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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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NIH began clinical trial testing remdesivir plus interferon beta-1a for COVID-19 treatment
On Aug. 5, 2020, a randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen…
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NIH harnessed AI for COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring
On Aug. 5, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched the Medical Imaging and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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NIH launched clinical trial to test antibody treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2020, the NIH announced that patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may now volunteer…
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Mateon and Abiogenesis to initiate clinical study to test Artemisinin as a treatment for COVID-19 in India
On Aug. 4, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics and Abiogenesis announced they had initiated a ARTI-19 randomized, controlled, multi-site India…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Precipio launched Covid-19 antibody test in its CLIA laboratory
On Aug. 4, 2020, Precipio announced it had completed the internal validation of the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Innovation Pharma and US Regional Biocontainment Laboratory updated brilacidin anti-SARS-CoV-2 in vitro testing
On Aug. 4, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving an update from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) based…
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FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization for Impella heart pumps to provide unloading therapy to COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2020, Abiomed announced the FDA had issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for its left-sided…
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Novavax announced positive phase 1 data for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 4, 2020, Novavax announced Phase 1 data from its Phase 1/2 randomized, observer-blinded, placebo-controlled trial of…
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Cocrystal Pharma announced publication of positive data demonstrating potent in vitro inhibition against Coronavirus
On Aug. 4, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced the publication of preclinical animal studies of coronavirus antiviral compounds in…
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Pathnova Laboratories announced partnership to commercialize Todos Medicals COVID-19 and breast cancer tests in Singapore
On Aug. 3, 2020, Todos Medical announced a partnership with PATHNOVA, a Singapore-based clinical laboratory, for the Company’s…
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Atossa Therapeutics received approval to open clinical study of AT-301 nasal spray being developed to treat COVID-19
On Aug. 3, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced that it had received approval from the ethics committee to open…
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Waisman Biomanufacturing partnered with Heat Biologics to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 3, 2020, Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of WisconsinﾖMadison announced it was partnering with Heat Biologics…
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Oxford University and ZOE partnered on COVID-19 treatment trials
On Aug. 3, 2020, the University of Oxford and the COVID Symptom Study joined forces to widen access…
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Members of the COVID R&D alliance and quantum leap healthcare collaborative enrolled first patients in I-SPY COVID trial
On Aug. 3, 2020, members of the COVID R&D Alliance AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda Pharma announced the first…
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ImmunityBio study showed positive T cell and antibody immune responses to its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 3, 2020, ImmunityBio announced positive preclinical results for its human Ad5 vaccine candidate that contains both…
