InBios awarded $12.67 million DOD contract to Increase domestic production of rapid point of care COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 30, 2020 InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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Final NIH policy for data management and sharing released
On Oct. 29, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announed that it will begin requiring most of…
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The CDC opened new South America Regional Office in Brazil
On Oct. 29, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened its new South America regional…
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Oxford University began COVID-19 test for individuals without symptoms
On Oct. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford announced a new pilot scheme to assess the use of…
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OncoSec announced FDA clearance of IND application for phase 1 clinical trial of CORVax12 vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Oct. 29, 2020, OncoSec Medical announced that the FDA had approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) application…
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PerkinElmer COVID-19 test kit receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for sample pooling
On Oct. 29, 2020, PerkinElmer announced that the FDA had issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to allow sample…
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Emulate collaborated with FDA to apply lung-chip to evaluate safety of COVID-19 vaccines
On Oct. 29, 2020, Emulate announced that it had entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)…
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Novartis announced collaboration with Molecular Partners to develop DARPinﾮ therapies against COVID-19
On Oct. 28, 2020, Novartis and Molecular Partners announced an option and license agreement to develop, manufacture and…
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CVS Health expanded COVID-19 testing services with 1,000 rapid-result test sites
On Oct. 28, 2020, CVS Health announced plans to expand COVID-19 testing services currently offered at select CVS…
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NIH scientists discovered key pathway in lysosomes that coronaviruses use to exit cells
On Oct. 28, 2020, researchers at the NIH announced that they had discovered a biological pathway that the…
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Data for Lilly’s bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) in COVID-19 outpatients published in NEJM
On Oct. 28, 2020, Eli Lilly announced the New England Journal of Medicine had published data from the…
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First patients treated with the worldﾒs smallest heart pump, the 9Fr Impella ECP
On Oct. 28, 2020, Abiomed announced the first two patients were treated with the Impella ECP expandable percutaneous…
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UNMC VA study found contaminants may increase risk of rheumatoid arthritis
On Oct. 28, 2020, researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) reported the results of a…
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Regeneron’s COVID-19 outpatient trial demonstrated that REGN-COV2 antibody significantly reduced virus levels
On Oct. 28, 2020, Regeneron announced positive, prospective results from an ongoing Phase 2/3 seamless trial in the…
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CHF Solutions announced deployment of Aquadex Systems to hospitals in the s to treat COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 27, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it had shipped Aquadexﾙ product to medical facilities in Tennessee…
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Aurinia announced European trial to evaluate antiviral activity of Voclosporin in kidney transplant recipients with COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2020, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced the funding and initiation of an open-label exploratory trial evaluating the…
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Nektar Therapeutics announced phase 1b clinical study to evaluate empegaldesleukin for treatment of patients with COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2020, Nektar Therapeutics announced that it has received FDA clearance for an Investigational New Drug…
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Additional COVID-19 related genes ﾖ both helpful and harmful ﾖ revealed in massive screen
On Oct. 27, 2020, researchers at Yale University and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard screened hundred…
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Bayer acquired Asklepios BioPharmaceutical for $40 billion
On Oct. 26, 2020, Bayer announced the acquisition of Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, a North Carolina-headquartered biopharmaceutical company specialized in…
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ContraFect initiated expanded access to Exebacase for treatment of MRSA bloodstream infections in COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 26, 2020, ContraFect announced that it had initiated an expanded access program to provide exebacase for…
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Taconic Biosciences launched critical model for COVID-19 research
On Oct. 26, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced immediate humanized ACE2 mouse model availability for COVID-19 research. The SARS-CoV-2…
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Membrion molecular coating to prevent COVID-19 virus from passing through cloth face masks
On Oct. 26, 2020, Membrion announced a breakthrough in the fight against the COVID-19 virus: a molecular coating…
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Entos Pharma awarded $5 million in NRC IRAP funding to conduct phase I Clinical trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Oct. 23, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced it was receiving advisory services and funding of up to $5…
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FDA authorised restart of the COVID-19 AZD1222 vaccine US phase III trial
On Oct. 23, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, had…
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Johnson & Johnson prepared to resume phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in the US
On Oct. 23, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that it was preparing to resume recruitment in the pivotal…
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Roche announced collaboration with Atea Pharmaceuticals to develop potential oral treatment for COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 22, 2020, Roche and Atea Pharmaceuticals announced they had joined forces in the fight against COVID-19…
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Vacaville unveiled California Biomanufacturing Center and next generation of biotech development
On Oct. 22, 2020, the City of Vacaville announced the start of the next generation of development of…
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4D Nucleome Program Projects launched to map the nucleus, the information center of our cells
On Oct. 15, 2020 research teams from two divisions of the Allen Institute, the Allen Institute for Cell…
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NeoGenomics expanded global footprint in pharma services with new clinical research laboratory in Suzhou, China
On Oct. 13, 2020, NeoGenomics announced plans to open a state-of-the-art research laboratory in China in association with…
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One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever joint UN estimates
On Oct. 8, 2020, UNICEF, World Health Organization (WHO), the World Bank Group and the Population Division of…
