Washington University launched Clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 treatment
On Apr. 9, 2020, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis launched a clinical trial for patients…
iBio announced signing of agreements with Infectious Disease Research Institute in support of iBio’s SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like Particle vaccine development
On Apr. 9, 2020, iBio announced the signing of two agreements with the Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI)…
Severely Ill COVID-19 patient at Southern California medical center extubated three days after treatment with CytoDyn’s leronlimab
On Apr. 9, 2020, CytoDyn announced a patient with severe COVID-19 under the care of a leading medical…
Blood samples for Severely Ill COVID-19 patients indicate leronlimab has significantly reduced the Cytokine Storm in all patients
On Apr. 9, 2020, CytoDyn announced results of immunological metrics from blood samples of seven severely ill COVID-19…
Nanomix awarded BARDA contract for development of rapid, mobile, point-of-care assays to detect COVID-19
On Apr. 8, 2020, Nanomix announced that the company had been awarded $570,000 in funding from Biomedical Advanced…
Novavax identified Coronavirus vaccine candidate; accelerated initiation of first-in-human trial to mid-May
On Apr. 8, 2020, Novavax announced it had identified a coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, a stable, prefusion protein…
FDA approved Emory University human clinical trials for Emory COVID-19 antiviral
On Apr. 7, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an Investigational New Drug application by…
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Seattle area philanthropists responded to COVID-19 care and research needs
On Apr. 7, 2020, the University of Washington Medicine (UW) announced that more than $20 million has been…
INOVIO initiated phase 1 clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 6, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had accepted the company’s…
OraSure Technologies received BARDA contract for Rapid Oral Fluid Pan-SARS-Coronavirus in-home self-test
On Apr. 6, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced it had been awarded a $710,310 contract from the Biomedical Advanced…
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Mesa Biotech to develop molecular point-of-care diagnostic test for novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
On Apr. 4, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced the addition of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) to its active influenza…
Mayo Clinic named national site for Convalescent Plasma Expanded Access Program
On Apr. 3, 2020, the FDA announced that the Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic will be the lead institution…
OHSU launched in-house COVID-19 testing lab
On Apr. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that it had established an in-house COVID-19…
Mary and Ryan Finley donated $3 million to Legacy Health, OHSU to combat COVID-19
On Apr. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Mary and Ryan Finley, moved by…
Penn Medicine launched trial to evaluate hydroxychloroquine to treat, prevent COVID-19
On Apr. 3, 2020, a trial led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…
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Trial drug significantly blocked early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
On Apr. 2, 2020, an international team led by University of British Columbia (UBC) researcher Dr. Josef Penninger…
Vir and Alnylam expand collaboration to advance investigational RNAi therapeutics targeting host factors of COVID-19
On Apr. 2, 2020, Vir Biotech and Alnylam Pharma announced an expansion to their broad multi-target existing collaboration…
Fred Hutch team launched hunt for coronavirus antibodies
On Apr. 2, 2020, a team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle began searching…
UW-Madison, FluGen and Bharat Biotech announced development of CoroFlu, a coronavirus vaccine
On Apr. 2, 2020, an international collaboration of virologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the vaccine companies…
Paratek Pharma announced BARDA funding for onshoring the manufacturing supply for NUZYRA (omadacycline)
On Apr. 1, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced BARDA had initiated funding to support the onshoring of Paratek manufacturing…
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Early study of COVID-19 patients showed high mortality rate
On Apr. 1, 2020, a University of Washington Medicine led study of 24 of the most critically ill…
Fujifilm announced start of phase III clinical trial of influenza antiviral drug ‘Avigan Tablet’ on COVID-19 patients
On Mar. 31, 2020, FUJIFILM announced initiation of a phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and…
Philips to fulfill contract with the HHS for the delivery of 10,000 Trilogy Universal units with accelerated delivery
On Mar. 31, 2020, Philips announced that it was fully committed to fulfill the contract with the U.S….
Cue Health awarded $13 million for rapid, portable, point-of-Care COVID-19 test by BARDA
On Mar. 31, 2020, Cue Health announced that is had been awarded up to $30 million in base…
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Mayo Clinic in Florida expanded specimen testing and processing capabilities for COVID-19
On Mar. 31, 2020, Mayo Clinic in Florida announced it had significantly ramped up efforts to process and…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement with Novavax to manufacture NanoFlu
On Mar. 31, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced an agreement with Novavax whereby Emergent provided molecule-to-market contract development and…
Luminex received BARDA contract to support development of second, rapid SARS-CoV-2 test
On Mar. 31, 2020, Luminex announced it had received $642,450 in funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
Altimmune and the University of Alabama at Birmingham to collaborate on development of single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 30, 2020, Altimmune announced that it was launching a collaboration with the University of Alabama at…
Medtronic launched new solutions to help monitor patients for COVID-19
On Mar. 27, 2020, Medtronic announced its Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS) business had launched two new solutions…
Emory University new site in NIH-sponsored coronavirus vaccine study
On Mar. 27, 2020, Emory’s Vaccine and Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU) announced participation in a clinical trial testing…