Fred Hutch, NIH experts outlined plan for COVID-19 vaccines
On May 11, 2020, in a perspective published by the journal Science, Dr. Larry Corey from the Fred…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Environmental | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Rice University COVID-19 research fund backed six new initiatives
On May 8, 2020, the Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it had funded…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine
USPTO announced COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program for small and micro entities
On May 8, 2020, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced a new COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot…
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Tonix Pharma announced research collaboration and exclusive agreement with the University of Alberta to develop novel c-based vaccines for prevention of COVID-19
On May 7, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals and the University of Alberta announced a research collaboration and exclusive licensing…
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Entos Pharma partnered with Precision NanoSystems to enable scalable GMP manufacturing of Fusogenix DNA COVID-19 vaccine
On May 7, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced a partnership with Precision NanoSystems, Inc., (PNI), a global leader in…
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Sinovac announced first animal study results of vaccine against COVID-19 published in SCIENCE
On May 6, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced publication of the preclinical study on animals for its vaccine candidate…
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Medigen Vaccine Biologics signed a license agreement with NIH on COVID-19 vaccine
On May 5, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corp. (MVC) announced a global commercial license agreement with National Institutes…
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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…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | USDA | Vaccine
Tyson Foods Fresh Meats resumed Waterloo, Iowa operations
On May 5, 2020, Tyson Foods announced resumption of limited production at its Waterloo, Iowa facility May 7….
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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,…
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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…
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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 Arcturus’…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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 Valneva’s Lyme disease vaccine…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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NIH clinical trial shows remdesivir accelerated recovery from advanced COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and…
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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…
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Entos Pharmaceuticals partnered with EpiVax to develop a pan-Coronavirus DNA vaccine
On Apr. 28, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced a collaboration with EpiVax, a world leading informatics and immunology biotechnology…
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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…
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Chimerix received FDA clearance for rolling submission of New Drug Application for brincidofovir as medical countermeasure for smallpox
On Apr. 28, 2020, Chimerix announced it had received clearance from the FDA for a rolling submission of…
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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…
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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 1/2a…
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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…
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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…
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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),…
