Novavax announced participation in University of Oxford Com-COV2 study comparing mixed COVID-19 vaccine combinations
On Apr. 14, 2021, Novavax announced its participation in an expanded investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical trial called Comparing…
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Mayo Clinic launched new technology platform ventures to revolutionize diagnostic medicine
On Apr. 14, 2021, the Mayo Clinic announced a new technology platform initiative to deliver the next generation…
Moderna updated clinical and supply on COVID-19 vaccine program
On Apr. 13, 2021, Moderna announced that new results from a preclinical study of the Company’s COVID-19 variant-specific…
Health Canada Issued Resverlogix authorization to begin immediate clinical studies of apabetalone for COVID-19
On Apr. 12, 2021, Resverlogix announced that it had successfully received its desired ‘No Objection Letter’ from Health…
The Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul Alivisatos
On Apr. 9, 2021, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Paul Alivisatos “to recognize distinguished…
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NIH COVID-19 treatment guidelines strongly recommended Use of REGEN-COV in high risk outpatients
On Apr. 9, 2021, Regeneron announced that newly updated National Institutes of Health (NIH) COVID-19 treatment guidelines strongly…
Antiviral drug Favipiravir investigated as a possible COVID-19 treatment for at-home recovery in PRINCIPLE trial
On Apr. 8, 2021, Oxford University announced that favipiravir was to be investigated in the UK as part…
NIH began study of allergic reactions to Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines
On Apr. 7, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a clinical trial was underway to…
Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data of its COVID-19 vaccine in the NEJM
On Apr. 7, 2021, Moderna announced publication of antibody persistence data out to 6 months following the second…
Moderna and Catalent announced long-term strategic collaboration for vial filling of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 6, 2021, Moderna and Catalent announced the expansion of their strategic collaboration to dedicate a new…
Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem entered next stage of development for Covid-19 therapeutic
On Apr. 5, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that based on Proof of Concept animal study results, it was…
Novavax initiated COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial crossover
On Apr. 5, 2021, Novavax announced the initiation of crossover arms in two ongoing clinical trials of NVX-CoV2373,…
Emergent announced support of manufacturing capacity expansion for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 4, 2021, Emergent BioSolutions announced it had received a contract modification to increase the original task…
FDA revised Moderna COVID-19 vaccine EUA to increase the number of vaccine doses available
On Apr. 1, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two revisions regarding the number of…
Moderna provided storage update and FDA authorization for 15-doses per vial of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 1, 2021, Moderna announced that based on submitted stability data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
BD received EUA for asymptomatic screening for SARS-CoV-2 through Serial Rapid Antigen Testing
On Apr. 1, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Emergency…
Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros biostructures entered into pan-coronavirus discovery research and license agreement
On Apr. 1, 2021, Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros Biostructures announced hat they had entered into a discovery…
COVID-19 variant vaccine trial began at KPWHRI
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
NIH clinical trial evaluating Moderna COVID-19 variant vaccine began
On Mar. 31, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to protect…
Quidel’s QuickVue At-Home OTC COVID-19 Test received EUA for screening use with serial testing
On Mar. 31, 2021, Quidel announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Mar. 30, 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that researchers had analyzed…
Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
BD announced FDA Emergency Use Authorization for combination COVID-19, flu rapid antigen test
On Mar. 30, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use…
CytoDyn’s leronlimab decreased mortality at 14 days by 82% amongst critically Ill COVID-19 patients
On Mar. 30, 2021, CytoDyn announced further results from its CD12 trial of severe-to-critically ill patients with COVID-19….
Moderna announced shipment of 100 millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Government
On Mar. 29, 2021, Moderna announced that the Company has shipped the 100-millionth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine…
GSK to manufacture Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 29, 2021, Novavax, GSK and the UK Government Vaccines Taskforce announced an agreement in principle to…
Johnson & Johnson announced agreement with African Vaccine Acquisition Trust for COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Mar. 29, 2021, Janssen Pharmaceutica announced that it had entered into an agreement with the African Vaccine…
Philippines FDA approved the use of leronlimab to treat a COVID-19 patient
On Mar. 29, 2021, CytoDyn announced that the Republic of the Philippines, Department of Health, Food and Drug…
FDA approved first cell-based gene therapy for adult patients with multiple myeloma
On Mar. 27, 2021, the FDA approved Abecma (idecabtagene vicleucel), a cell-based gene therapy to treat adult patients…
Scientists found evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth’s cells
On Mar. 25, 2021, an international team of scientists announced they had found evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells…