Thermo Fisher Scientific received CE Mark for its diagnostic test todDetect COVID-19
On Mar. 26, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received the CE mark in the European Union…
WHO Director-General calls on G20 to fight, unite, and ignite against COVID-19
On Mar. 26, 2020, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), addressed Heads of…
Broad Institute’s CLIA-certified testing center began processing COVID-19 patient samples
On Mar. 26, 2020, working in partnership with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Massachusetts State Public Health Laboratory, and…
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National Library of Medicine expanded access to coronavirus literature through PubMed Central
On Mar. 25, 2020, the National Library of Medicine (NLM), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced…
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Life sciences companies commit to fight against COVID-19 pandemic with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
On Mar. 25, 2020, a consortium of life sciences companies announced an important collaboration to accelerate the development,…
3M partnered with Ford to help further accelerate COVID-19 response
On Mar. 24, 2020, 3M and Ford Motor announced a partnership to increase the production of 3M’s powered…
Cumberland Pharma Announced Initiative To Expand Availability Of VIBATIV® To Treat Hospital-Acquired & Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Resulting From Coronavirus Infections
On Mar. 23, 2020, Cumberland Pharmaceuticals announced a national initiative to support the treatment of patients with hospital-acquired…
Harvard Bioscience introduced next generation inhalation system to aid in fight against COVID-19
On Mar. 23, 2020, Harvard Bioscience announced that it had launched an innovative technology – known as Accumulated…
Quest Diagnostics dedicated special hours for non-COVID-19 testing for older and Highly vulnerable patients
On Mar. 21, 2020, through its “Peace of Mind” program, Quest Diagnostics took extra measures to ensure individuals…
FDA allowed expanded use of devices to monitor patients’ vital signs remotely
On Mar. 20, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a new policy that allowed manufacturers…
3M outlined actions to support healthcare effort to combat COVID-19
On Mar. 20, 2020, 3M announced it had doubled its global output of N95 respirators to an annual…
FDA granted Bellerophon emergency expanded access for INOpulse for treatment of COVID-19 virus
On Mar. 20, 2020, Bellerophon Therapeutics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted emergency expanded…
Chembio Diagnostics received $4 million purchase order from Bio-Manguinhos for production of DPP COVID-19 IgM/IgG system in Brazil
On Mar. 20, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced receipt of a $4 million order from Bio-Manguinhos for the purchase…
Todos Medical signed novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) point-of-care rapid antibody testing kit exclusive distribution agreement
On Mar. 19, 2020, Todos Medical announced it had entered into an exclusive distribution agreement for the U.S….
Mesa Biotech received funding from HHS for development of a 30 minute molecular point-of-care SARS-CoV-2 test
On Mar. 19, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a $561K contract from the U.S. Department…
Todos Medical announced Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Buccal Testing Kit distribution agreement with 3D BioMed
On Mar. 17, 2020, Todos Medical announced a non-exclusive distribution agreement with 3D Biomedicine Science & Technology, a…
Georgia Tech and Shriners Hospitals for Children announced new collaborative research affiliation
On Feb. 26, 2020, Georgia Institute of Technology and Shriners Hospitals for Children announced a collaborative research affiliation…
New images of novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 made available
On Feb. 26, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Rocky Mountain Laboratories (NIAID-RML) announced it…
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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…
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…
Oregonian received life-saving heart valve repair without open-heart surgery
On Dec. 11, 2019, Dennis Eggers became the first patient in a new clinical trial to receive a…
Sanford Burnham Prebys scientists developed a machine-learning algorithm that gleans information from microscope images
On Oct. 22, 2019, scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys announced they had developed a machine-learning algorithm that gleans…
UPenn created the first ‘bile duct-on-a-chip’
On Sept. 25, 2019, UPenn researchers led by Rebecca Wells, MD, announced they had created the first-ever ‘bile…
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…
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 University of Alabama’s newest cancer-killing cyclotron was installed
On Mar. 5, 2019, Emma, the 90-ton cyclotron which is the centerpiece of the new proton therapy initiative…
Siteman Cancer Center to offer newest form of proton therapy
On Oct. 22, 2018, the Siteman Cancer Center announced a second proton therapy system that would incorporate pencil-beam…
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The Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center opened
On Jun. 5, 2018, a new flagship cancer center was established as the Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer…
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USC recruited participants for landmark $1.5 billion precision medicine research initiative
On May 1, 2018, Keck School of Medicine of USC and nationwide partners launched a landmark $1.5 billion…
FDA published guidance to industry known as the “red book”
On Jan. 31, 2018, the FDA published the first Red Book, the successor to 1949 “black book,” officially…