Resverlogix clinical candidate apabetalone featured as potential COVID-19 treatment in publication
On Mar. 23, 2020, Resverlogix announced a bioRxiv publication that has shown apabetalone to inhibit specialized proteins –…
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Resverlogix invited collaborations for use of Apabetalone in trials and studies to Combat spread of COVID-19
On Mar. 23, 2020, Resverlogix announced that it was seeking to collaborate with organizations currently testing therapies for…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
NIH online resources support COVID-19 workers training to protect their own health
On Mar. 23, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that it had launched an important online…
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First patients enrolled in new Oxford University clinical trial of possible COVID-19 treatments
On Mar. 23, 2020, researchers from the University of Oxford announced they have launched a new clinical trial…
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UK launched whole genome sequence alliance to map spread of coronavirus
On Mar. 23, 2020, the UK Government announced funding of £20 million to support clinicians and scientists in…
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Amgen Foundation committed up to $12.5 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts
On Mar. 23, 2020, the Amgen Foundation announced an initial commitment of up to $12.5 million to support…
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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 and…
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Emory’s DRIVE, Ridgeback partnered for drug versus coronavirus
On Mar. 23, 2020, Drug Innovation Ventures at Emory (DRIVE), and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced a collaboration to rapidly…
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Philips ramped up production of critical health technology products in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 22, 2020, Royal Philips announced that it is increasing the production of certain critical care products and…
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Amneal Accelerates Distribution and Production of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate to Meet Potential Needs of COVID-19 Patients Nationwide
On Mar. 20, 2020, Amneal Pharmaceuticals, one of the largest U.S.-based generics manufacturers, announced that it is responding to…
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New study expanded understanding of influenza-associated complications
On Mar. 20, 2020, a study was published in JAMA that expands the understanding of influenza-associated complications. Influenza…
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Cardax releases white paper on the potential role of Astaxanthin in treatment of Coronavirus disease
On Mar. 20, 2020, Cardax released a white paper outlining the potential role of astaxanthin in the treatment…
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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…
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Amneal accelerated distribution and production of hydroxychloroquine sulfate to meet potential needs of COVID-19 patients
On Mar. 20, 2020, Amneal Pharma announced that it was responding to the national COVID-19 health emergency by…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Infectious Disease | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics
University of Pennsylvania $1.5 billion Hospital Pavilion construction allowed to continue
On Mar. 20, 2020, the University of Pennsylvania announced that Pavilion project construction would be allowed to continue…
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Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft expanded partnership to decode COVID-19 immune response and provide open data access
On Mar. 20, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft announced they were leveraging their existing partnership mapping population-wide adaptive…
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UC Davis researchers raced to develop coronavirus solutions
On Mar. 19, 2020, Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, California…
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Mylan ramped up U.S. manufacturing of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to meet potential COVID-19 patient needs
On Mar. 19, 2020, Mylan announced its continued commitment to do its part in support of public health…
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Roche initiated phase III clinical trial of Actemra/RoActemra in hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia
On Mar. 19, 2020, Roche announced it was working with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) to…
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UArizona Cancer Center received $69M grant forsSkin cancer prevention study
On Mar. 19, 2020, The UArizona Cancer Center announced it was awarded a five-year, $6.9 million prestigious Program…
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FDA approved Epclusa (Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir) for children with Chronic Hepatitis C infection
On Mar. 19, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved a supplemental…
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Cumberland Pharmaceuticals announced initiative to expand availability of Caldolor to treat fevers associated with Coronavirus Infections
On Apr. 1, 2020, Cumberland Pharma announced a national initiative to support hospitals and clinics that use Caldolor…
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Teva donated potential COVID-19 treatment, hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets to hospitals nationwide
On Mar. 19, 2020, Teva announced the immediate donation of more than 6 million doses of hydroxychloroquine sulfate…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Medical Device | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Leading Stanford Alumni Scientists and Physicians Launch StartX Med COVID-19 Task Force
On Mar. 18, 2020, StartX, a non-profit startup community of more than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni founders,…
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Artificial Intelligence | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Infectious Disease | Oncology | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics
Mateon to develop its OT-101, a phase 3 clinical drug candidate against COVID-19
On Mar. 18, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics reported significant progress in deploying its phase 3 clinical asset, OT-101, against…
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Nike leaders donated $7 million to support OHSU’s COVID-19 response
On Mar. 18, 2020, Nike CEO John Donahoe and his wife, Eileen, along with Nike Chairman Mark Parker…
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CanSinoBIO’s investigational vaccine against COVID-19 approved for phase 1 clinical trial in China
On Mar. 17, 2020, CanSino Biologics announced that its recombinant novel Coronavirus Vaccine (Adenovirus Type 5 Vector) candidate…
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Israel weighed “compassionate use” of Pluristem therapy for COVID-19
On Mar. 17, 2020, Israel’s Health Ministry announced that it had approved a request by Pluristem Therapeutics to…
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MannKind refocuses pipeline resources in response to COVID-19 pandemic
On Mar. 17, 2020, MannKind announced it was adjusting research and development resources that were reserved for its…
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Regeneron announced important advances in novel COVID-19 antibody program
On Mar. 17, 2020, Regeneron announced that its scientists had isolated hundreds of virus-neutralizing, fully human antibodies from…
