Dynavax announced grant to scale up CpG 1018 adjuvant capacity to support global COVID-19 response
On Aug. 13, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation of $3.4…
Novavax and SK bioscience announced collaboration for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 13, 2020, Novavax and SK bioscience announced a development and supply agreement for the antigen component…
Heat Biologics’ COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated robust T cell driven immune response to SARS-CoV-2 in preclinical studies
On Aug. 13, 2020, Heat Biologics reported preclinical data for Heat’s gp96-based COVID-19. The data, generated at the…
HHS announced collaboration with Aegis Sciences for high quality rapid COVID-19 RT-PCR testing
On Aug. 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced combined investments of $6.5…
Baxter obtained FDA Emergency Use Authorizations for HF20 set and ST set used in CRRT during Covid-19 pandemic
On Aug. 12, 2020, Baxter announced it had received Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) from the FDA for the…
Thermo Fisher Scientific supported COVID-19 testing at historically black colleges and universities seeking a safe return to campus
On Aug. 12, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had committed to supporting the efforts of historically black…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Influenza | NIH
Celdara Medical announced receipt of NIH funding for pandemic influenza antiviral development
On Aug. 12, 2020, Celdara Medical announced that the NIH had awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)…
Hologic launched validated pooling protocol for COVID-19 testing
On Aug. 11, 2020, Hologic announced that it has validated use of its Aptimaﾮ and Panther Fusionﾮ molecular…
Moderna announced supply agreement with U.S. Government for initial 100 million doses of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Aug. 11, 2020, Moderna announced that the U.S. government had secured 100 million doses of mRNA-1273. The…
LabCorp to perform antibody test at no charge to accelerate COVID-19 blood plasma donation
On Aug. 11, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced details of a no charge antibody testing program in response to federal…
Vaxart announced IND filed for COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 10, 2020, Vaxart announced that its COVID-19 Investigational New Drug (IND) application has been filed with…
Cors Blood Registry by Generate Life Sciences partnered with Nantwest to develop COVID-19 treatment
On Aug. 10, 2020, CBRﾮ by Generate Life Sciences, the worldﾒs largest private newborn stem cell bank, and…
Humanigen expands phase III study of lenzilumab in COVID-19 to Brazil
On Aug. 10, 2020, Humanigen announced that the Brazilian regulatory agency, Anvisa, had granted permission to commence a…
Omeros reported recovery and durvival of all patients in study evaluating narsoplimab fortreatment of COVID-19-associated Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
On Aug. 10, 2020, Omeros reported the results of a compassionate-use study evaluating narsoplimab, Omerosﾒ investigational human monoclonal…
COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
Gilead submited New Drug Application to FDA for Veklury (Remdesivir) for treatment of COVID-19
On Aug. 10, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the…
OpGen began co-marketing COVID-19 antibody test kit
On Aug. 9, 2020, OpGen announced that it had commenced marketing and promotion, on a non-exclusive basis, of…
Scientists revealed structural details of spike protein used in leading COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 7, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research announced they had obtained high-resolution, atomic-scale details of the structure…
Novavax and Takeda announced collaboration for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Aug. 7, 2020, Novavax and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced a partnership for the development, manufacturing and commercialization of…
Pfizer announced agreement with Gilead to manufacture remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19
On Aug. 7, 2020, Pfizer announced a multi-year agreement with Gilead Sciences to manufacture and supply Gileadﾒs investigational…
RedHill Biopharma’s phase 2/3 COVID-19 study approved in Mexico
On Aug. 6, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced approval from the Mexican Federal Committee for the Protection against Sanitary…
HKUMed discovered that acute SARS-CoV-2 infection impairs human immune defences
On Aug. 6, 2020, researchers at the AIDS Institute, Department of Microbiology and State Key Laboratory of Emerging…
Novavax signed COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with India’s Serum Institute
On Aug. 6, 2020, Novavax announced it had entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute…
FDA approved two emergency INDs for COVID-19 outpatient therapy
On Aug. 6, 2020, Organicell Regenerative Medicine announced that the FDA had approved two outpatient Emergency Investigational New…
NIH-Moderna investigational COVID-19 vaccine showed promise in mouse studies
On Aug. 5, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that the investigational vaccine…
Tecan’s automation technology leveraged by Thermo Fisher to scale-up COVID-19 testing globally
On Aug. 5, 2020, the Tecan Group and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a collaboration to enable scaled-up COVID-19…
BioNTech and Fosun Pharma announced start of clinical trial of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate in China
On Aug. 5, 2020, BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced that the first 72 participants had been dosed…
Thermo Fisher Scientific’s COVID-19 response expand with new high-throughput automated testing solution
On Aug. 5, 2020,Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a new highly automated, real-time PCR solution designed to analyze up…
Heat Biologics highlighted Importance of T cell immunity to prevent COVID-19
On Aug. 5, 2020, Heat Biologics highlighted the importance of T cell immunity in preventing COVID-19 in a…
AXIM Biotechnologies applied for FDA Emergency Use Approval for high throughput, neutralizing antibody diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Aug. 5, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the development, patent filing and Emergency Use Approval (EUA) filing of…
Cancer Research Institute awarded $302 million in grants and fellowships
On Aug. 5, 2020, the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and…