AbCellera mobilized response to the novel coronavirus outbreak as part of its DARPA P3 program
On Jan. 28, 2020, AbCellera confirmed that it had mobilized its pandemic response platform against the ongoing outbreak…
Alexion completed acquisition of Achillion for $930 million
On Jan. 28, 2020, Alexion Pharma announced it had completed its acquisition of Achillion Pharmaceuticals for $930 million….
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Northeastern partners with entrepreneur David Roux to launch the Roux Institute at Northeastern University
On Jan. 27, 2020, the Jackson Laboratory announced it was one of the founding partners of the Roux…
GSK licensed tuberculosis vaccine candidate to the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute for continued development
On Jan. 27, 2020, GSK announced that it had licensed its M72/AS01E[3] tuberculosis disease (TB) vaccine candidate to…
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas announced it had recruited its 200th CPRIT scholar
On Jan. 27, 2020, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced it had recruited its…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to global response to 2019-nCOV
On Jan. 26, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced that it had immediately committed $10 million…
CDC published updated ACIP recommendations on the use of Td and Tdap vaccines
On Jan. 24, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
World’s first meningitis B national infant vaccination programme showed 75% drop in cases over three years
On Jan. 23, 2020, two independent meningitis B studies were published in the New England Journal of Medicine…
Moderna announced funding award from CEPI to accelerate development of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Jan. 23, 2020, Moderna announced a new collaboration to develop an mRNA vaccine against the novel coronavirus…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers announced new insight on diabetic retinopathy
On Jan. 23, 2020, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers Megan Capozzi, PhD, John Penn, PhD, and colleagues showed…
Vir Biotec applying multiple platforms to address public health risk from coronavirus
On Jan. 22, 2020, Vir Biotech announced it was working to rapidly determine whether its previously identified anti-coronavirus…
Lack of new antibiotics threatens global efforts to contain drug-resistant infections
On Jan. 17, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that declining private investment and lack of innovation…
Karmanos Cancer Institute was awarded the President’s Trophy for second year in a row by McLaren Health Care
On Jan. 16, 2020, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute received the President’s Trophy for the second year…
US DoD exercised option for IXIARO vaccine for Japanese encephalitis with Valneva
On Jan. 14, 2020, Valneva announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had exercised an option to…
Just – Evotec Biologics initiated construction of first JPOD Facility in North America
On Jan. 14, 2020, Evotec announced that the wholly-owned Seattle based company Just – Evotec Biologics had initiated…
Cleveland Clinic study identified genetic anomaly associated with poor response to common asthma treatment
On Jan. 13, 2020, a new Cleveland Clinic study uncovered a genetic anomaly associated with poor response to…
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Vanderbilt researchers discovered a new genetic disease
On Jan. 13, 2020, Vanderbilt University Medical Center researcher Ela Knapik, MD and her colleagues announced they had…
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Mayo Clinic research discovered a molecular switch for repairing central nervous system disorders
On Jan. 10, 2020, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that they had discovered a molecular switch for repairing central…
Novel coronavirus identified as cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China
On Jan. 9, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that a novel coronavirus had been identified as the…
Mayo Clinic sequenced 100K participants to build genomic database for improved care and research in collaboration with Helix
On Jan. 9, 2020, Mayo Clinic announced it was creating a library of genomic sequencing data on 100,000…
Penn Medicine birth marked a milestone in uterus transplant clinical trial
On Jan. 9, 2020, Penn Medicine announced the birth of Benjamin Thomas Gobrecht: his mother, 33-year-old Jennifer Gobrecht,…
O’Neal Cancer Center welcomed Sleckman as new director
On Jan. 8, 2020, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (UAB) announced that world-renowned researcher…
Xencor and Gilead entered license agreement for use of XmAb antibody technologies in investigational agents for HIV
On Jan. 8, 2020, Xencor announced a technology license agreement in which Gilead Sciences will access Xencor’s Xtend…
Mayo Clinic genetic testing provided insights to sudden unexplained deaths in Amish community
On Jan. 8, 2020, Mayo Clinic researchers reported that they had used post-mortem genetic testing to find the…
FDA approved 3D-printed airway stents developed by Cleveland Clinic doctor
On Jan. 8, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved patient-specific airway stents developed by Cleveland…
Thomas J Lynch Jr became the sixth president of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
On Jan. 7, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced Dr. Thomas J. Lynch Jr. as the…
Cases of pneumonia detected in Wuhan, China were first reported to the WHO
On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization declared the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic. To-date, of the…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center professor Ege T Kavalali, Ph.D. received a Humboldt Research Award
On Dec. 31, 2019, Ege T. Kavalali, Ph.D., professor and acting chair of the Department of Pharmacology in…
Sinovac announced approval of varicella vaccine for prevention of varicella/zoster virus (chickenpox) in children
On Dec. 27, 2019, Sinovac Biotech announced that the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) had approved and…
Medigen Vaccine Biologics completed enrollment of phase III MRCT For EV71 vaccine
On Dec. 25, 2019, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVB) announced it had completed the enrollment of phase III multi-region…