COVID-19 pandemic drove accelerated demand for Covetrus online pharmacy services
On Mar. 23, 2020, Covetrus reported that the company saw strong demand in its prescription management and online…
LabCorp developing options to prioritize COVID-19 testing for inpatient population
On Mar. 23, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced that it is exploring all options to prioritize COVID-19 testing for the…
First patients enrolled in new Oxford University clinical trial of possible COVID-19 treatments
On Mar. 23, 2020, researchers from the University of Oxford the launch of a new clinical trial to…
Philips ramped up production of critical health technology products in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 22, 2020, Philips announced that Childrenﾒs Hospital of Georgia has adopted Philipsﾒ automated early detection and…
FDA Issues first Emergency Use Authorization for Point of Care Diagnostic
On Mar. 21, 2020, the FDA issued the first emergency use authorization for a point-of-care COVID-19 diagnostic for…
UC Davis researchers raceed to develop coronavirus solutions
On Mar. 20, 2020, Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, California…
Humanigen announced phase III study of Coronavirus treatment planned
On Mar. 20, 2020, Humanigen announced that the company was seeking to conduct a Phase III, randomized, controlled,…
GM and Ventec Life Systems announced joint cross-sector ventilator production program
On Mar. 20, 2020, GM and Ventec Life Systems announced they were collaborating to enable Ventec to increase…
NIH shifted non-mission-critical laboratory operations to minimal maintenance phase
On Mar. 20, 2020, to further reduce the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and enhance the safety of…
Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft expanded partnership to decode COVID-19 immune response and provide open data access
On Mar. 20, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft announced they were leveraging their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive…
iBio announced development of proprietary COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Mar. 19, 2020, iBio announced its progress towards developing vaccine candidates for preventing infection from the SARS-CoV-2…
Abbott received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and launches test to detect novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 19, 2020, Abbott announced the FDA has issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the company’s molecular…
High-speed microscope captured fleeting brain signals
On Mar. 19, 2020, University of California, Berkeley, investigators have now built such a camera: a microscope that…
LabCorp sets dedicated hours to serve the non-COVID-19 testing needs for elderly and most vulnerable people
On Mar. 19, 2020, LabCorp announced it is dedicating the first hour of service each day at its…
Edmonton company Entos Pharma developing DNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Mar. 18, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced their development of a Fusogenix DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 infections….
Researcher proved one of Darwin’s theories of evolution 140 years after his death
On Mar. 18, 2020, Laura van Holstein and and Robert A. Foley published “Terrestrial habitats decouple the relationship…
Abbott received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and launched test to detect novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 18, 2020, Abbott announced that the FDA had issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the company’s…
Eli Lilly and Indiana State Department of Health partnered to accelerate COVID-19 testing using Lilly Research Laboratories
On Mar. 18, 2020, Eli Lilly announced its scientists were partnering with the Indiana State Department of Health…
Emergent Biosolutions signed development and manufacturing agreement with Vaxart for experimental Coronavirus oral vaccine
On Mar. 18, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced an agreement with Vaxart, whereby Emergent has agreed to utilize its…
Getinge increased production capacity of ventilators with 60% to support the needs of global ICU’s
On Mar. 17, 2020, Getinge has since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic seen an increased global demand…
Latest FDA guidance allows distribution of SARS-CoV-2 serology tests for diagnostic use
On Mar. 17, 2020, BioMedomics announced it will be able to distribute their COVID-19 IgM-IgG Antibody Rapid Test…
BioReference Laboratories and NYC Health + Hospitals announced collaboration to provide Coronavirus testing
On Mar. 17, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced a collaboration with the New York City…
Pfizer and BioNTech co-develop potential Coronavirus (COVID-19)
On Mar. 17, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech SE announced the companies have agreed to a letter of intent…
Meridian Bioscience supports companies in fighting Coronavirus withg zero cost proprietary technology for evaluation
On Mar. 16, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced today its increased commitment to the global fight against COVID-19 by…
PathGroup launched testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
On Mar. 16, 2020, PathGroup announced it had begun to offer testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). This…
CureVac’s optimized mRNA platform provided positive pre-clinical results at low dose for Coronavirus vaccine candidate
On Mar. 14, 2020, CureVac announced positive pre-clinical results at a low dose for its lead vaccine candidate…
Ativa to validate rapid point-of-care sepsis diagnostics
On Mar. 14, 2020, Ativa announced it was working with Associate Professor James Fackler from Critical Care Medicine,…
Roche announced FDA Emergency Use Authorization and availablabilityof cobas SARS-CoV-2 detection test
On Mar. 13, 2020, Roche announced the FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the cobasﾮ SARS-CoV-2…
FDA issued Emergency Use Authorization to Thermo Fisher Scientific for diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Mar. 13, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced the FDA has issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
Long-term analysis showed GM cotton no match for insects in India
On Mar. 13, 2020, Washington University in St. Louis announced the first long-term study of Bt cotton impacts…