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…
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…
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…
COVAX announced additional access promising COVID-19 vaccine candidates with global rollout starting 2021
On Dec. 18, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it had arrangements in place to access…
Johnson & Johnson announced agreement with Gavi to supply COVID-19 vaccine candidate to lower-income countries in 2021
On Dec. 18, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its subsidiary Janssen Pharma, will provide up to 500…
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,…
FDA approved first oral hormone therapy for teating advanced prostate cancer
On Dec. 18, 2020, tthe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Orgovyx (relugolix) for the treatment of adult…
Investigational COVID-19 therapeutics evaluated in large clinical trials
On Dec. 17, 2020, NIAID announced that two randomized, controlled Phase 3 clinical trials had begun evaluating investigational…
NIAID study of Coronavirus infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children began
On Dec. 17, 2020, NIAID announced that an observational study had launched to evaluate the short- and long-term…
ACON Laboratories received Emergency Use Authorization for its SARS-COV-2 IgG/IgM rapid test
On Dec. 17, 2020, ACON Laboratories announced that its SARS-COV-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test has been authorized for emergency…
XPhyto completed successful SARS-COV-2 RT-PCR diagnostic testk kit validation
On Dec. 17, 2020, XPhyto Therapeutics and 3a-diagnostics announced the successful validation of their point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RT-PCR…
COVID-19 the leading cause of death in the United States
On Dec. 17, 2020, JAMA reported that the daily U.S. mortality rate for COVID-19 deaths was equivalent to…
Quest Diagnostics and The Commons Project delivered access to lab data through the CommonHealth App
On Dec. 17, 2020, Quest Diagnostics and The Commons Project, a non-profit public trust dedicated to building and…
PRA Health Sciences collaborated with PWNHealth and Fulgent Genetics provided at-home COVID-19 test
On Dec. 17, 2020, PRA Health Sciences announced the enhancement of its COVID-19 Monitoring Program with the addition…
Johnson & Johnson announced Its first phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial ENSEMBLE was fully enrolled
On Dec. 17, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that the large-scale, pivotal, multi-country Phase 3 trial (ENSEMBLE) of…
NEJM published positive initial Regeneron antibody cocktail results in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Dec. 17, 2020, Regeneron announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) had published initial clinical…
NIH observational study of coronavirus infection and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children began
On Dec. 16, 2020, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that an observational study had launched…
FDA issued new authorization for the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test
On Dec. 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
Heat Biologics announced completion of ZVX-60 vaccine cell line for COVID-19
On Dec. 16, 2020, Heat Biologics announced it had completed its gp96-based COVID-19 vaccine cell line, which is…
SARS-CoV-2 viral genome sequencing data reported from research using Pacific Biosciences Technology
On Dec. 16, 2020, Pacific Biosciences announced initial findings from the companyﾒs research collaboration with Labcorp that was…
BioNTech and Fosun Pharma to supply China with mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 16, 2020, BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced an agreement to supply Mainland China with an…
Meridian received NIH award for supporting rapid development of Revogeneﾮ molecular test for SARS-CoV-2
On Dec. 16, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced that it had been awarded funding in the amount of approximately…
Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid rest received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for at-home rapid test
On Dec. 16, 2020, Abbott announced that the FDA had issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for virtually guided…