Biden administration announced investment of more than $12 billion to expand COVID-19 testing
On Mar. 25, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the investment of $10…
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McGill University researchers led by Bratislav Misic announced a direct link between gene expression and higher brain function
On Mar. 25, 2021, McGill University researchers led by Bratislav Misic announced a direct link between gene expression…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
AXIM Biotechnologies’ partner Empowered filed EUA with FDA for use of rapid COVID-19 neutralizing antibody test
On Mar. 24, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that partner Empowered Diagnostics, had filed an Emergency Use Authorization or…
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Cepheid received Emergency Use Authorization from FDA for Rapid SARS-CoV-2 Test
On Mar. 21, 2021, Cepheid announced it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food & Drug…
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FDA authorized first machine learning-based screening device to identify COVID-19 infection biomarkers
On Mar. 19, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
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FDA permitted marketing of first SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test using traditional premarket review process
On Mar. 17, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing authorization of the BioFire Respiratory…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Altasciences partnered with NRC of Canada to qualify quantitative serological assay for detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies
On Mar. 17, 2021, Altasciences working with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), announced that it had…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Measles | Medical Device | Vaccine
Roche launched SARS-CoV-2 variant test to help monitor emerging coronavirus mutations
On Mar. 16, 2021, Roche announced the launch of the cobas SARS-CoV-2 Variant Set 1 Test to detect…
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Biotechnology | CDC | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Vaccine
Fulgent Genetics awarded contract from CDC to study variants of COVID-19 virus
On Mar. 15, 2021, Fulgent Genetics announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had awarded…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO added Janssen vaccine to list of safe and effective emergency tools against COVID-19
On Mar. 12, 2021, The World Health Organization (WHO) listed the COVID-19 vaccine Ad26.COV2.S, developed by Janssen (Johnson…
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Altimmune expanded AdCOVID manufacturing collaboration with Lonza
On Mar. 11, 2021, Altimmune announced that it had expanded its previously-announced AdCOVID manufacturing collaboration with Lonza. Under the…
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The U.S. Department of Defense identified more troops to help administer COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 10, 2021, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced that it had identified additional personnel authorized…
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XPhyto partner received ISO Certification for 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR test
On Mar. 10, 2021, XPhyto and 3a-diagnostics announced successful EN ISO 13485 certification for the rapid point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2…
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Agilent completed CE-IVD registration of qRT-PCR In vitro diagnostic kit for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
On Mar. 9, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of a real-time reverse transcription (qRT) PCR-based diagnostic kit…
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Adaptive Biotechnologies announced FDA EUA for T-Detect COVID to confirm prior COVID-19 infection
On Mar. 5, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an…
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Abbott’s received FDA EUA for laboratory PCR assay that detects and differentiates SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV
On Mar. 5, 2021, Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for…
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FDA issued authorization for first molecular non-prescription, at-home test
On Mar. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
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Washington State Department of Health provided next-generation genome sequencing
On Mar. 4, 2021, the Washington State Department of Health announced contracts with virology labs at the University…
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BD announced collaboration for at-home rapid test for COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) and Scanwell Health, a leader in smartphone-enabled at-home medical tests, announced…
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First identification of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N8) infection
On Feb. 20, 2021, Russian authorities reported the detection of influenza A(H5N8) virus infection in seven poultry workers…
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Study published in NEJM demonstrated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize South African variant spike mutations
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study that provided additional data on the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Genetic study of Lewy body dementia supported ties to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
On Feb. 16, 2021, in a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Medical Device
BD announced EUA, CE Mark for combination molecular diagnostic to detect SARS-CoV-2, influenza A+B in single test
On Feb. 12, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted…
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Cue Health’s connected point-of-care Covid-19 test demonstrated 97.8% agreement compared to Central Lab PCR Testing
On Feb. 11, 2021, Cue Health announced the results of an independent clinical validation study conducted by Mayo…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | USDA | Veterinary
Oregon mink farm cleared from SARS-CoV-2; farm quarantine lifted
On Feb. 11, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm…
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Pfizer and BioNTech data demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 mutations
On Feb. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication in Nature Medicine of data from in vitro studies…
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals to develop COVID-19 skin test to measure SARS-CoV-2 exposure and T cell immunity
On Feb. 8, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced it had received the written response from the U.S. Food and…
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Oxford University vaccine effective against major B117 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK
On Feb. 5, 2021, Oxford University announced that a preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxford’s…
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NIH study of Intranasal influenza vaccine spurred strong immune response in Phase 1 study
On Feb. 3, 2021, an experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine, was safe and produced a durable immune response…
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BD announced assay for identification of COVID-19 patients at increased risks of intubation available in Europe
On Feb. 3, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the CE mark of BD Multitestﾙ 6-Color TBNK Reagent with…
