ViiV Healthcare announced FDA approval for Rukobia (fostemsavir), a first-in-class treatment for HIV in adults
On Jul. 2, 2020, ViiV Healthcare, a GSK company, with Pfizer and Shionogi Limited, announced the FDA had…
NIH ACTIV vaccine working group weighed role of human challenge studies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
On Jul. 1, 2020, in a Perspective for the New England Journal of Medicine, members of the NIHﾒs…
MediciNova announced IND for MN-166 (ibudilast) for prevention of ARD Syndrome in patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 1, 2020, MediciNova announced that the Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for MN-166 (ibudilast) for prevention…
Merck and Ridgeback Bio announced closing of collaboration and licensing transaction
On Jul. 1, 2020, Merck and and and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)…
T2 Biosystems announces US launch of COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jul. 1, 2020, T2 Biosystems announced completion of validation of its COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test, the T2SARS-CoV-2…
OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories reports results of COVID-19 testing for almost one quarter of a million nursing home employees
On Jul. 1, 2020, OPKO Health announced the results of COVID-19 molecular PCR and antibody tests for nursing…
Pfizer and BioNTech announced early positive data from ongoing phase 1/2 study of mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Jul. 1, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced preliminary data from the most advanced of four investigational vaccine…
UC Berkeley launched trial of saliva test for COVID-19
On Jun. 30, 2020, scientists from the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) at the University of California Berkeley announced…
Gilead Sciences announced Covid-19 drug Remdesivir to cost $3,120 for typical patient on private insurance
On Jun. 29, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that the Covid-19 drug Remdesivir will cost $3,120 for typical patient…
Oxford University dashboard highlighted potential future COVID-19 virus hotspots
On Jun. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford reported that potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a…
Association between statewide school closure and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the US
On Jun. 29, 2020, JAMA reported that U.S. populationﾖbased time series analysis conducted between March 9, 2020, and…
Altimmune received award from US DoD to fund phase 1/2 clinical trial of T-COVIDﾙ in outpatients with early COVID-19
On Jun. 29, 2020, Altimmune announced it was awarded $4.7 million from the U.S. Army Medical Research &…
LabCorp introduced Xcellerateﾮ COVID-19 clinical study solution
On Jun. 29, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced that Covance, its drug development business, has deployed the Xcellerateﾮ COVID-19 solution…
Experts identifed steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 26, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
Vaxart signed Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow
On Jun. 26, 2020, Vaxart announced that its oral COVID-19 vaccine had been selected to participate in a…
University of Alberta researcher to test whether COVID-19 antibodies provide long-term immunity
On Jun. 25, 2020, the University of Alberta (U of A) announced a study that will analyze thousands…
Vaxart signed Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow
On Jun. 25, 2020, Vaxart announced it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Attwill Medical Solutions Sterilflow,…
LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
Why men may fare worse than women against SARS-CoV-2
On Jun. 24, 2020, HHMI investigators reported that data from COVID-19 cases around the world suggest that the…
Symbiosis and AstraZeneca signed supply agreement for sterile manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials
On Jun. 24, 2020, Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, an India-based specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, announced…
New Oxford University co-led platform accelerated COVID-19 tests into real-world use
On Jun. 24, 2020, the University of Oxford that the COVID-19 National DiagnOstic Research and Evaluation Platform (CONDOR)…
iBio selected by IBM Watson Health for use of IBM Clinical Development Solution to support clinical COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jun. 24, 2020, iBio announced that IBM Watson Health has selected iBio to receive 18 months of…
Texas A&M researchers testing COVID-19 vaccine candidates for iBio
On Jun. 24, 2020, a team of scientists at Texas A&M University announced it is working with iBio…
The FDA announced first of its kind pilot program to communicate patient reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials
On Jun. 23, 2020, the FDA launched Project Patient Voice, an initiative of the FDAﾒs Oncology Center of…
Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the NIH announced it had tested a ﾓuniversal mosquito vaccineﾔ known as AGS-v. It…
Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
FibroGen announced first patient enrolled in Pamrevlumab clinical trial in patients hospitalized in US with acute COVID-19
On Jun. 23, 2020, FibroGen announced the initiation of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 Study investigating the…
Intranasal immunization with Intravaccﾒs experimental whooping cough vaccine confered broad protection
On Jun. 22, 2020, Intravacc announced promising results of a preclinical study with its experimental whooping cough vaccine…
Catalent partnered with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals on potential treatment for COVID-19
On Jun. 22, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of…
Pfizer announced start of four phase 3 clinical trials for investigational vaccines
On Jun. 22, 2020, Pfizer announced the initiation of four phase 3 clinical trials within its current pipeline…