Novan announced favorable preclinical safety data and intent to advance SB019 for treatment of COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2021, Novan announced promising preclinical safety results with berdazimer sodium in a 14-day GLP repeat…
Howard Hughes Medical Institute’ Codetta Program deciphered genetic code in 250,000 genomes
On Nov. 9, 2021, Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced the program, named Codetta, can read the genome sequence…
Amyris announced JV partnership with ImmunityBio for next generation COVID-19 RNA vaccine
On Nov. 8, 2021, Amyris announced announced it had entered into a 50:50 joint venture arrangement with ImmunityBio…
FDA authorized additional indication for BinaxNOW COVID-19 over-the-counter antigen test
On Nov. 8, 2021, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reissued the emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
NIH scientists identifed mechanism that may influence infectivity of SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Nov. 5, 2021, scientists at the National Institutes of Health announced they had found that a process…
Oxford University researchers uncovered gene that doubles risk of death from COVID-19
On Nov. 5, 2021, scientists at Oxford University announced they had identified the gene responsible for doubling the…
The FDA issued an emergency use authorization for the iHealth COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
On Nov. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration The FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA)…
Resverlogix entered agreement with Supreme Council of Arab-African Economy for development of Apabetalone for COVID-19 patients
On Nov. 5, 2021, Resverlogix announced that it had entered into a cooperation agreement with the Supreme Council…
Database lock completed for Innovation Pharmaceuticalsï¾’ phase 2 clinical trial of brilacidin for COVID-19
On Nov. 3, 2021, Innovation Pharma announced that the Company had received confirmation that hard lock of the…
INOVIO further expanded INNOVATE phase 3 trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800 in India
On Nov. 3, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received authorization from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control…
WHO issued emergency use listing for eighth COVID-19 vaccine
On Nov. 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXINï¾® (developed…
NRx Pharmaceuticals announced favorable safety report for ZYESAMIï¾® (aviptadil) in critical care study in patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 5, 2021, NRx Pharmaceuticals reported a safety update on ZYESAMIï¾® (aviptadil), which was being tested in…
U.S. FDA authorizd InteliSwabï¾™ COVID-19 rapid tests for at-home testing for delta variant detection
On Nov. 2, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced that the EUA for its InteliSwabï¾™ COVID-19 rapid tests had been…
NIH announced study of long-term effects of COVID-19 in pregnancy
On Nov. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced support for a four-year follow-up study on the…
TGen case study documented first reported U.S. transmission of COVID from a pet owner to pets
On Nov. 1, 2021, for the first time in the U.S., the transmission of COVID-19 from pet parent…
FDA cleared the first 510(k) for a COVID-19 test, the BioFire COVID-19 Test 2
On Nov. 1, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the first 510(k) for a COVID-19…
Penn Medicine Pavilion opened to patients
On Oct. 30, 2021, Penn Medicine officially opened the doors of its 1.5 million-square-foot future-ready Pavilion as clinical…
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Pfizer and BioNTech received first U.S. FDA EUA of COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 through 11 years
On Oct. 29, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had authorized…
NIH researchers identified how two people controlled HIV after stopping treatment
On Oct. 29, 2021, research led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health announced they had identified…
Monoclonal antibody treatment highly effective at reducing COVID-19 hospitalizations
On Oct. 27, 2021, researchers published interim results in The New England Journal of Medicine from a Phase…
Merck and MPP announced agreement for Molnupiravir, investigational oral antiviral COVID-19 medicine, to low- and middle-income countries
On Oct. 27, 2021, the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) and Merck announced a voluntary licensing agreement to facilitate…
Relief Therapeutics reported positive interim data from trial of novel nasal spray Sentinox in SARS-CoV-2 infected patients
On Oct. 27, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, APR Applied Pharma Research, reported positive…
Fulgent Genetics launched at-home neutralizing antibody test for COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2021, Fulgent Genetics announced that it had launched an antibody test for COVID-19 which specifically…
FDA Advisory Committee votes in favor of granting EUA for Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children 5 to <12 years
On Oct. 26, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationï¾’s (FDA) Vaccines and…
Vaxart dosed first subject in phase II COVID-19 oral tablet vaccine clinical trial
On Oct. 26, 2021, Vaxart announced that it has dosed the first subject in its Phase II COVID-19…
Axcella Therapeutics launched clinical program to develop treatment for patients with long COVID
On Oct. 26, 2021, Axcella Therapeutics announced a new clinical program to investigate AXA1125 as a potential treatment…
Merck and Ridgeback initiated rolling review by EMA for Molnupiravir, investigational oral antiviral medicine, for treatment of COVID-19
On Oct. 25, 2021, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced the European Medicines Agency (EMA) had initiated a rolling…
European Commission selected Humanigenï¾’s lenzilumab as one of the 10 most promising treatments for COVID-19
On Oct. 25, 2021, Humanigen announced the European Commission had identified lenzilumab as one of the ﾓ10 most…
HHS invested over $560 million to bolster product manufacturing to increase supply, availability of COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 22, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced that it had invested more…