COVID-19 patients treated with fluvoxamine had lower likelihood of clinical deterioration over 15 days
On Nov. 14, 2020, JAMA reported that in a preliminary study, adult outpatients with symptomatic COVID-19 treated with…
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Cardiac arrest treatment that uses life support machine boosted survival
On Nov. 13, 2020, the NIIH announced that using a life support machine to replicate the functions of…
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Albert Einstein College of Medicine received $5 million NIH grant to study HIV and HPV cancers in Africa
On Nov. 13, 2020, Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that it had received a five-year, $4.9 million…
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Early mutation in SARS-CoV-2 virus in Europe led to its domination world wide
On Nov. 12, 2020, a study published in Science by a team of researchers in the U.S. and…
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Vaxart announced additional data from Hamster Challenge Study of its oral COVID-19 vaccine
On Nov. 12, 2020 Vaxart announced additional results from its Hamster Challenge Study. The study evaluated Vaxartﾒs recombinant…
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CIRM Board approved four new clinical trials
On Nov.12, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved four new clinical…
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COVID-19 immunity may last six months or more
On Nov. 11, 2020, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Michel Nussenzweig and his team reported that people who…
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Largest set of mammalian genomes revealed species at risk of extinction
On Nov. 11, 2020, An international team of researchers with an effort called the Zoonomia Project announced that…
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Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the EU with 200 million doses of mRNA-based vaccine against SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 11, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they had reached an agreement with the European Commission…
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Cardinal Health partnered with CDC to support vaccine access for pharmacies
On Nov. 11, 2020, Cardinal Health announced it had reached an agreement with the Centers for Disease Control…
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Treatments for people with early COVID-19 infection urgent research focus
On Nov. 11, 2020, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., and…
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Data showed SARS-CoV-2 reactive T Cells are associated with protection from COVID-19 was published
On Nov. 10, 2020, Oxford Immunotec announced the release of data from a prospective cohort study in keyworkers…
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ImmunityBio, NantKwest announced positive interim phase 1 safety data of hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine dose study
On Nov. 10, 2020, ImmunityBio and NantKwest, a clinical-stage, natural killer cell-based therapeutics company, announced they had administered…
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Altimmune added Lonza as manufacturing partner for supply of AdCOVIDﾙ vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Nov. 10, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Lonza for the manufacturing of AdCOVIDﾙ, Altimmuneﾒs next-generation, single-dose…
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TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner from 3M approved by EPA for use against SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, 3M announced that its TB Quat Disinfectant Ready-to-Use Cleaner had been approved by the…
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BD announced Canadian Government order of 76 million portable, rapid point-of-care antigen tests to detect SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 10, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
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Lilly’s neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab received FDA emergency use authorization for treatment of recently diagnosed COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, the FDA granted Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Eli Lilly’s investigational neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab…
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EUROIMMUN launched quantitative ELISA to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies against viral S1 protein
On Nov. 9, 2020, PerkinElmer announced that EUROIMMUN, a PerkinElmer company, had launched the Anti-SARS-CoV-2 QuantiVacTM ELISA (IgG)…
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Corvus completed enrollment in phase 1 study of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 9, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed patient enrollment in its Phase 1 study…
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ImmunityBioﾒs hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine candidate stimulated memory T-Cell recall in patients with SARS-CoV-2
On Nov. 8, 2020, ImmunityBio announced positive study results for their human Ad5 (hAd5) COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which…
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FDA authorized first test that detected neutralizing antibodies from recent or prior SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 6, 2020, the FDA authorized the first serology test that detected neutralizing antibodies from recent or…
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Novartis’ randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial failed to meet endpoints
On Nov. 5, 2020, Novartis announced data from an interim analysis for the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled CAN-COVID trial…
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RECOVERY trial DMC recommended continuing evaluation of REGN-COV2 in hospitalized patients
On Nov. 5, 2020, Regeneron announced an update from the independent data monitoring committee (DMC) for the UK-based…
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Neoleukin Therapeutics announced publication of de novo protein decoys that block COVID-19 infection
On Nov. 5, 2020, Neoleukin Therapeutics announced the publication in Science of research describing novel molecules designed to…
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Rapid COVID-19 test, Oxsed RaViD Direct, used at Heathrow and trials at Hong Kong International Airport
On Nov. 4, 2020, the University of Oxford announced that its rapid COVID-19 test was being used at…
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Research confirmed obesity is a cause of kidney disease
On Nov. 4, 2020, scientists at the University of Oxford announced they had discovered that obesity can increase…
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NIAID scientists and colleagues revealed new tethering mechanism in a gram-negative cell envelope
On Nov. 3, 2020, NIAID researchers and colleagues announced they had discovered a mechanism that some bacteria, such…
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ACON Laboratories announced the launch of its Flowflexﾙ Antigen COVID-19 test
On Nov. 2, 2020, ACON Laboratories announced the launch of its Flowflexﾙ SARS-COV-2 Antigen Rapid Test. The Flowflex…
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Innovation Pharmaceuticals received pre-IND response from FDA on COVID-19 trial
On Nov. 2, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced receipt of written feedback from the FDA that is in general…
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Immunic announced 200 patients enrolled in phase 2 CALVID-1 trial of IMU-838 for treatment of COVID-19
On Nov. 2, 2020, Immunic announced that the company had enrolled and randomized 200 patients, pre-specified in the…
