EMA issued advice on Regeneron’s antibody cocktail (casirivimab with imdevimab) for COVID-19 patients
On Feb. 26, 2021, Regeneron announced the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use…
FDA allowed more flexible storage, transportation conditions for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 25, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was allowing undiluted frozen vials…
Altimmune commenced enrollment in phase 1 trial of AdCOVID needle-free, single-dose Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 25, 2021, Altimmune announced that it had commenced enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial of…
Chimerix reported promising topline results from first cohort of a randomized COVID-19 trial with DSTAT
On Feb. 25, 2021, Chimerix reported topline results from the first cohort of its randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase…
Pfizer and BioNTech initiated sudy to evaluate COVID-19 booster and new vaccine variants
On Feb. 25, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had begun an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity…
IDMC found clear efficacy for REGEN-COVﾙ in phase 3 COVID-19 outpatient outcomes trial
On Feb. 25, 2021, Regeneron announced changes to the phase 3 trial assessing investigational REGEN-COVﾙ (casirivimab with imdevimab)…
UTSW researchers identified mechanism by which exercise strengthens bones and immunity
On Feb. 25, 2021, scientists at the Childrenﾒs Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern announced they had…
Overall deaths did not increase for most Chinese regions during the initial COVID-19 outbreak
On Feb. 24, 2021, scientists at the University of Oxford reported that overall deaths did not increase in…
COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped by the COVAX Facility head to Ghana, marked beginning of global rollout
On Feb. 24, 2021, Ghana became the first country outside India to receive COVID-19 vaccine doses shipped via…
XPhyto placed first order for 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR tests
On Feb. 24, 2021, XPhyto announced that it has placed the first order for its rapid point-of-care SARS-CoV-2…
Quest Diagnostics introduced new COVID-19 semi-quantitative serology test service
On Feb. 24, 2021, Quest Diagnostics introduced a new COVID-19 testing service that aids in providing insight into…
Monoclonal antibodies against MERS Coronavirus showed promise in phase 1 NIH-sponsored trial
On Feb. 23, 2021, the NIH announced that a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal…
Cue received CE Mark for Its molecular point-of-care COVID-19 test
On Feb. 23, 2021, Cue Health announced that its molecular point-of-care COVID-19 Test had received the CE mark,…
Study demonstrated macrolide-resistance in S pneumoniae in the US exceeded 25 percent threshold set in CABP guidelines
On Feb. 23, 2021, Nabriva Therapeutics announced publication of a study documenting the high rates of macrolide-resistant Streptococcus…
PerkinElmer changed COVID-19 rapid testing with highly sensitive point of care antigen test for mass screening
On Feb. 23, 2021, PerkinElmer announced the launch of the PerkinElmerﾮ COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection…
Amyris announced positive pre-clinical results for COVID-19 RNA vaccine platform
On Feb. 22, 2021, Amyris announced highly promising preliminary data in a pre-clinical study of its ribonucleic acid…
Biohaven’s multimodal antibody therapy demonstrated effective neutralization of multiple strains of COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, Biohaven Pharmaceutical announced that a hyperimmune globulin mimic (HGM) developed with Biohaven’s proprietary MATE…
BD announced collaboration for at-home rapid test for COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) and Scanwell Health, a leader in smartphone-enabled at-home medical tests, announced…
First identification of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N8) infection
On Feb. 26, 2021, Russian authorities reported the detection of influenza A(H5N8) virus infection in seven poultry workers…
G7 leaders committed US$ 4.3 billion to finance global equitable access to tests, treatments and vaccines
On Feb. 19, 2021, the ACT Accelerator partnership welcomed over US$ 4.3 billion of new investments from the…
Johnson & Johnson announces submission to WHO for EUL of investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 19, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen-Cilag had submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to…
Worldﾒs largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments expanded internationally
On Feb. 18, 2021, scientists at the University of Oxford announced that the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy…
Agilent announced immunoassay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
On Feb. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay…
Plans underway for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Feb. 18, 2021, Washington University pediatric infectious diseases doctors announced plans to launch clinical trials in the…
Pacific Biosciences Sequel II Systems deployed to scale-up global viral surveillance initiatives focused on COVID-19
On Feb. 18, 2021, Pacific Biosciences announced that Labcorp had increased its commitment to highly accurate HiFi sequencing…
Pfizer and BioNTech commenced global clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women
On Feb. 18, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that the first participants hadbeen dosed in a global Phase…
NIH funded study to evaluate remdesivir for COVID-19 in pregnancy
On Feb. 17, 2021, the NIH annunced funding of a study to evaluate the effects of remdesivir in…
Novartis and Gates Foundation collaborate to discover and develop in vivo gene therapy for sickle cell disease
On Feb. 17, 2021, Novartis announced that it had entered into a grant agreement with the Bill &…
TGen-led study confirmed cell-free DNA in urine as potential method for cancer detection
On Feb. 17, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that it had found a way…
Altimmune announced FDA clearance of AdCOVIDﾙ IND application
On Feb. 17, 2021, Altimmune announced that the FDA had cleared the Companyﾒs Investigational New Drug (IND) application…