Novavax confirmed ligh levels of efficacy against original and variant COVID-19 strains in UK and South Africa trials
On Mar. 11, 2021, Novavax announced final efficacy of 96.4% against mild, moderate and severe disease caused by…
Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine granted conditional Marketing Authorization by EC
On Mar. 11, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that the European Commission (EC) had granted a Conditional Marketing…
ContraFect announced BARDA contract award for up to $868 million for antibiotic-resistant infections
On Mar. 11, 2021, ContraFect announced that it had been awarded a cost-share contract from the Biomedical Advanced…
Innovation Pharma’s COVID-19 drug candidate Brilacidin among top three percent predicted most effective against SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 10, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that a Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence) model used to screen 1,482…
Luminex submitted joint SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory panel to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
On Mar. 10, 2021, Luminex announced that it had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the U.S….
Baxter and Moderna announced agreement for manufacturing of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the US
On Mar. 8, 2021, Baxter and Moderna announced that they had entered into an agreement for Baxter BioPharma…
Moderna announced supply agreement to provide 13 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the Philippines
On Mar. 6, 2021, Moderna announced a supply agreement with the Government of the Philippines for 13 million…
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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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…
Altasciences announced phase I research for COVID-19 pneumonia treatment
On Mar. 3, 2021, Altasciences announced support for ReAlta Life Sciences’ Phase I trial to evaluate RLS-0071 for…
Merck announced partnership to produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, Merck announced multiple agreements to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of…
Novavax and Takeda finalized license agreement for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Feb. 26, 2021, Novavax and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced an exclusive license agreement for Takeda’s development, manufacturing and…
Novavax completed enrollment of PREVENT-19, COVID-19 vaccine pivotal phase 3 trial in the US and Mexico
On Feb. 22, 2021, Novavax announced it had completed enrollment of PREVENT-19, its pivotal Phase 3 study in…
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…
Luminex received BARDA funding to support development and validation of test combining SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory pane
On Feb. 19, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received $11.3 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced…
Novavax announced MOU with Gavi for cumulative supply to COVAX facility of 11 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 18, 2021, Novavax and announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to…
European Commission purchased additional 150 million doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Feb. 17, 2021, Moderna announced that the European Commission had purchased an additional 150 million doses of…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced supply the European Union with 200 million additional doses of COMIRNATY
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced an agreement with the European Commission (EC) to supply an additional 200…
Anixa Biosciences began animal resting of Covid-19 therapeutic candidates
On Feb. 16, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that animal testing had commenced with two proprietary compounds that have…
Moderna provided U.S. COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Feb. 16, 2021, Moderna provided a supply update for their COVID-19 Vaccine in the United States, reporting…
Novavax announced expanded agreement with SK Bioscience for 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine for South Korea
On Feb. 15, 2021, Novavax and SK Bioscience announced an expanded collaboration and license agreement. In addition to…
Canada purchased additional 4 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 12, 2021, Moderna announced that the Canadian Government had increased its confirmed order commitment by 4…
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…
Qatar Ministry of Public Health issued Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Feb. 11, 2021, Moderna announced that the Qatar Ministry of Public Health had issued an emergency use…
US Government purchased additional 100 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Vaccine
On Feb. 11, 2021, Moderna announced that the U.S. government had purchased an additional 100 million doses of…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a cougar and tiger at a wild animal exhibitor in Texas
On Feb. 10, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of…
Moderna announced COVID-19 vaccine supply agreements with governments of Taiwan and Colombia
On Feb. 9, 2021, Moderna announced two supply agreements for the COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna: one with the government…
Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On Feb. 4, 2021, Merck affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic, and do…
Novavax announced start of rolling review by multiple regulatory authorities for COVID-19 vaccine authorization
On Feb. 4, 2021, Novavax announced the start of the rolling review process for authorization of NVX-CoV2373, its…
Moderna announced amendment to supply agreement with Switzerland for additional 6 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 3, 2021, Moderna announced the Swiss Federal Government had increased its confirmed order commitment from 7.5…