Chembio and LumiraDx announced COVID-19 strategic partnership
On Mar. 12, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced it has entered into a worldwide strategic partnership with LumiraDx Limited…
World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
On Mar. 11 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. To-date, of the…
First of 3 diagnostic tests for SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus available from bioMerieux
On Mar. 11, 2020, bioMerieux announced the forthcoming launch of 3 different tests to address the COVID-19 epidemic…
Vir Biotec announced research collaboration with NIH Vaccine Research Center on antibodies against coronaviruses
On Mar. 11, 2020, Vir Biotech announced a research collaboration agreement with the NIH to advance characterization and…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard launched COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator
On Mar. 10, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard committed up to $125 million…
CaroGen and Yale scientists joined to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2020, CaroGen and scientists from Yale announced they had begun work on a vaccine targeting…
CerTest Biotec and BD announced COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Mar. 10, 2020, BCerTest Biotec, along with BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced that the VIASURE SARS-CoV-2…
Humanigen’s lenzilumab a potential therapeutic for lung damage arising from Coronavirus
On Mar. 9, 2020, Humanigen announced that it was actively exploring clinical stage strategies and partnerships to evaluate…
Innovation Pharma Brilacidin received by US Regional Biocontainment Lab for testing against COVID-19
On Mar. 9, 2020, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced it was notified by one of the 12 Regional Biocontainment Labs…
Ampligen to be tested by Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases as potential treatment for SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 8, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the National Institute of Infectious Diseases (NIID) in Japan will…
UTSW researchers and international collaborators found human protein that potently inhibits coronavirus
On Mar. 8, 2020, an international team of investigators reported finding a protein produced by the human immune…
Government of Canada invested $27 million in Coronavirus research
On Mar. 6, 2020, the Government of Canada announced an investment of nearly $27 million to fund Coronavirus…
University of British Columbia researchers received $2.8 million in federal funding to help with global COVID-19 response
On Mar. 6, 2020, University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers Yue Qian, Dr. Richard Lester, Dr. Srinivas Murthy,…
Mount Sinai and Harbour BioMed collaborated to advance treatment of cancer and Coronavirus COVID-19
On Mar. 6, 2020, Mount Sinai Health System and Harbour BioMed (HBM) announced a multi-year, multifaceted collaboration to…
Heat Biologics collaborated with University of Miami to develop COVID-19 Coronavirus vaccine
On Mar. 5, 2020, Heat Biologics announced a strategic collaboration with the University of Miami Miller School of…
Quest Diagnostics planned launch for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test
On Mar. 5, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced it will launch a coronavirus (COVID-19) test service. The new test…
LabCorp launched test for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
On Mar. 5, 2020, LabCorp announced that it was making its LabCorp 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), NAA test…
OPKO Health introduced Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test
On Mar. 5, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced it was offering a test for the…
Cocrystal Pharma announced plans to advance Coronavirus program
On Mar. 6, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced it had initiated its Coronavirus program. Cocrystal previously entered into a…
Vir Biotec and Alnylam expanded collaboration to advance RNAi therapeutics for reatment of Coronavirus Infection
On Mar. 4, 2020, Vir Biotech and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals announced an expansion of their existing collaboration to include…
Heat Biologics launched program to develop vaccine to protect against COVID-19 coronavirus
On Mar. 3, 2020, Heat Biologics announced the Company has formally launched a program within its wholly-owned subsidiary,…
BioReference Laboratories and State of New Jersey provided testing for Coronavirus 2019
On Mar. 20, 2020, BioReference Labs, an OPKO Health company, announced a collaboration with the State of New…
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Boston University NEIDL scientists joined international Coronavirus research effort
On Mar. 2, 2020, Boston’s top infectious disease researchers, including scientists from Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases…
Mateon updated Rapid Antiviral Response Program Initially targeting COVID-19
On Mar. 2, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics reported the company had been evaluating its therapeutic and AI platforms to…
Innovation Pharma provided scientific rationale and clinical development perspectives for Brilacidin as potential Coronavirus treatment
On Mar. 2, 2020, Innovation Pharma provided the scientific rationale and clinical development perspectives for Brilacidin, the Company’s…
UN released $15 million to help vulnerable countries battle the spread of the coronavirus
On Mar. 1, 2020, the United Nations Humanitarian Chief Mark Lowcock released US$15 million from the Central Emergency…
University of Washington Medicine received FDA permission to conduct coronavirus tests
On Feb. 29, 2020, the University of Washington (UW) Medicine Clinical Virology Lab announced it had received U.S….
Mutations can reveal how the coronavirus moves, but they’re easy to overinterpret
On Feb. 28, 2020, immediately after Christian Drosten published a genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus online, he…
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COVID-19 a reminder of the challenge of emerging infectious diseases
On Feb. 28, 2020, commentary appeared in The New England Journal of Medicine that discussed the emergence and…
Altimmune Completed First Development Milestone Toward a Single-Dose Intranasal COVID-19 Vaccine
On Feb. 28, 2020, Altimmune announced the advancement of a novel single-dose, intranasal vaccine using Altimmune’s proprietary technology…