Johnson & Johnson announced submission of application to FDA for EUA of its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 4, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that subsidiary Janssen Biotech, had submitted an application to the…
COVAX expected to start sending millions of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa in February
On Feb. 3, 2021, COVAX notified countries in Africa of the estimated dose allocation for the first phase…
XPhyto announced psychedelic pharmaceutical production agreement
On Feb. 3, 2021, XPhyto announced an agreement with Applied Pharmaceutical Innovation for the synthesis of pharmaceutical grade…
Vaxart announced positive preliminary data from phase 1 clinical trial evaluating oral COVID-19 tablet vaccine candidate
On Feb. 3, 2021, Vaxart announced preliminary data from its Phase 1 study of VXA-CoV2-1 showing that its…
Dynavax and Serum Institute announced first participant dosed in trial evaluating Tdap vaccine adjuvanted with CpG 1018
On Feb. 3, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and Serum Institute of India announced that the first participant has been…
Humanigen and Avid Bioservices entered Into cGMP manufacturing agreement for COVID-19 therapeutic
On Feb. 3, 2021, Avid Bioservices and Humanigen announced that they had entered into a manufacturing services agreement…
BD announced assay for identification of COVID-19 patients at increased risks of intubation available in Europe
On Feb. 3, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the CE mark of BD Multitestﾙ 6-Color TBNK Reagent with…
Bristol Myers and Rockefeller University announced license agreement for SARS-CoV-2 meutralizing mAb combination
On Feb. 3, 2021, Bristol-Myers and The Rockefeller University announced an agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb was…
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein licensed by Oragenics from the NIH demonstrated protective immunity in mice
On Feb. 2, 2021, Oragenics announced that the stabilized pre-fusion spike protein CoV-2 S-2P created by the National…
VBI Vaccines announced FDA Acceptance of BLA filing for VBIﾒs 3-antigen prophylactic hepatitis B vaccine
On Feb. 2, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced that the FDA had accepted its filing of the Biologics License…
GSK and CureVac announced JV to develop next generation mRNA COVID-19 vaccines
On Feb. 2, 2021, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced a new ﾀ150m collaboration, building on their existing relationship, to…
Roche announced launch of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test Nasal allowing for patient self-collection
On Feb. 1, 2021, Roche announced it had obtained the CE mark for its new SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen…
NIH study showed hyaluronan effective in treating chronic lung disease
On Feb. 1, 2021, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators found that inhaling unfragmented…
Clover and Dynavax announced planned global phase 2/3 efficacy trial of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 1, 2021, Clover Biopharmaceuticals and Dynavax Technologies announced a plan to initiate a global Phase 2/3…
Dynavax and CEPI announced $99 million in funding for CpG 1018 adjuvant manufacturing
On Feb. 1, 2021, Dynavax Technologies and the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced they have entered…
Dynavax announced exercise of option to reserve additional CpG 1018 to produce 40 million doses of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 1, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced Valneva had informed it that the UK Government exercised its option…
Pfizer and BioNTech publish preclinical data from investigational COVID-19 vaccine program in Nature
On Feb. 1, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preclinical data in non-human primate and mouse models from…
The CDC required wearing of face masks while on public transportation and at transportation hubs
On Jan. 30, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to surge in the U.S., the CDC implemented a…
Rigel awarded $165 Million from US DOD for phase 3 clinical trial of Fostamatinib in COVID-19 patients
On Jan. 29, 2021, Rigel Pharma announced it has been awarded $16.5 million by the U.S. Department of…
Humanigen completed enrollment in phase 3 study of lenzilumab in hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Jan. 29, 2021, Humanigen announced it had completed enrollment for its pivotal phase 3 study of lenzilumab…
Innovation Pharmaﾒs phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for treating COVID-19 began
On Jan. 29, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that the companyﾒs Phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for treating…
Single-shot Janssen COVID-19 vaccine candidate met primary endpoints in interim analysis of phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial
On Jan. 29, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced topline efficacy and safety data from the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE…
Pfizer and BioNTech published data on COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodiesﾒ ability to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 UK strain
On Jan. 29, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that data from an in vitro study on the capability…
DNA Genotekﾒs OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL included in EUA granted to Ambry Genetics for use in COVID-19 RT-PCR saliva test
On Jan. 29, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL (OM-505) saliva collection kit, a product of subsidiary DNA…
South Carolina detected first US cases associated with variant first detected in South Africa
On Jan. 28, 2021, the CDC announced that it had become aware of the first U.S. documented cases…
DNA Genotekﾒs OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL saliva collection device received Health Canada Authorization for COVID-19 testing
On Jan. 28, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL (OME-505) saliva collection device, a product of Ottawa-based subsidiary…
Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma and Humanigen expanded agreement to support fill finish for COVID-19 therapeutic
On Jan. 27, 2021, Ajinomoto Bio-Pharma Services and Humanigen announced the companies will be expanding their manufacturing agreement…
OncoSec announced first subjects dosed in phase 1 trial of CORVax12, COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 27, 2021, OncoSec Medical announced that it had dosed several subjects in its Phase 1 clinical…
Lilly, Vir Biotechnology and GSK announced first patient dosed in expanded BLAZE-4 trial for COVID-19
On Jan. 27, 2021, Eli Lilly, Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline announced a collaboration to evaluate a combination of…
Heat Biologics announced publication of additional preclinical COVID-19 vaccine results
On Jan. 27, 2021, Heat Biologics announced the publication of additional preclinical COVID-19 results in Frontiers in Immunology,…