Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19
On Sept. 15, 2020, UT Southwestern research suggested conditions related to obesity, including inflammation and leaky gut, leave…
-
-
UTHealth joined NIH trial to test antibodies and other experimental outpatient treatments for COVID-19 pneumonia
On Sept. 15, 2020, the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) announced that a study…
-
Mateon global study for Artemisinin intervention against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in India
On Sept. 14, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that its global study based on its ARTI-19 protocol for Artemisinin…
-
Baricitinib in combination with remdesivir reduced time to recovery in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 in ACTT-2 Trial
On Sept. 14, 2020, Eli Lilly and Incyte announced initial data from the Adaptive COVID-19 Treatment Trial (ACTT-2)…
-
RECOVERY COVID-19 phase 3 trial evaluated Regeneron’s REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail in the UK
On Sept. 14, 2020, Regeneron and the University of Oxford announced that RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY),…
-
Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced partnership for cannabinoid drug development and cancer clinical trials
On Sept. 14, 2020, Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced they had entered into a collaborative research agreement…
-
Biotechnology | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Therapeutics
NIH augmented large scale study of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
On Sept. 14, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had added funding for more…
-
Gilead Sciences announced acquisition of Immunomedics for $21 billion
On Sept. 13, 2020, Gilead Sciences and Immunomedics announced an agreement whereby Gilead would acquire Immunomedics for $88.00…
-
Transmission of COVID-19 outbreaks associated with child care facilities in Utah
On Sept. 11, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that twelve children acquired…
-
MediciNova announced intranasal RS virus vaccine vuccessfully induced neutralizing antibodies against RS virus in mice
On Sept. 11, 2020, MediciNova announced that BioComo, co-developer of MediciNova’s SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19, announced that its…
-
NIH ACTIV initiative launched adaptive clinical trials of blood-clotting treatments for COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2020, the National Institutes of Health launched two of three adaptive Phase 3 clinical trials…
-
Corvus Pharmaceuticals provided update on clinical trial of CPI-006 for patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 10, 2020, Corvus Pharmaceuticals announced updated data from its ongoing Phase 1 study investigating the potential…
-
US Government stopped COVID-19 entry strategy for international air passengers
On Sept. 9, 2020, the U.S. government (USG) announced that it will remove requirements for directing all flights…
-
Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19
On Sept. 9, 2020, Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital reported that patients hospitalized with severe…
-
Biology | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Disease | Infectious Disease | Oncology | Therapeutics
NanoString announced new GeoMx COVID-19 Consortium, part of the GeoMx Translational Leadership Network
On Sept. 9, 2020, NanoString Technologies announced the formation of the GeoMx Translational Leadership Network (GTLN). The GTLN…
-
FDA approved Trelegy Ellipta as first once-daily single inhaler triple therapy for treatment of both asthma and COPD in the U.S.
On Sept. 9, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and Innoviva announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a…
-
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Measles | Plague | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Biopharma leaders united to stand with science
On Sept. 8, 2020, the CEOs of AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, and…
-
RedHill Biopharma’s opaganib demonstrated complete inhibition of SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 8, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced that opaganib demonstrated potent inhibition of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes…
-
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Stem Cell | Therapeutics
California’s Stem Cell Agency and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative partnered to create COVID-19 database
On Sept. 8, 2020, a new collaboration between the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Chan…
-
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Disease | Neurology | NIH | Stem Cell | Therapeutics
Albert Einstein College of Medicine received $16 million NIH grant to study cellular process linked to Alzheimer’s disease
On Sept. 8, 2020, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, led by Ana Maria Cuervo, M.D., Ph.D.,…
-
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…
-
Persistent immune memory of COVID-19 found in recovered patient T cells
On Sept. 4, 2020, the University of Oxford researchers found that natural infection with COVID-19 produces a robust…
-
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)…
-
Biotechnology | CDC | Infectious Disease | Influenza | NIH | Therapeutics
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…
-
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…
-
US Army uniquely poised to battle global pandemic
On Sept. 2, 2020, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command continues to combat the virus on several…
-
Broad Institute provided COVID-19 screening for students, faculty and staff at more than 100 colleges and universities
On Sept. 2, 2020, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced it had partnered with 108 public and…
-
Janssen discontinued Pimodivir influenza development program
On Sept. 2, 2020, the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced that it had made a…
-
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | HIV | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Organ Transplant | Therapeutics
UT Southwestern performed first HIV-positive-to-HIV-positive organ transplant in Texas
On Sept. 2, 2020, less than three weeks after getting on an organ transplant list for HIV-positive patients,…
-
Aegis Life launched to fight COVID-19 via DNA vaccines and therapeutics enabled by Fusogenix delivery technology
On Sept. 1, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announce the launch of its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, dedicated…
