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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Evotec Biologics announced collaboration with Ology Bioservices on antibodies against Coronavirus
On Apr. 30, 2020, Evotec announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary Just – Evotec Biologics hasd entered into a…
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CHF Solutions shipped first commercial orders of Aquadex SmartFlow system to Austria
On Apr. 23, 2020, CHF Solutions announced that it had shipped the first commercial orders of its next…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced details on collaboration to accelerate global COVID-19 vaccine development
On Apr. 9, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech disclosed additional details of their collaboration to advance candidates from BioNTech’s…
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Chembio announced launch of DPP COVID-19 serological point-of-care test
On Mar. 31, 2020, Chembio Diagnostics announced the U.S. launch of the rapid DPP COVID-19 serological point-of-care test…
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Bayer increased Germany’s COVID-19 analysis capacity by several thousand tests per day
On Mar. 30, 2020, Bayer announced it had made available more than 40 virus diagnostics devices from its…
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Partner Therapeutics announced initiation of clinical trial to evaluate Leukine in patients with COVID-19
On Mar. 24, 2020, Partner Therapeutics that Leukine (sargramostim, rhu-GM-CSF) is being assessed in the SARPAC trial (sargramostim…
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Pfizer and BioNTech co-develop potential Coronavirus (COVID-19)
On Mar. 17, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the companies have agreed to a letter of intent regarding…
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Moderna announced first participant dosed in NIH-led phase 1 study of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On Mar. 16, 2020, Moderna announced that the first participant had been dosed in the Phase 1 study…
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Fosun Pharma and BioNTech formed COVID-19 vaccine strategic alliance in China
On Mar. 15, 2020, Fosun Pharma and BioNTech announced a strategic development and commercialization collaboration to advance BioNTech’s…
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Pluristem and Charit’ University of Medicine Berlin joinly target potential treatment for respiratory and inflammatory Intratissue complications caused by COVID-19
On Mar. 12, 2020, Pluristem Therapeutics announced it a collaborative agreement with the BIH Center for Regenerative Therapy…
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German lab demonstrated feasibility to detect SARS-Coronavirus-2 using Hologic’s Panther Fusion System
On Mar. 5, 2020, Hologic announced a molecular assay for detecting the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (previously 2019-nCoV) on…
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Vanderbilt Vaccine Center Director James Crow Jr, MD, was awarded half of the Future Insight Prize by Merck KGaA of Germany
On Jul. 9, 2019, Vanderbilt Vaccine Center announced that Director James Crow Jr., MD, had been awarded half…
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World War I Killer Took Almost as Many US Troops’ Lives as Combat
On Aug. 29, 2018, one hundred years ago, there were two major killers in the world: World War…
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Bayer and Monsanto announced merger
On Sept. 14, 2016, Bayer and Monsanto announced a merger agreement whereby Bayer acquired Monsanto for USD $128…
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The Tardigrade Genome was Sequenced, world first
On Nov. 25, 2015, scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced they had sequenced…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
The Human Genome Project was completed
On Apr. 13, 2003, the International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium announced the completion of the Human Genome Project…
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Texas A&M System and GlaxoSmithKline receive U.S. Government approval to establish influenza vaccine facility In Texas
On Mar. 26, 2013, GlaxoSmithKline and the Texas A&M University System announced that the U.S. Department of Health…
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Scientists decoded genome of bonobo
On Jun. 13, 2012, in a project led by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig,…
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Amnis Corp. was acquired by EMD Millipore
On Aug. 30, 2011, Amnis, a Seattle-based manufacturer of advanced cell imaging systems, announced the company had been…
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The genome of our closest relative, the Neandertal, was sequenced
On May 7, 2010, in a paper released in Science, an international consortium announced sequencing the genome of…
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The first recombinant vaccine for humans, a vaccine for hepatitis B, was approved
In May 1986, the vaccine Recombivax HB, which protects against hepatitis B infection, was approved for marketing in…
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Thalidomide-caused birth defects lead to strengthened drug regulation
On Jul. 15, 1962, Thalidomide, a new sleeping pill developed by the German company Grunenthal, was found to…
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Ernest Everett Just became the first American to be invited to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
In 1930, Ernest Everett Just, an African American biologist, became the first American to be invited to the…
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The term Alzheimer’s disease first used
On Jul. 15, 1910, the term Alzheimer’s disease was first used by German psychiatrist Dr. Emil Kraepelin to…
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German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer identified the first case of what is now known as Alzheimer’s disease
On Nov. 3, 1906, a clinical psychiatrist and neuroanatomist, Alois Alzheimer, reported “A peculiar severe disease process of…
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Bayer introduced new pain relief product under the trademark Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid)
On Mar. 6, 1899, Bayer, based in Germany, introduced a newly patented pain relief product under the trademark…
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Robert Koch announced the discovery of tubercle bacillus, the cause of tuberculosis
On Mar. 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced to the Berlin Physiological Society that he had discovered…
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The Bayer Company (Friedrich Bayer et Compagnie) was founded
On Aug. 1, 1863, the general partnership “Friedr. Bayer et comp.” was founded in Barmen, Germany by dye…
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Potatoes from Peru were planted in Germany
In 1621, potatoes from Peru were planted in Germany, another example of foreign microbes finding new homes. Botanist…
