Medigen Vaccine Biologics signed a license agreement with NIH on COVID-19 vaccine
On May 5, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVB) announced a global commercial license agreement with National Institutes of…
Lineage Cell Therapeutics to apply allogeneic dendritic cell therapy program to COVID-19 vaccine development
On May 6, 2020, Lineage Cell Therapeutics announced that it has applied for grant funding from the California…
Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital advancied gene-based COVID-19 vaccine
On May 5, 2020, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), members of Mass General Brigham,…
Pfizer and BioNTech dosed first participants in US as part of global COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development program
On May 5, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the first participants have been dosed in the U.S. in…
Arcturus Therapeutics and Catalent announced partnership to manufacture mRNA-Based COVID-19 vaccine
On May 4, 2020, Arcturus Therapeutics and Catalent announced a partnership to support the expected manufacture of Arcturusï¾’…
Moderna and Lonza announced worldwide strategic collaboration to manufacture Moderna’s Vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On May 1, 2020, Moderna and Lonza announced a 10-year strategic collaboration agreement to enable larger scale manufacture…
AstraZeneca and Oxford University announced landmark agreement for COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2020, AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford announced an agreement for the global development and…
Oxford University announced a landmark partnership for development of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2020, University of Oxford announced an agreement with the UK-based global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for…
Valneva and Pfizer announced a collaboration to co-develop and commercialize Lyme disease vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2020, Valneva and Pfizer announced a collaboration to develop and commercialize Valnevaï¾’s Lyme disease vaccine…
Landmark partnership announced for development of COVID-19 vaccine
On Apr. 30, 2020, the University of Oxford announced an agreement with the UK-based global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca…
Vaxart announced additional positive pre-clinical data for oral COVID-19 vaccine program
On Apr. 30, 2020, Vaxart announced it has obtained positive pre-clinical results for its COVID-19 vaccine candidates, with…
INOVIO expanded manufacturing of COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800 with new funding from CEPI
On Apr. 30, 2020, INOVIO announced an agreement to expand its manufacturing partnership with the German contract manufacturer…
Catalent signs agreement with Johnson & Johnson to be US manufacturing partner for lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Apr. 29, 2020, Catalent announced a collaboration with the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, whereby…
Texas A&M researchers lead testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, a team of Texas A&M University researchers asked hundreds of frontline medical workers to…
Sarepta Therapeutics announced research agreement with U.S. DoD to evaluate multiple constructs from proprietary RNA platform as treatments for COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2020, Sarepta Therapeutics announced the Company and the USAMRIID, the Department of Defense’s lead laboratory…
INOVIO completed enrollment in phase 1 U.S. trial of INO-4800 for COVID-19 DNA vaccine
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO announced that its Phase 1 U.S. clinical trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800…
INOVIO and GeneOne reported positive phase 1/2a clinical data with DNA vaccine INO-4700 for MERS Coronavirus
On Apr. 28, 2020, INOVIO and GeneOne Life Science announced interim data through week 16 from a Phase…
ARTES joined global combat against Corona with virus-like particle based platform technologies
On Apr. 27, 2020, ARTES Biotechnology, the German-based biotech company specializing in process development for recombinant vaccines, entered…
Moderna announced IND Submitted to FDA for phase 2 study of mRNA vaccine (mRNA-1273) against novel Coronavirus
On Apr. 27, 2020, Moderna announced it had submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food…
iBio estimated 500 Million Dose Capacity for COVID-19 Vaccine from its FastPharming Facility
On Apr. 27, 2020, iBio announced it has joined the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL),…
Ichor announced its TriGrid Delivery System is being utilized for delivery in non-human primates of a COVID-19 DNA vaccine being developed by Naval Medical Research Center
On Apr. 27, 2020, Ichor announced that its TriGrid Delivery System is being utilized for delivery in non-human…
Merck and Institute for Systems Biology collaborate to define molecular mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 infection and identify potential prognostic biomarkers
On Apr. 27, 2020, Merck and the Institute for Systems Biology announced a new research collaboration to investigate…
Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine began human trial stage
On Apr. 23, 2020, University of Oxford researchers announced they had begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine in human…
Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be U.S. manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson’s lead vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Apr. 23, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced an agreement whereby Emergent will deploy its contract development and manufacturing…
Johnson & Johnson announced collaboration to expand manufacturing capabilities for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Apr. 23, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced a collaboration between the Janssen Pharmaceutical of Johnson & Johnson…
SNBL announced participation in development of a prophylactic DNA vaccine for COVID-19
On Apr. 20, 2020, SNBL announced their intention to participate in the development of a prophylactic DNA vaccine…
BioNTech and Pfizer announced regulatory approval from German authority to commence first clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Apr. 22, 2020, BioNTech and Pfizer announced that the German regulatory authority, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, has approved the…
Vaxart announced positive preclinical data for ioral COVID-19 vaccine program
On Apr. 21, 2020, Vaxart announced it had obtained positive pre-clinical results for its COVID-19 vaccine candidates, with…
Deison Technology Park provided increased capacity for VGXI to manufacture vaccines
On Apr. 20, 2020, VGX signed as the first occupant of Conroeï¾’s Deison Technology Park and will move…
Five Oxford University COVID-19 projects received UK Research and Innovation funding
On Apr. 17, 2020, five projects from across Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division were among twenty-one new studies…