Sanofi and GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed to supply US government with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 31, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the…
NIH researchers discovered new set of channels connecting malaria parasite and blood cells
On Jul. 30, 2020, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions announced they had discovered…
Tyson Foods launched nationwide COVID monitoring strategy and expanded health staff
On Jul. 30, 2020, Tyson Foods announced that it had launched a new, industry-leading monitoring program and expanding…
LabCorp announced work wth public health authorities on no-charge antibody test program to accelerate COVID-19 blood plasma donation
On Jul. 30, 2020, LabCorpﾮ launched the LabCorp At Home COVID-19 Test Collection Service, the first seamless digital…
BD announced $24 million US Government investment to support scale up of US manufacturing of COVID-19 diagnosic tests
On Jul. 30, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense…
Single dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated robust protection in pre-clinical studies
On Jul. 30, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its lead vaccine candidate protected against infection with SARS-CoV-2,…
Intravacc and Celonic to develop and produce a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 29, 2020, Intravacc and Celonic Group, a biopharmaceutical contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO), announced that…
PharmaCyte Biotech received CE Mark for licensed COVID-19 molecular tests
On Jul. 29, 2020, PharmaCyte Biotech announced that the COVID-19 Molecular tests it has licensed from Hai Kang…
Veracyte and MAVIDx announcd agreement for MAVIDx to develop ultra-high volume COVID-19 testing on the nCounter System
On Jul. 29, 2020, Veracyte and MAVIDx announced an agreement for MAVIDx to develop ultra-high throughput genomic testing…
Constant Therapeutics announced start of phase 2 trial of peptide drug TXA127 for COVID-19
On Jul. 29, 2020, Constant Therapeutics announced that its peptide drug TXA127, a pharmaceutical formulation of the natural…
Heat Biologics COVID-19 vaccine demonstrated immunogenicity proof-of-concept in pre-clinical studies
On Jul. 29, 2020, Heat Biologics announced successful pre-clinical testing of the Company’s COVID-19 vaccine, which demonstrated in-vivo…
FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics lab method designed to increase COVID-19 molecular diagnostics capacity
On Jul. 29, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced that the FDA had granted emergency use authorization for a new…
Roche updated phase III COVACTA trial of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 associated pneumonia
On Jul. 29, 2020, Roche announced the initiation of a global phase III, randomised, double-blind, multicentre study (REMDACTA)…
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protected upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
On Jul. 28, 2020, scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases reported that two doses…
Apogenix started European clinical phase II trial with Asunercept in COVID-19 patients
On Jul. 28, 2020, Apogenix announced that it had received regulatory approval to start a clinical phase II…
StartX Med Alliance of Remote and Telehealth companies respond to shift in patient care during COVID-19 crisis
On Jul. 28, 2020, StartX, a non-profit startup community of more than 1600 Stanford faculty and alumni founders,…
Reata announces initiation of investigator-sponsored study evaluating bardoxolone for complications associated with COVID-19
On Jul. 28, 2020, Reata Pharmaceuticals announced that researchers at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (NYU) initiated an…
NIH invested $58 million to catalyze data science and health research innovation in Africa
On Jul. 27, 2020, the NIH launched a $58 million initiative to advance data science, catalyze innovation and…
Serum Institute conducted phase III clinical trial of BCG vaccine
On Jul. 27, 2020, the Serum Institute of India announced that it was is conducting phase III clinical…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement with AstraZeneca to expand manufacturing for COVID-19 caccine candidate
On Jul. 27, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced that it had signed an agreement to provide contract development and…
NIH awarded $95 million for Einstein-Mount Sinai Diabetes Research Center
On Jul. 27, 2020, Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that it had received a $9.5 million, five-year…
LabCorp received authorization for COVID-19 sample pooling
On Jul. 25, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced it received an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA permitting diagnostic testing…
Kidney transplantation between people with HIV is safe, NIH study found
On Jul. 23, 2020, kidney transplantation from deceased donors with HIV to people living with both HIV and…
CDC released new resources and tools to support opening schools
On Jul. 23, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new science-based resources and tools…
Intravacc and Leiden University developed an animal replacement method for vaccines
On Jul. 23, 2020, Intravacc announced the publication of a study in Scientific Reports on alternatives to the…
NIH leadership detailed unprecedented initiative to ramp up testing technologies for COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, a scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible…
Findings from real-world data study reveal higher risk of hospitalization and death among cancer patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, the FDA announced the data analyzed in collaboration with Syapse revealed a stark reality…
COVID-19 antibodies decay quickly after mild illness
On Jul. 22, 2020, University of California at Los Angeles researchers reported that they found. levels of antibodies…
Preclinical study showed SARS-CoV-2 spike protein licensed by Oragenics from NIH produces neutralizing antibodies
On Jul. 22, 2020, Oragenics announced that the National Institutes of Health created stabilized pre-fusion spike protein (CoV-2…
Altimmune announced manufacturing agreement with Vigene Biosciences for AdCOVIDﾙ single dose intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Vigene Biosciences to manufacture AdCOVIDTM, Altimmuneﾒs single-dose intranasal vaccine…