows severe disease preventable in hamsters
On Sept. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that for the first time, early research…
OraSure’s ORAcollect-RNA device Included in EUA granted to MiraDx for SARS-CoV-2 test
On Sept. 3, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its ORAcollect-ï¾·RNA (OR-100) collection device was included along with other…
Custom face shields aimed to block droplets, tackled COVID-19 for football players
On Sept. 3, 2020, researchers from the Virginia Tech Helmet Lab announced the development of a football helmet…
Virginia Tech researchers began testing campus wastewater for COVID-19
On Sept. 3, 2020, a team of Virginia Tech researchers announced that they will begin testing wastewater at…
Roche received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & influenza A/B test for use on cobas 6800/8800 systems
On Sept. 3, 2020, Roche announced that the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B Test for use on the…
NIH to boost national COVID-19 testing capacity
On Sept. 2, 2020, the NIH announced $129.3 million in scale-up and manufacturing support for a new set…
Mesoblast announced first patients dosed in phase 2/3 trial for COVID-19 ARDS
On Sept. 2, 2020, Mesoblast announced that it had received ethics approval to include Australian hospitals in the…
US Army uniquely poised to battle global pandemic
On Sept. 2, 2020, the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity reported it was working to develop a…
Broad Institute provided COVID-19 screening for students, faculty and staff at more than 100 colleges and universities
On Sept. 2, 2020, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced it had partnered with 108 public and…
Novavax announced publication of phase 1 data for COVID-19 vaccine candidate in The New England Journal of Medicine
On Sept. 2, 2020, Novavax announced the publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of Phase 1…
OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories announced New York City Schools COVID-19 testing program
On Sept. 2, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, began testing New York City principals, teachers and…
Aegis Sciences awarded $66 million NIH grant to rapidly expand COVID-19 test capacity
On Sept. 2, 2020, Aegis Sciences annunced that it had been selected to participate in the National Institutes…
PathGroup selected by NIH to become RADx program ‘mega-lab’ for COVID-19 testing
On Sept. 2, 2020, PathGroup announced the award of a funding grant from the National Institutes of Health…
Sonic Healthcare expand COVID-19 testing capacity in US in collaboration with NIH RADx Initiative
On Sept. 2, 2020, Sonic Healthcare USA was awarded a contract from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)…
Ceres received $65M NIH award to expand Nanotrapï¾® particle manufacturing capacity for COVID-19 testing
On Sept. 2, 2020, Ceres Nanosciences announced it had been awarded a contract from the National Institutes of…
NIH awarded MicroGEM $409 million to fast-track rapid, no-lab COVID-19 saliva test
On Sept. 2, 2020, MicroGEM announced it had been awarded up to $40.9 million by the National Institutes…
Titers of antibodies against SARS-CoV2 did not decline within four months
On Sept. 1, 2020, scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, published a study in…
MediciNova announced development progress on intranasal formulation of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, MediciNova announced development progress on its intranasal SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19 utilizing BC-PIV, a…
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City of Hope doctors lead novel clinical trial to treat cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, City of Hope announced that it was investigating an innovative treatment for cancer patients…
Sanofi updated Kevzara (sarilumab) phase 3 trial in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients outside the US
On Sept. 1, 2020, Sanofi announced that the global Phase 3 trial investigating intravenously administered Kevzara (sarilumab) at…
HDT BIO received NIH contract to advance novel RNA/LIONï¾™ COVID-19 vaccine into clinical trials
On Sept. 1, 2020, HDT Bio received a notice of award from the National Institute of Allergy and…
National Wastewater Surveillance System launched to detect antimicrobial resistance and COVID-19
In September 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of the National Wastewater…
Phase 3 clinical testing in the US of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine candidate began
On Aug. 31, 2020, a multi-site, Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating an investigational COVID-19 vaccine known as AZD1222…