3CL protease inhibitor NLC-001 added to COVID-19-focused joint venture between Todos Medical and NLC Pharma
On Sept. 17, 2020, Todos Medical announced that NLC Pharma had added the dietary supplement NLC-001 to its…
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BioNTech acquired GMP manufacturing site to expand COVID-19 vaccine production
On Sept. 17, 2020, BioNTech announced an agreement with Novartis to acquire their GMP certified manufacturing facility in…
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Atossa Therapeutics received second positive safety assessment in clinical study of AT-301 Coronavirus nasal spray
On Sept. 17, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced a positive interim safety assessment from the second cohort of healthy…
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Genentech’s Phase III EMPACTA Study Showed Actemra Reduced the Likelihood of Needing Mechanical Ventilation in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 Associated Pneumonia
On Sept. 17, 2020, Genentech, a member of the Roche Group announced that the Phase III EMPACTA study…
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NIH funded community engagement research efforts in areas hardest hit by COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a $12 million award for outreach and…
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Lilly announced proof of concept data for neutralizing antibody LY-CoV555 in the COVID-19 outpatient setting
On Sept. 16, 2020, Eli Lilly announced proof of concept data from an interim analysis of the BLAZE-1…
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T cells take the lead in controlling SARS-CoV-2 and reducing COVID-19 disease severity
On Sept. 16, 2020, a study by researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology published in the Cell,…
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AIM ImmunoTech announced start of recruitment in clinical trial incorporating Ampligen in treatment of cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that recruitment had begun in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Phase…
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AXIM Biotechnologies filed Emergency Use Authorization with COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test for neutralizing antibodies
On Sept. 16, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application with…
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Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2020, UT Southwestern research suggested conditions related to obesity, including inflammation and leaky gut, leave…
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UTHealth joined NIH trial to test antibodies and other experimental outpatient treatments for COVID-19 pneumonia
On Sept. 15, 2020, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) announced that a study…
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Novavax announced COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing agreement with Serum Institute of India
On Sept. 15, 2020, Novavax announced an amendment to its existing agreement with Serum Institute of India which…
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NIH awarded contracts worth $22.8 million to develop innovative digital health technologies for COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded seven contracts worth a total of $22.8…
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Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union tracked strains of SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 15, 2020, initial findings reported by the Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union (ACGU) suggested that following Arizona’s…
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FDA contracted with global partners to analyze coronavirus samples
On Sept. 15, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awarded a $5.4 million research contract to…
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Laboratory testing of Brilacidin for COVID-19 in combination with remdesivir reduces viral load by nearly 100 percent
On Sept. 15, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving additional data from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) collected…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Influenza | NIH | Vaccine
Vaxess Technologies to develop Coronavirus + Influenza Combo Patch Vaccine in Partnership with Medigen
On Sept. 15, 2020, Vaxess Technologies and Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MBV) announced a partnership to develop a combined…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific further expanded laboratory plastics production to support COVID-19 testing, therapies and vaccines
On Sept. 15, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it was investing more than $140 million to further expand…
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Soligenix announced publication demonstrating thermostabilization of filovirus vaccine antigens
On Sept. 15, 2020, Soligenix, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare…
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Tonix Pharma enrolled first patient in COV-LOGIC study to assess antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 15, 2020,Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first patient was enrolled in the observational COV-LOGIC study (TNX-C001),…
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OPKO Health initiated clinical trial of RAYALDEE in COVID-19 patients
On Sept. 15, 2020, OPKO Health announce it had initiated a Phase 2 trial with RAYALDEEﾮ as a…
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BioNTech received €375M in funding from German Federal Ministry to support COVID-19 vaccine program BNT162
On Sept. 15, 2020, BioNTech announced that it will receive a grant of up to 375 million Euro…
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Vaxart announced FDA clearance of IND application for oral COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Vaxart announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has completed its review…
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Mateon global study for Artemisinin intervention against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in India
On Sept. 14, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that its global study based on its ARTI-19 protocol for Artemisinin…
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Valneva and Dynavax announced commercial supply agreement for inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced a commercial partnership for the supply of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant…
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Genomic leaders collaborated to create Australia’s first national COVID-19 tracking system
On Sept. 14, 2020, Illumina announced that the Australian public health laboratories will aim to sequence the virus…
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Baricitinib in combination with remdesivir reduced time to recovery in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in ACTT-2 Trial
On Sept. 14, 2020, Eli Lilly and Incyte announced initial data from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-2)…
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RECOVERY COVID-19 phase 3 trial evaluated Regeneron’s REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail in the UK
On Sept. 14, 2020, Regeneron and the University of Oxford announced that RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY),…
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Meridian launched novel SARS-CoV-2 antibody pair designed for developing highly sensitive rapid antigen tests from saliva
On Sept. 14, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced the launch of a novel highly sensitive SARS-CoV-2 antibody pair to…
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Text analysis software track global biothreats, such as COVID-19
On Sept. 14, 2020, at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) reported that U.S. analysts monitoring global biothreats…
