Bharat Biotech COVID-19 vaccine – COVAXINTM received DCGI approval for phase I & II Human clinical trials
On Jun. 29, 2020, Bharat Biotech has successfully developed COVAXINï¾™, Indiaï¾’s 1stvaccine candidate for COVID-19, in collaboration with…
Association between statewide school closure and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the US
On Jun. 29, 2020, JAMA reported that U.S. populationï¾–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-COVIDï¾™ 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 Xcellerateï¾® COVID-19 clinical study solution
On Jun. 29, 2020, LabCorpï¾® announced that Covance, its drug development business, has deployed the Xcellerateï¾® 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,…
Moderna and Catalent announced collaboration for fill-finish manufacturing of Modernaï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 25, 2020 Moderna announced a collaboration for large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of Modernaï¾’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine…
LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorpï¾® announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
Seattle researchers teamed up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s disease
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Allen Institute announced a new a new $40.5 million collaborative research center in…
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 FDAï¾’s Oncology Center of…
Universal mosquito vaccine tested
On Jun. 23, 2020, the NIH announced it had tested a ﾓuniversal mosquito vaccineï¾” 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…
Flu mutation study suggested universal flu vaccine may be even more challenging than expected
On Jun. 23, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research reported taht some common strains of influenza have the potential…
INOVIO received $71 million contract from US Dept of Defense to scale up manufacture of CELLECTRAï¾® 3PSP smart device
On Jun. 23, 2020, INOVIO announced it had received $71 million funding from the U.S. Department of Defense…
Intranasal immunization with Intravaccï¾’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…
Taconic Biosciences announced distribution of critical COVID-19 mouse model
On Jun. 22, 2020, Taconic Biosciences announced an exclusive agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch at…
The NIH halted clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine
On Jun. 20, 2020, the NIH announced that a clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of…
GSK COVID-19 vaccine development collaboration with Clover Biopharmaceuticals began clinical trials
On Jun. 19, 2020, GSK announced that a scientific collaboration with Clover Pharmaceuticals to develop an adjuvanted COVID-19…
Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Clover Biopharma’s COVID-19 S-Trimer vaccine candidate with CpG 1018 adjuvant
On Jun. 19, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced the first participants were dosed in the Phase 1 clinical trial…
COVID-19 Pandemic dramatically increased out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases and deaths in New York City
On Jun. 19, 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City caused a surge in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests…