TGen teamed with Poba Medical to produce 10,000 COVID-19 test kits per month
On Jul. 2, 2020, in response to the continuing need for more COVID-19 diagnostic tests, the Translational Genomics…
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Complexity of human tooth enamel revealed at atomic level in NIH-funded study
On Jul. 1, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded scientists announced using a combination of advanced microscopy…
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OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories reports results of COVID-19 testing for almost one quarter of a million nursing home employees
On Jul. 1, 2020, OPKO Health announced the results of COVID-19 molecular PCR and antibody tests for nursing…
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InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for second COVID-19 antibody test
On Jul. 1, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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UC Berkeley launched trial of saliva test for COVID-19
On Jun. 30, 2020, scientists from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at the University of California Berkeley announced…
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NIH study showed genomic variation causing common autoinflammatory disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague
On Jun. 29, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had discovered that Mediterranean populations may…
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U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs launched COVID-19 screening tool
On Jun. 29, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it had launched a digital COVID-19…
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Oxford University dashboard highlighted potential future COVID-19 virus hotspots
On Jun. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford reported that potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a…
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Association between statewide school closure and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the US
On Jun. 29, 2020, a study published in JAMA showed that in the U.S., states enacted nonpharmaceutical interventions,…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
MSFHR funded COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BC’s vulnerable populations
On Jun. 29, 2020, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) COVID-19 Research Response Fund announced funding…
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Altimmune received award from US DoD to fund phase 1/2 clinical trial of T-COVID in outpatients with early COVID-19
On Jun. 29, 2020, Altimmune announced it was awarded $4.7 million from the U.S. Army Medical Research &…
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LabCorp introduced Xcellerate COVID-19 clinical study solution
On Jun. 29, 2020, LabCorp announced that Covance, its drug development business, has deployed the Xcellerate COVID-19 solution…
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Todos Medical entered into distribution partnership with Meridian Health Services network for COVID-19 testing solutions
On Jun. 29, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into a partnership with Meridian Health Services…
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Gilead Sciences announced Covid-19 drug Remdesivir to cost $3,120 for typical patient on private insurance
On Jun. 29, 2020, Remdesivir, the investigational drug for the treatment of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), will…
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Experts identifed steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 26, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
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Vaxart signed Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow
On Jun. 26, 2020, Vaxart announced that its oral COVID-19 vaccine has been selected to participate in a…
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CIRM board approved third clinical trial for COVID-19
On Jun. 26, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to Dr. Xiaokui Zhang at…
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Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the results of that funding competition: an investment of…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
University of British Columbia received $14 million in federal funding for COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, researchers at the University of British Columbia announced they had received a combined total…
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Mayo Clinic launched imaging solution to enable digital pathology across the enterprise
On Jun. 25, 2020, in support of Mayo Clinic’s digital health and practice transformation initiatives, the Mayo Clinic…
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LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorp announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
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Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had tested a ‘universal mosquito vaccine’…
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Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Vaccine
GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
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COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases and deaths in New York City
On Jun. 19, 2020, The COVID-19 pandemic in New York City caused a surge in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests…
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Large Study at Mount Sinai Investigated the Effects of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes
On Jun. 18, 2020, a multidisciplinary team at Mount Sinai is conducting the first large-scale prospective study to…
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Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin inhibited SARS-CoV-2 by 97 percent in a human lung cell line
On Jun. 17, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving data from ongoing laboratory testing being conducted at a U.S….
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
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…
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The FDA revoked Emergency Use Authorization for Chembio antibody test
On Jun. 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) of…
