Researchers Borrow from biology to power next-gen data storage
On Feb. 24, 2026, a research team from the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) show that DNA, the…
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Johnson & Johnson Expands U.S. Footprint with more than $1 Billion Investment in Next Generation Cell Therapy Manufacturing Facility in Pennsylvania
On Feb. 18, 2026, Johnson & Johnson announced announced a more than $1 billion investment in a next…
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CDC | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Influenza | NIH | U.S. Congress | Vaccine
Study Finds Declining Perceptions of Safety of Covid-19, Flu, and MMR Vaccines
On Feb. 10, 2026, an Annenberg survey finds that a sizable majority of Americans think the three vaccines…
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Building blocks of life discovered in Bennu asteroid rewrite origin story
On Feb. 9, 2026, researchers at Penn State reported that amino acids, the building blocks necessary for life,…
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Sniffing out cancer: Trained dogs can detect hemangiosarcoma by scent
On Jan. 15, 2026, University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) researchers show that trained dogs can identify the odor of…
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BriaCell Reports Sustained Complete Resolution of Lung Metastasis in Bria-OTS(TM) Patient
On Jan. 13, 2026, BriaCell Therapeutics announces the durable and sustained complete resolution of a lung metastasis in…
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University Engineers create robots barely visible to the naked eye that operate autonomously
On Dec. 17, 2025, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s (UPenn) School of Engineering and Applied Science, and…
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Penn researchers awarded $25M to conduct trial using smartphones to fight heart disease
On Dec. 16, 2025, The largest-ever study testing the effectiveness of an evidence-based approach to increasing physical activity…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Medical Device | Nanotechnology
new antibody test only takes 10 minutes, no blood draw necessary
On Nov. 20, 2025, an interdisciplinary research team at the University of Pittsburgh has developed wearable biosensors that…
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Legend Biotech Celebrates Official Opening of New State-of-the-Art Cell Therapy Research and Development Facility in Philadelphia
On Nov. 13, 2025, Legend Biotech announced the official opening and ribbon cutting of its new, state-of-the-art research…
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Thermo Fisher to buy clinical services provider Clario for up to $9.4 billion
On Oct. 29, 2025, Thermo Fisher announced it would buy privately held data management company Clario for up…
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ACG to invest $200 million in U.S. hard-shell capsule manufacturing
On Oct. 20, 2025, ACG, the world’s most integrated provider of solid-dosage solutions, announced a $200 million phased…
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GSK to invest $30 billion in R&D and Manufacturing in the U.S. over next 5 years
On Sept. 17, 2025, GSK announced plans to invest $30 billion across the United States in research and…
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Tick, Tick, Boom: Never-Before-Seen Images of Tick-Borne POWV Virus Could Light Fuse for New Treatments
On Aug. 12, 2025, Powassan virus (POWV), a type of flavivirus closely related to the Zika and Dengue…
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Jazz Pharmaceuticals Announces U.S. FDA Approval of Modeyso™ (dordaviprone) as the First and Only Treatment for Recurrent H3 K27M-mutant Diffuse Midline Glioma
On Aug. 6, 2025, Jazz Pharmaceuticals announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted accelerated approval for Modeyso™ (dordaviprone)…
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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Innovative Genomics Institute Announce New Center for Pediatric CRISPR Cures
On Jul. 8, 2025, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) announced the funding of the…
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Penn engineers turn toxic fungus into anti-cancer drug
On Jun. 25, 2025, researchers at the University of Pennylvanis’s School of Engineering and Applied Science announced they…
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Pitt Study Finds New mRNA Vaccine is More Effective and Less Costly to Develop
On Jun. 3, 2025, researchers at University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health and the Pennsylvania State University.A…
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Bird-flu vaccine for cattle aces early test
On May, 20, 2025, a team of scientists has developed a fresh approach: the first mRNA bird-flu vaccine…
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World’s first patient treated with personalized CRISPR gene editing therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
On May 15, 2025, a team at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Penn Medicine announced that a…
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BioNTech enters settlement with U.S. agency, UPenn over COVID vaccine royalties
On Dec. 27, 2024, BioNTech announced it had entered into two separate settlement agreements with the U.S. National…
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A Lipid Nanoparticle Delivered mRNA Cure for Pre-eclampsia
On Dec. 11, 2024, University of Pennsylvania Engineers announced they had made a critical breakthrough that bridges a…
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GSK invests up to $800 million in Pennsylvania site
On Oct. 24, 2024, GSK announced an $800 million investment that will bring state-of-the-art drug substance manufacturing and…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | USDA | Vaccine | Veterinary
CDC reported first human infection in 2024 with influenza virus from pigs
On Mar. 29, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an infection with an…
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InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid tests receive U.S. FDA authorization for pediatric use
On Jan. 31, 2022, OraSure Technologies announced that its InteliSwab COVID-19 rapid tests had been authorized by the…
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USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a Canada lynx at a Pennsylvania zoo
On Dec. 21, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of…
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DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene®·ORAL included in EUA granted to Ambry Genetics for use in COVID-19 RT-PCR saliva test
On Jan. 29, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgene®·ORAL (OM-505) saliva collection kit, a product of subsidiary DNA…
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DNA Genotek’s OMNIgene ﾷORAL saliva collection device received Health Canada Authorization for COVID-19 testing
On Jan. 28, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgene®·ORAL (OME-505) saliva collection device, a product of Ottawa-based subsidiary…
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INOVIO to develop DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) candidates to treat COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the company and a team of scientists from The Wistar Institute,…
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White-tailed deer found to be huge reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Nov. 8, 2020, research from the U.S. had shown that white-tailed deer were being infected with SARS-CoV-2,…
