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…
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…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced agreement with US government for up to 600 million doses of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 22, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced execution of an agreement with the U.S. Department of Health…
A common blood test identified which COVID-19 patients benefit and which are harmed from steroid treatment
On Jul. 22, 2020, a new study led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System…
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…
PerkinElmer released new dried blood spot based COVID-19 serology test
On Jul. 21, 2020, PerkinElmer announced the launch of a dry blood spot (DBS) based test for SARS-CoV-2…
GSK and CureVac announced strategic mRNA technology collaboration
On Jul. 21, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced a strategic collaboration agreement for the research, development, manufacturing and…
Bio-Techne announced launch of ExoCovid-19 test for detection of SARS-CoV-2 In patient samples
On Jul. 21, 2020, Bio-Techne announced that Exosome Diagnostics, a Bio-Techne brand, had completed validation testing for COVID-19…
COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 showed robust immune responses in all participants in Phase I/II trial
On Jul. 20, 2020, interim results from the ongoing Phase I/II COV001 trial, led by Oxford University, showed…
FDA cleared Abivertinib for phase 2 safety and efficacy study in hospitalized patients with moderate to severe COVID-19
On Jul. 20, 2020, Sorrento announced that it had entered into a binding term sheet for an exclusive…
Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin inhibited novel Coronavirus by almost 90% at the lowest concentration tested to date in human lung cell line
On Jul. 20, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving new data from ongoing lab testing being conducted at a…
OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories awarded commercial surge capacity testing for COVID-19 emergency response contract
On Jul. 20, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced accepted an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced sgreement with the UK for 30 million doses of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced an agreement with the United Kingdom to supply 30 million…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced early positive update from German phase 1/2 COVID-19 vaccine study
On Jul. 20, 2020, BioNTech and Pfizer announced initial data from their ongoing German Phase 1/2, open-label, non-randomized,…
Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jul. 20, 2020, Luminex announced the FDA had issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the company’s xMAPﾮ…
HDT BIOﾒs COVID-19 vaccine candidate HDT-301 induced neutralizing antibody responses after single injection
On Jul. 20, 2020, scientists at HDT Bio, PAI Life Sciences, and the University of Washington announced they…
COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 showed robust immune responses in all participants in Phase I/II trial
On Jul. 20, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that Interim results from the ongoing Phase I/II COV001 trial, led by…
NIH study showed highly reproducible sex differences in aspects of human brain anatomy
On Jul. 20, 2020, a scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible…
The Serum Institute of India to apply for local trials of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 20, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) announced that with the trials of the COVID-19…
HDT Bio partnered with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to bring COVID-19 vaccine to human trials
On Jul. 19, 2020, HDT Bio announced co-development efforts with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to start evaluating HDT-301, a COVID-19…
The FDA FDA Issued first Emergency Authorization for sample pooling in diagnostic testing
On Jul. 18, 2020, the FDA reissued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Quest Diagnostics to authorize its…
FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics COVID-19 diagnostic testing for specimen pooling for emergency use
On Jul. 18, 2020, a Health Trendsﾙ study from researchers at Quest Diagnostics and the University of Pittsburgh…
Novartis launched first-of-its-kind not-for-profit portfolio of medicines for symptomatic treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 16, 2020, Novartis announced a new initiative to help patients in low-income and lower-middle-income countries (LIC;…
Heron Therapeutics announced initiation of phase 2 clinical study of CINVANTIﾮ for treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 16, 2020, Heron Therapeutics announced initiation of the GUARDS-1 Study, a Phase 2 clinical study evaluating…
Humanigen expanded partnership with Catalent Biologics to manufacture investigational COVID-19 therapeutic candidate lenzilumab
On Jul. 16, 2020, Catalent and Humanigen announced the expansion of their relationship, under which Catalent will provide…
Codex DNA released new synthetic SARS-CoV-2 genome for COVID-19 vaccine and therapeutic research
On Jul. 16, 2020, Codex DNA announced the release of a new synthetic SARS-CoV-2 genome developed to accelerate…
Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported faster new drug approval times were more than offset by longer clinical iimes in US
On Jul. 16, 2020, the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development reported that although regulatory approval…