Georgia Tech researchers received a $1.6 million grant from the NIH and NINDS for neuroscience project
On Aug. 21, 2019, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers Chris Rozell and Garret Stanley received a $1.6 million…
Siteman Cancer Center received $15 million grant to support personalized leukemia therapies
On Aug. 21, 2019, the Siteman Cancer Center announced it was awarded a $15 million grant to better…
CDC published updated ACIP recommendations for human papillomavirus vaccination of adults
On Aug. 16, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
Masonic Cancer Center researchers awarded $8.5 million dollar grant to research metastatic breast cancer
On Aug. 15, 2019, Masonic Cancer Center researchers Reuben Harris, PhD and Douglas Yee, MD announced that they…
CPRIT granted $18.7 million New Company Product Development award to Salarius Pharmaceuticals
On Aug. 15, 2019, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) announced that it was awarded…
Siteman Cancer Center awarded $78 million to expand clinical trials access
On Aug. 1, 2019 the Siteman Cancer Center announced it was awarded a six-year, $7.8 million grant from…
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center announced it had received NCI designation
On Jul. 29, 2019, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center announced it had achieved National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, becoming…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA repair pathway
On Jul. 25, 2019, Vanderbilt University Medical Center Professor David Cortez, PhD and colleagues revealed a new DNA…
More than 5,000 lives touched by OHSU Kidney Transplant Program
On Jul. 24, 2019, the Oregon Health Science University (OHSU) Transplant Program – one of the oldest, largest…
CDC published ACIP recommendations on use of Japanese encephalitis vaccine
On Jul. 19, 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published recommendations from the Advisory Committee…
Chembio Diagnostics and Takeda Pharmaceutical announced collaboration to develop point-of-care diagnostic test
On Jul. 18, 2019, Chembio Diagnostics announced a collaboration with Shire Human Genetic Therapies, a wholly owned subsidiary…
Masonic Cancer Center member Ingunn Stromnes, PhD awarded with PanCAN Grant
On Jul. 9, 2019, the Masonic Cancer Center announced that researcher Ingunn Stromnes, PhD was awarded with a…
Vanderbilt Vaccine Center Director James Crow Jr, MD, was awarded half of the Future Insight Prize by Merck KGaA of Germany
On Jul. 9, 2019, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center announced that Director James Crow Jr., MD, had been awarded half…
Evotec completed acquisition of Just Biotherapeutics
On Jul. 3, 2019, Evotec announced the strategic transaction to acquire Just Biotherapeutics, signed May 20, 2019, had…
DARPA funded a $21.9 gene modulation research initiative at Georgia Tech, targeting influenza pandemics
In Jun. 2019, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced it had funded a $21.9 gene modulation research…
Chembio Diagnostics received CE Mark for point-of-care multiplex test for Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya
On Jun. 27, 2019, Chembio Diagnostics announced that is had obtained a CE mark for its DPP Zika/Dengue/Chikungunya…
Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 signed into law
On Jun. 24, 2019, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019 (S.1379) passed by…
CanSinoBIO received approval for Its 13-valent penumococcal conjugate vaccine to start clinical trials
On Jun. 20, 2019, CanSino Biologics announced that it had received the National Medical Products Administration’s (NMPA) permission…
the largest stock of the rinderpest virus was destroyed at the Pirbright Institute.
On Jun. 14, 2019, the Pirbright Institute announced that it had destroyed the last samples of rinderpest virus…
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New CRISPR Lab for Genomic Research at UCSF and UC Berkeley in collaboratation with GlaxoSmithKline
On Jun. 13, 2019, the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley collaborated with GlaxoSmithKline…
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Groundbreaking DNA study launched to discover new connections between genetics & diseases
On Jun. 12, 2019, Intermountain Healthcare and deCODE genetics announced a major global collaboration and study focused on…
Genentech drug Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) granted accelerated approval by FDA
On Jun. 10, 2019, Genentech drug Polivy (polatuzumab vedotin-piiq) announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had…
Vaccitech universal flu vaccine passed Phase 2b clinical development milestones
On Jun. 5, 2019, Vaccitech announced that it has administered its pandemic universal influenza A vaccine MVA-NP+M1 (VTP-100)…
The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas awarded a relocation grant to Hummingbird Bioscience
On Jun. 4, 2019, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) awarded a $13 million relocation…
Penn received a $12 million grant to study the connection between cellular therapies and new methods of radiation therapy
On Jun. 3, 2019, the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) announced it had received a $12 million grant from…
The Richard N Merkin Institute for Translational Research was founded at CalTech
On May 30, 2019, The Richard N. Merkin Institute for Translational Research was founded at CalTech. Merkin, who…
FDA authorized marketing of first diagnostic test for detecting Zika virus antibodies
On May 23, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it had authorized InBios’ marketing…
Chembio Diagnostics announced approval of Dengue point-of-care test by Brazilis Health Regulatory Agency
On May 7, 2019, Chembio Diagnostics announced the approval of its DPP Dengue System by Agência Nacional de…
Masonic Cancer Center researchers discovered importance of protein p300 acetyltransferase in liver cancer development
On May 3, 2019, Masonic Cancer Center researcher Dr. Ningling Kang and colleauges at The Hormel Institute announced…
U.S. FDA Approved Arctic® Fuji Apple
On May 2, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Authority (FDA) announced it had completed its voluntary review…