Theophrastus wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops to enhance soil fertility
Greek philosopher Theophrastus (371-287 BCE), the “Father of Botany” wrote of Greeks rotating their staple crops with broad…
Bausch Health’s DEXAVEN received new indication in Poland to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2
On Dec. 30, 2020, Bausch Health announced that the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and…
UK medicines regulator approved Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 30, 2020, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University/AstraZeneca was given regulatory approval by the UK…
Emergent and Mount Sinai Health System announced clinical program to evuate COVID-HIG product candidate
On Dec. 29, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions and Mount Sinai Health System announced initiation of the clinical program to…
Regeneron announced encouraging data from COVID-19 antibody cocktail trial in hospitalized patient
On Dec. 29, 2020, Regeneron announced encouraging initial data from an ongoing Phase 1/2/3 clinical trial of the…
Soligenix announced $15 million NIH SBIR award advancing COVID-19 vaccine development
On Dec. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had awarded…
Merck announced agreement with US Government for doses of Investigational biological therapy for COVID-19 patients
On Dec. 23, 2020, Merck announced an agreement with the U.S. Government to support the development, manufacture and…
Serum Institute of India and Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1/2 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Serum Institute of India and Dynavax jointly announced that the first participants had been…
VBI Vaccines announced EMA acceptance of MAA for 3-Antigen prophylactic Hepatitis B vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, VBI Vaccines announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has accepted the filing of…
Altimmune provided an update on investigational New Drug Application for phase 1 AdCOVIDﾙ clinical trial
On Dec. 23, 2020, Altimmune announced that the FDA had issued a clinical hold on the Companyﾒs Investigational…
Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced commercial scale vaccine manufacturing facility in Hamilton, Montana
On Dec. 23, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed the purchase of an approximately 44-acre site…
Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the US with 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a second agreement with the U.S. government to supply an…
Resverlogix announced apabetalone treatment prior to SARS-CoV-2 exposure reduced viral infection
On Dec. 22, 2020, Resverlogix announced published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),…
NIH neuroscientists isolated promising mini antibodies against COVID-19 from a llama
On Dec. 22, 2020, the NIH researchers announced they had isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or…
NIH ACTIV Trial of blood thinners paused enrollment of critically ill COVID-19 patients
On Dec. 22, 2020, the NIH researchers announced that three clinical trial platforms working together to test the…
Abivax’s Covid-19 phase 2b/3 miR-AGE trial with ABX464 declared National Priority by French government
On Dec. 22, 2020, Abivax announced that the Companyﾒs ongoing ABX464 phase 2b/3 trial in high-risk Covid-19 patients…
COVID-19 targeted treatment trial launched in Vienna
On Dec. 22, 2020, a phase II clinical trial of a treatment for COVID-19 patients was started at…
CDC’s ACIP updated interim recommendation for allocation of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 22, 2020, the ACIP updated interim vaccine allocation recommendations. In Phase 1b, COVID-19 vaccine should be…
CureVac and University Medical Center Mainz started phase 3 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Dec. 21, 2020, CureVac announced that the first participant in a clinical Phase 3 study with its…
CVS Health began administering COVID-19 vaccines in long-term care facilities
On Dec. 21, 2020, CVS Health announced it had formally launched its COVID-19 vaccination program for long-term care…
Singapore approved sale of lab-grown meat in world first
On Dec. 1, 2020, the governmenrt of Singapore announced that it had given U.S. start-up Eat Just the…
NIH announced support of radical approaches to nationwide COVID-19 testing and surveillance
On Dec. 21, 2020, the NIH announced that it had awarded over $107 million to support new, non-traditional…
NIH funded eight studies to uncover risk factors for COVID-19-related inflammatory syndrome in children
On Dec. 21, 2020, the NIH announced that it had awarded eight research grants to develop approaches for…
FDA granted IND approval for phase 2 clinical trial of Innovation Pharmasﾒ Brilacidin for treating COVID-19
On Dec. 21, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced that the FDA had approved the Companyﾒs Investigational New Drug (IND)…
FDA granted IND approval for phase 2 clinical trial of Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin for treating COVID-19
On Dec. 21, 2020, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that the FDA had approved the Companyﾒs Investigational New Drug (IND)…
Labcorp made Pixel At-Home COVID-19 Collection Kit available through Walgreens Find Careﾮ
On Dec. 21, 2020, LabCorp and Walgreens announced that the Pixel by Labcorpﾙ At-Home COVID-19 Collection Kit is…
Pfizer and BioNTech received CHMP positive opinion for their COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 21, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP)…
Pfizer and BioNTech received authorization in the European Union for COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 21, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the European Commission (EC) had granted a conditional marketing…
OraSure updated Its Emergency Use Authorization application for lab-based oral SARS-CoV-2 antibody test
On Dec. 21, 2020, OraSure Technologies disclosed that the FDA had requested additional information as part of its…
FDA approved prosthetic implant for above-the-knee amputations
On Dec. 18, 2020, the FDA approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System,…