Novavax and UK Government announced collaboration and purchase agreement for Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 14, 2020, Novavax announced it had signed a Heads of Terms (Term Sheet) with the Government…
2 in 5 schools around the world lacked basic handwashing facilities prior to COVID-19 pandemic
On Aug. 13, 2020, data from the WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) revealed that 43 per cent of…
Celdara Medical announced receipt of NIH funding for pandemic influenza antiviral development
On Aug. 12, 2020, Celdara Medical announced that the NIH had awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)…
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China National Medical Products Administration approved Truvada for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis
On Aug. 11, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved a…
Gilead submited New Drug Application to FDA for Veklury (Remdesivir) for treatment of COVID-19
On Aug. 10, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the…
FDA approved oral treatment for spinal muscular atrophy
On Aug. 7, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s Evrysdi (risdiplam) to treat patients…
Altimmune Completed enrollment in phase 1b clinical trial of NasoShield, a single dose intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate
On Aug. 7, 2020, Altimmune announced that it had completed enrollment in its Phase 1b clinical trial of…
Novavax and Takeda announced collaboration for Novavax COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Japan
On Aug. 7, 2020, Novavax and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced a partnership for the development, manufacturing and commercialization of…
RedHill Biopharma’s phase 2/3 COVID-19 study approved in Mexico
On Aug. 6, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced approval from the Mexican Federal Committee for the Protection against Sanitary…
Novavax signed COVID-19 vaccine supply deal with India’s Serum Institute
On Aug. 6, 2020, Novavax announced it had entered a supply and license agreement with the Serum Institute…
First clone of endangered Przewalski’s horse born in conservation effort to save the species
On Aug. 6, 2020, the world’s first successfully cloned endangered Przewalski’s horse was born. Revive & Restore, San…
Rapid diagnostic for gonorrhea won $19 million federal prize competition to combat antibiotic resistance
On Aug. 5, 2020, a diagnostic test capable of accurately and reliably detecting the microorganism that causes gonorrhea…
NIH harnessed AI for COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring
On Aug. 5, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced it had launched the Medical Imaging and…
Tecan’s automation technology leveraged by Thermo Fisher to scale-up COVID-19 testing globally
On Aug. 5, 2020, the Tecan Group and Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a collaboration to enable scaled-up COVID-19…
AXIM Biotechnologies applied for FDA Emergency Use Approval for high throughput, neutralizing antibody diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Aug. 5, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the development, patent filing and Emergency Use Approval (EUA) filing of…
Mateon and Abiogenesis to initiate clinical study to test Artemisinin as a treatment for COVID-19 in India
On Aug. 4, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics and Abiogenesis announced they had initiated a ARTI-19 randomized, controlled, multi-site India…
Precipio launched Covid-19 antibody test in its CLIA laboratory
On Aug. 4, 2020, Precipio announced it had completed the internal validation of the U.S. Food and Drug…
Cocrystal Pharma announced publication of positive data demonstrating potent in vitro inhibition against Coronavirus
On Aug. 4, 2020, Cocrystal Pharma announced the publication of preclinical animal studies of coronavirus antiviral compounds in…
Oxford University and ZOE partnered on COVID-19 treatment trials
On Aug. 3, 2020, the University of Oxford and the COVID Symptom Study joined forces to widen access…
La Jolla Institute for Immunology received $1 million from GHR Foundation in support of COVID-19 research
On Aug. 3, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) announced a $1 million gift from GHR…
Pathnova Laboratories announced partnership to commercialize Todos Medicals COVID-19 and breast cancer tests in Singapore
On Aug. 3, 2020, Todos Medical announced a partnership with PATHNOVA, a Singapore-based clinical laboratory, for the Company’s…
Quidel received NIH contract for $71 million to expand manufacturing capacity for Sofia SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for diagnosis of COVID-19
On Jul. 31, 2020, Quidel announced a preliminary contract with the NIH to support the expansion of its…
Mesa Biotech announced $154 million funding from the NIH for Accelerated scale-up and deployment
On Jul. 31, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a contract up to $15.4 million from…
Sanofi and GSK announced discussions with EU to supply up to 300 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 31, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced advanced discussions, with the European Commission for the supply of…
OraSure’s OMNIgene-ORAL device included in EUA granted to Clinical Reference Laboratory for self-collected SARS saliva test
On Jul. 31, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its OMNIgene-ORAL (OM-505) saliva collection device is included in the…
RedHill Biopharma initiated global phase 2/3 study for COVID-19
On Jul. 30, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that it has initiated a global Phase 2/3 clinical study evaluating…
Precipio announced commercial launch of Covid-19 antibody test
On Jul. 30, 2020, Precipio announced it had entered into an agreement with ADS Biotec, based in Omaha,…
Sanofi and GSK agreed with the UK government to supply up to 60 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 29, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced an agreement with the UK government for the supply of…
Gilead Sciences and Satcher Health Leadership Institute partnered to study racial health inequities associated with COVID-19
On Jul. 28, 2020, Gilead Sciences and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine announced…
Soligenix announced publication of positive pre-clinical results for a novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for its CiVax program (heat stable COVID-19…