San Diego’s scientific and medical institutes collaborated on large-scale research program to study spread of COVID-19
On Jun. 16, 2020, a consortium that includes many of San Diego’s top medical and scientific research institutes…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Polio | Vaccine | WHO
Batavia Biosciences and Valneva collaborated to accelerate development of low-cost inactivated polio vaccine
On Jun. 15, 2020, Batavia Biosciences and Valneva announced a collaboration agreement to accelerate market-access of a low-cost…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | FDA | Medical Device | Neurology | Therapeutics
The FDA permitted marketing of first game-based digital therapeutic to improve attention function in children with ADHD
On Jun. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) permitted marketing of the first game-based digital…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 11, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
Quidel received BARDA funding to develop point-of-care diagnostic assay that includes COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Quidel announced it had received funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority…
BioCryst’s galidesivir stops Zika viral replication in primate model
On Jun. 11, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced new data published in Science Translational Medicine that show, in a…
OraSure received BARDA funding for Coronavirus Antibody ELISA using oral fluid samples
On Jun. 10, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced it had been awarded a $629,217 contract from the Biomedical Advanced…
Largest catalog of human genetic diversity released
On Jun. 9, 2020, an international gnomAD team of over 100 scientists released its first set of discoveries…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | FDA | Genomics
Illumina received first FDA Emergency Use Authorization for sequencing-based COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jun. 9, 2020, Illumina announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH researchers uncovered genes linked to common recurrent fever in children
On Jun. 8, 2020, researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute announced they had discovered clues to…
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Measles | Polio | Vaccine
World leaders made historic commitments to provide equal access to vaccines for all
On Jun. 4, 2020, world leaders pledged an additional US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, far…
COVID-19 | Diagnostics | NIH
HHS announced new laboratory data reporting guidance for COVID-19 testing
On Jun. 4, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced new Guidance that specified…
Introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the greater Boston area
On Jun. 4, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the…
Successful detailed tracking of major plant disease’s global spread
On Jun. 4, 2020, Agricultural Research Service scientists and their Oregon State University collaborators announced they had developed…
International community rallied to support open research and science to fight COVID-19
On May 29, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that thirty countries and multiple international partners and…
CIRM board approved three projects targeting COVID-19
On May 29, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved investments in three early-stage research programs…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Neurology | NIH
NIH study showed markers in blood can help identify risk for complications after Brain Injury
On May 27, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had found that molecules released into…
International gnomAD Consortium released first major studies of human genetic variation
On May 27, 2020, an analyses of the largest publicly available catalog of human genomic data revealed new…
Todos Medical announced cross-distribution agreement with L1 Systems for ventilators and COVID testing
On May 26, 2020, Todos Medical announced it had entered into a cross-distribution agreement with L1 Systems, a…
Abbott released interim clinical study data on ID NOW COVID-19 rapid test showing strong agreement to lab-based molecular PCR tests
On May 21, 2020, Abbott announced an interim analysis of an ongoing multi-site clinical study in urgent care…
University of British Columbia researchers developed biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19
On May 21, 2020, the BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia announced it had designed a…
Roche acquired Stratos Genomics to further develop DNA based sequencing for diagnostic use
On May 21, 2020, Roche announced that it had acquired Seattle-based Stratos Genomics, an early-stage sequencing technology company…
Mammoth Biosciences collaborated with GSK to develop COVID-19 test using CRISPR-based platform
On May 20, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced a collaboration with GSK Consumer Healthcare to develop an accurate, easy-to-use,…
Llama antibody engineered to block Coronavirus
On May 19, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that researchers from the University of Texas,…
USC antibody study showed coronavirus infection more widespread in LA County than previously thought
On May 19, 2020, a University of Southern California (USC) study reported results from the first phase of…
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Autism risk estimated at 3 to 5% for children whose parents have a sibling with autism
On May 18, 2020, the NIH reported that roughly 3 to 5% of children with an aunt or…
Countries begin large-scale screening for SARS-CoV-2 in sewage
On May 14, 2020,The Scientist reported that researchers from several countries including the US, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands,…
Thermo Fisher Scientific response to COVID-19 expanded to include new serology test
On May 13, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by…
Study confirmed cats can become infected with and may transmit COVID-19 to other cats
On May 13, 2020, in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the…
The Jackson Laboratory provided widescale COVID-19 testing in Connecticut
On May 12, 2020, the Jackson Laboratory (JAX), in partnership with the State of Connecticut, announced that it…