Abbott received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and launches test to detect novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 19, 2020, Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
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UArizona Cancer Center received $69M grant forsSkin cancer prevention study
On Mar. 19, 2020, The UArizona Cancer Center announced it was awarded a five-year, $6.9 million prestigious Program…
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FDA approved Epclusa (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir) for children with Chronic Hepatitis C infection
On Mar. 19, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
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High-speed microscope captured fleeting brain signals
On Mar. 19, 2020, University of California, Berkeley, investigators have now built such a camera: a microscope that…
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals announced initiative to expand availability of Caldolor to treat fevers associated with Coronavirus Infections
On Apr. 1, 2020, Cumberland Pharma announced a national initiative to support hospitals and clinics that use Caldolor…
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Mesa Biotech received funding from HHS for development of a 30 minute molecular point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 test
On Mar. 19, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it has significantly expanded its capacity to test clinical samples for…
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LabCorp sets dedicated hours to serve the non-COVID-19 testing needs for elderly and most vulnerable people
On Mar. 19, 2020, LabCorp announced it is dedicating the first hour of service each day at its…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Leading Stanford Alumni Scientists and Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force
On Mar. 18, 2020, StartX, a non-profit startup community of more than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni founders,…
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Oxford scientists developed rapid testing technology for COVID-19
On Mar. 18, 2020, scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre…
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Nike leaders donated $7 million to support OHSU’s COVID-19 response
On Mar. 18, 2020, Nike CEO John Donahoe and his wife, Eileen, along with Nike Chairman Mark Parker…
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TGen, a genomic first responder, ramped up testing against COVID-19 coronavirus
On Mar. 17, 2020, acting as Genomic First Responders, The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of…
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Quidel received Emergency Use Authorization for molecular COVID-19 diagnostic assay
On Mar. 17, 2020, Quidel Corp. announced it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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MannKind refocuses pipeline resources in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 17, 2020, MannKind announced it was adjusting research and development resources that were reserved for its…
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Genomic analysis showed COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic has a natural origin
On Mar. 17, 2020, scientists reported the novel SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that emerged in the city of Wuhan, China,…
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BioReference Laboratories and NYC Health + Hospitals announced collaboration to provide Coronavirus testing
On Mar. 17, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced a collaboration with the New York City…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Medical Device | Oncology
Todos Medical announced Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Buccal Testing Kit distribution agreement with 3D BioMed
On Mar. 17, 2020, Todos Medical announced a non-exclusive distribution agreement with 3D Biomedicine Science & Technology, a…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | Vaccine
Hologic’s molecular test for the novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization
On Mar. 16, 2020, Hologic announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Emergency Use Authorization…
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BD, BioGX announced FDA Emergency Use Authorization submissions for new COVID-19 diagnostics for use in U.S.
On Mar. 16, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced the companies had submitted Emergency Use Authorization requests…
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Large scale COVID-19 testing of general population begun in Iceland
On Mar. 15, 2020, Iceland health authorities and deCode Genetics announced they began comprehensive screening for the virus…
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NIH Reported First Known Employee with COVID-19 Infection
On Mar. 15, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) informed its staff that it had its first…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Mar. 13, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an emergency…
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National Emergency declared in U.S. for novel Coronavirus disease outbreak
On Mar. 13, 2020, declared a COVID-related emergency under Section 501(b) of the Stafford Act [18]. Under the…
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Leading veterinary diagnostic company saw no COVID-19 cases in pets early in Pandemic
On Mar. 13, 2020, IDEXX Laboratories announced the company had seen no positive results in pets to date…
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Johnson & Johnson collaborated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to accelerate COVID-19 vaccine development
On Mar. 13, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies have entered a collaboration with…
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BioReference Laboratories offers testing for Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
On Mar. 13, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO company, announced it had begun accepting specimens for testing of…
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Luminex provided update on SARS-CoV-2 validation testing efforts
On Mar. 13, 2020, Luminex announced that four independent clinical laboratories had validated laboratory developed tests (LDTs) for…
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COVID-19 accelerated the shift from paper forms to digital data in Vietnam
On Mar. 13, 2020, PATH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a collaboration with…
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Roche announced FDA Emergency Use Authorization and availablabilityof cobas SARS-CoV-2 detection test
On Mar. 13, 2020, Roche announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization…
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Qatar reported one confirmed case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus infection
On May 12, 2022, the National IHR Focal Point for Qatar reported two laboratory-confirmed cases of Middle East…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
Emory University among U.S. sites to host clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment
On Mar. 12, 2020, Emory University announced it was participating in a National Institutes of Health (NIH) sponsored…
