World’s largest clinical trial for COVID-19 treatments expanded internationally
On Feb. 18, 2021, scientists at the University of Oxford announced that the Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 Therapy…
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Novartis and Gates Foundation collaborate to discover and develop in vivo gene therapy for sickle cell disease
On Feb. 17, 2021, Novartis announced that it had entered into a grant agreement with the Bill &…
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Altimmune announced FDA clearance of AdCOVID IND application
On Feb. 17, 2021, Altimmune announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had cleared the Companyls…
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Immunic announced 200 patients enrolled in phase 2 CALVID-1 trial of IMU-838 for treatment of COVID-19
On Feb. 17, 2021, Immunic announced that its lead asset, IMU-838, the company’s selective oral DHODH inhibitor, had…
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Study published in NEJM demonstrated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize South African variant spike mutations
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study that provided additional data on the…
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Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
Genetic study of Lewy body dementia supported ties to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases
On Feb. 16, 2021, in a study led by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, scientists found that…
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Anixa Biosciences began animal Testing of Covid-19 therapeutic candidates
On Feb. 16, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that animal testing had commenced with two proprietary compounds that have…
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Lonza expanded solid form services for small molecule drugs
On Feb. 16, 2021, Lonza, formerly Bend Research, announced that it was expanding and refining first-in-human services at…
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Notch Therapeutics closed $85 million financing to develop pipeline of renewable stem cell-derived cancer immunotherapies
On Feb. 10, 2021, Notch Therapeutics closed $85 Million Series A financing to develop pipeline of renewable stem…
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals to develop COVID-19 skin test to measure SARS-CoV-2 exposure and T cell immunity
On Feb. 8, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced it had received the written response from the U.S. Food and…
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Pfizer and BioNTech data demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 mutations
On Feb. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication in Nature Medicine of data from in vitro studies…
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Oxford University vaccine effective against major B117 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK
On Feb. 5, 2021, Oxford University announced that a preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxford’s…
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Merck Statement on Ivermectin use During the COVID-19 Pandemic
On Feb. 4, 2021, Merck affirmed its position regarding use of ivermectin during the COVID-19 pandemic, and do…
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AXIM Biotechnologies began clinical trials of ImmunoPass rapid diagnostic test with vaccine recipients
On Feb. 3, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced initiation of clinical trials for ImmunoPass, the Companyﾒs rapid point-of-care test…
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Bristol Myers and Rockefeller University announced license agreement for SARS-CoV-2 meutralizing mAb combination
On Feb. 3, 2021, Bristol-Myers and The Rockefeller University announced an agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb was…
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NeuroRx initiated phase 2/3 study of inhaled ZYESAMI for severe COVID-19 with UCI Health
On Feb. 3, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS affirmed that its collaboration partner NeuroRx had initiated a phase 2/3 clinical…
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Mateon announced completion of ARTI-19 and publication of positive interim data
On Feb. 2, 2021, Mateon Therapeutics announced that its ARTI-19 trial, evaluating ARTIVeda / PulmoHeal against COVID-19 in…
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Sorrento announced the fourth patient was released from hospital following third infusion of stem cells
On Jan. 31, 2021, Sorrento Therapeutics announced additional positive results from its Phase 1b study of human allogeneic…
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Researchers used patients’ cells to test gene therapy for rare eye disease
On Jan. 28, 2021, scientists at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have developed a promising gene therapy strategy…
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CDC study showed 2019-20 flu vaccine effectively prevented hospitalizations and emergency visits in children
On Jan. 27, 2021, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study found that the 2019-2020…
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In vitro studies demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with UK and South African Variants
On Jan. 27, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals…
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Just – Evotec Biologics expanded contract with Department of Defense for manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies
On Jan. 27, 2021, Evotec announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded its Seattle, Washington-based subsidiary,…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Therapeutics | WHO
WHO recommended follow-up care, low-dose anticoagulants for COVID-19 patients
On Jan. 26, 2021, WHO recommends that patients who have COVID-19 – both confirmed and suspected – should…
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Sorrento announced positive preliminary results of phase 1b study of COVI-MSC for treatment of ICU COVID-19 patients
On Jan. 26, 2021, Sorrento Therapeutics announced positive preliminary results from its Phase 1b study of human allogeneic…
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Regeneron reported positive data with REGEN-COV antibody cocktail as passive vaccine to prevent COVID-19
On Jan. 26, 2021, Regeneron announced positive initial results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating REGEN-COV…
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Mateon launched mobile app, ARTIHealthTM, remote for respiratory health assessment
On Jan. 25, 2021, Mateon Therapeutics announced that it was launching its mobile app, ARTIHealthTM, for respiratory health…
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Medigen’s COVID-19 vaccine announced first participant dosed in phase 2 clinical trial in Taiwan
On Jan. 25, 2021, Medigen Vaccine Biologics and Dynavax Technologies announced that the first participant had been dosed…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | Disease | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA approved Aurinia Pharmaceuticals LUPKYNIS (voclosporin) for adults with active lupus nephritis
On Jan. 22, 2021, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved LUPKYNISTM…
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Humanigen announced BARDA contract and Expansion of CRADA with U.S. Government for COVID-19
On Jan. 22, 2021, Humanigen announced an expansion to the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) that the…
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Cue’s Molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests available under HHS and DoD pilot program
On Jan. 19, 2021, Cue Health announced that its molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 Tests were being distributed to five…
