INOVIO added Thermo Fisher Scientific to global manufacturing consortium
On Sept. 8, 2020, INOVIO announced that Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world leader in serving science, had signed…
UT Southwestern researchers showed how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
On Sept. 7, 2020, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) determined how…
DiaSorin Molecular received FDA clearance for the Simplexa Flu A/B & RSV Direct Gen II Assay
On Sept. 7, 2020, DiaSorin Molecular announced that it had received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Clearance…
RedHill Biopharma’s Opaganib awarded COVID-19 grant by State of Pennsylvania
On Sept. 3, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced the selection of opaganib, a proprietary, first-in-class, orally-administered, sphingosine kinase-2 (SK2)…
Lenzilumab COVID-19 case-control study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Journal
On Sept. 3, 2020, Humanigen announced the first case-control data of lenzilumab in severe COVID-19 demonstrated an 80%…
U.S. Department of Defense sites selected for phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Sept. 3, 2020, the U.S Department of Defense announced that five locations were identified to participate in…
Sanofi and GSK initiated Phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 adjuvanted recombinant protein-based vaccine candidate
On Sept. 3, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced the start of the Phase 1/2 clinical trial for their…
U.S. Government exercised option to purchase additional RAPIVAB from BioCryst for delivery to Strategic National Stockpile
On Sept. 3, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) had…
COVID-19 vaccine study shows severe disease preventable in hamsters
On Sept. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that for the first time, early research…
OraSure’s ORAcollect-RNA device Included in EUA granted to MiraDx for SARS-CoV-2 test
On Sept. 3, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its ORAcollect-ï¾·RNA (OR-100) collection device was included along with other…
Virginia Tech researchers began testing campus wastewater for COVID-19
On Sept. 3, 2020, a team of Virginia Tech researchers announced that they will begin testing wastewater at…
Roche received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & influenza A/B test for use on cobas 6800/8800 systems
On Sept. 3, 2020, Roche announced that the cobas SARS-CoV-2 & Influenza A/B Test for use on the…
Mesoblast announced first patients dosed in phase 2/3 trial for COVID-19 ARDS
On Sept. 2, 2020, Mesoblast announced that it had received ethics approval to include Australian hospitals in the…
Novavax announced publication of phase 1 data for COVID-19 vaccine candidate in The New England Journal of Medicine
On Sept. 2, 2020, Novavax announced the publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of Phase 1…
Janssen discontinued Pimodivir influenza development program
On Sept. 2, 2020, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that it had made a…
PathGroup selected by NIH to become RADx program ‘mega-lab’ for COVID-19 testing
On Sept. 2, 2020, PathGroup announced the award of a funding grant from the National Institutes of Health…
UT Southwestern performed first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas
On Sept. 2, 2020, UT Southwestern announced that it had performed the first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas….
NIH awarded MicroGEM $409 million to fast-track rapid, no-lab COVID-19 saliva test
On Sept. 2, 2020, MicroGEM announced it had been awarded up to $40.9 million by the National Institutes…
Titers of antibodies against SARS-CoV2 did not decline within four months
On Sept. 1, 2020, scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, published a study in…
Amyris scaled first fermentation-based cannabinoid
On Sept. 1, 2020, Amyris announced that it had successfully scaled up the commercial production of Cannabigerol (CBG)…
Sanofi updated Kevzara (sarilumab) phase 3 trial in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients outside the US
On Sept. 1, 2020, Sanofi announced that the global Phase 3 trial investigating intravenously administered Kevzara (sarilumab) at…
Scientists used genomics to discover an ancient dog species that may teach us about human vocalization
On Aug. 31, 2020, in a study published in PNAS, researchers used conservation biology and genomics to discover…
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Development of COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial across all adult age groups
On Aug. 31, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 expanded into U.S. Phase III clinical trial…
New gene associated with reduced risk for cirrhosis
On Aug. 31, 2020, an international team of scientists supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced…
Novavax and Canada reached agreement to acquire Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 31, 2020, Novavax announced it had reached an agreement in principle with the Government of Canada…
NIAID awarded BioCryst $44 million contract to advance development of galidesivir
On Aug. 31, 2020, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) had…
Moderna confirmed discussions with the MHLW to supply Japan with 40 million doses of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Aug. 28, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company was engaged in discussions with the Ministry of Health,…
NIH established Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases
On Aug. 27, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes…
RedHill Biopharma Announced Positive Recommendation from Independent Committee to Continue U.S. Phase 2 COVID-19 Study, and Approval of COVID-19 Phase 2/3 Study in Italy
On Aug. 27, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that its U.S. Phase 2 study with opaganib (Yeliva®, ABC294640) in…
Vaccitech received government grant for COVID-19 vaccine research
On Aug. 27, 2020, Vaccitech announced that it had received a non-dilutive Government grant to support research with…