NIH launched analytics platform to harness nationwide COVID-19 patient data to speed treatments
On Jun. 15, 2020, the NIH announced it had launched a centralized, secure enclave to store and study…
German Federal Government invested 300 million Euros in CureVac
On Jun. 15, 2020, the German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Peter Altmaier, and Dietmar Hopp,…
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
On Jun. 15, 2020, a team led by Scripps Research discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19…
Lilly begans phase 3 clinical trial with baricitinib for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 15, 2020, Eli Lilly announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase 3…
Catalent announced agreement with AstraZeneca to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 15, 2020, Catalent announced that it will provide vial filling and packaging capacity to AstraZeneca at…
Immunic announced first patients dosed in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial of IMU-838 in COVID-19
On Jun. 15, 2020, Immunic announced dosing of the first patients in its phase 2, CALVID-1 clinical trial…
Cleveland Clinic researchers developed first model to predict likelihood of testing positive for COVID-19 and outcomes from the disease
On Jun. 15, 2020, Cleveland Clinic researchers announced they had developed the worldï¾’s first risk prediction model for…
McKesson to distribute COVID-19 vaccines in support of Operation Warp Speed
On Jun. 14, 2020, McKesson announced that it had expanded its existing partnership with the Centers for Disease…
AstraZeneca to supply Europe with up to 400 million doses of Oxford Universityï¾’s vaccine at no profit
On Jun. 13, 2020, AstraZeneca announced an agreement with Europeï¾’s Inclusive Vaccines Alliance (IVA), spearheaded by Germany, France,…
A cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, People’s Republic of China was reported
On Jun. 13, 2020, officials from the WHO National Health Commission and Beijing Health Commission announced preliminary investigations…
Sinovac announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trials for inactivated vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Jun. 13, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced positive preliminary results of phase I/II clinical trial for the Companyï¾’s…
FDA approved HPV vaccine Gardasil as throat cancer prevention
On Jun. 12, 2020, the FDA announced it had approved an expanded indication for Merck’s GARDASIL9 for the…
Mutated coronavirus shows significant boost in infectivity
On Jun. 12, 2020, a tiny genetic mutation in the SARS coronavirus 2 variant circulating throughout Europe and…
Cue Health received FDA EUA for Its rapid, portable, molecular point-of-care COVID-19 test
On Jun. 12, 2020, Cue Health announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food…
ViiV Healthcare announced FDA approval of the first-ever dispersible tablet formulation of dolutegravir for children living with HIV
On Jun. 12, 2020, ViiV Healthcare, a GSK company, with Pfizer and Shionogi Limited, announced the FDA had…
Atossa Therapeutics announced availability of manuscript on results from in vitro testing of COVID-19 drug
On Jun. 11, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced that the manuscript of the results from in vitro testing of…
NIH scientists developed blood test to help improve liver cancer screening
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists announced the development of a new test that can help identify people who…
The FDA approved new therapy for rare disease affecting optic nerve, spinal cord
On Jun. 11, 2020, the FDA approved Viela Bio’s Uplizna (inebilizumab-cdon) injection for intravenous use for the treatment…
Oldest relative of ragworms and earthworms discovered
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists at the Universities of Oxford, Exeter, Yunnan and Bristol announced thay had discovered…
Sinovac and Butantan joined efforts to advance clinical development of an inactivated vaccine for COVID-19 to phase III
On Jun. 11, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced the signing of a clinical development collaboration agreement to advance the…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be US manufacturing partner for AstraZenecaï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 11, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced deployment of its molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to…
AIM ImmunoTech filed provisional patent application for ose of Ampligen(R) as potential therapy for COVID-19 Induced chronic fatigue
On Jun. 11, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had filed a provisional patent application for, among other…
Innovation Pharma collaborated with regional biocontainment lab on grant application to research Brilacidin as pan-Coronavirus therapeutic
On Jun. 11, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced the Company and researchers at a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL)…
CHF Solutions publication highlights use of ultrafiltration for fluid management in COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 11, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it has sold Aquadex SmartFlowï¾™ consoles and disposables to a…
BioCryst’s galidesivir stops Zika viral replication in primate model
On Jun. 11, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced new data published in Science Translational Medicine show, in a primate…
Regeneron began first clinical trials of anti-viral antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 for treatment and prevention of COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced initiation of the first clinical trial of REGN-COV2, its investigational dual antibody…
UT Southwestern scientists examined structure of protein involved in Parkinsonï¾’s disease, psychosis and addiction
On Jun. 11, 2020, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers revealed the structure of the active…
Landmark legal victory for public health and a major setback for the tobacco industry
On Jun. 10, 2020, the World Trade Organizationï¾’s (WTO) Appellate Body reported on the dispute brought by Honduras…
The FDA authorized first next generation sequence test for diagnosing COVID-19
On Jun. 10, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Illumina for the first COVID-19…
Johnson & Johnson announced acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with phase 1/2a clinical trial
On Jun. 10, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary it has accelerated the…