AXIM Biotechnologies unveiled first-in-class COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test for neutralizing antibodies
On Jul. 15, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the development of NeuCovixTM, a rapid diagnostic test measuring levels of…
Engineered llama antibodies neutralised Covid-19 virus
On Jul. 13, 2020, a team of researchers from Oxford University, the Rosalind Franklin Institute, Diamond Light Source…
NIH launched clinical trials network to test COVID-19 vaccines and other prevention tools
On Jul. 8, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced it had established a new…
InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for second COVID-19 antibody test
On Jul. 1, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA for…
Luminex submitted Emergency Use Authorization request to FDA for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 29, 2020, Luminex announced that the company had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization request to the…
Experts identifed steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 26, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
University of Alberta researcher to test whether COVID-19 antibodies provide long-term immunity
On Jun. 25, 2020, the University of Alberta (U of A) announced a study that will analyze thousands…
Entos announced selection of lead candidates for pan-Coronavirus Fusogenix DNA vaccine and $42 million award
On Jun. 25, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announced the selection of two lead candidates for a pan-coronavirus Fusogenix DNA…
LabCorp launched new neutralizing antibody test
On Jun. 25, 2020, LabCorpï¾® announced the launch of a new test that can be used to assess…
Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
Flu mutation study suggested universal flu vaccine may be even more challenging than expected
On Jun. 23, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research reported taht some common strains of influenza have the potential…
Super-potent human antibodies protect against COVID-19 in animal tests
On Jun. 15, 2020, a team led by Scripps Research discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19…
InBios received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jun. 11, 2020, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
OraSure received BARDA funding for Coronaviras Antibody ELISA using oral fluid samples
On Jun. 10, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced it had been awarded a $629,217 contract from the Biomedical Advanced…
Innovent and Roche enter into strategic collaboration to discover and develop cellular therapies and bispecific antibodies
On Jun. 8, 2020, Innovent Biologics announced a strategic research and development collaboration with Roche covering multiple cell…
GenScript announced CE-IVD for neutralizing antibody test kit of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 diagnostics
On May 26, 2020, GenScript Biotech announced that it had obtained CE-IVD for its SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic products to…
Novavax initiated phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
On May 26, 2020, Novavax announced enrollment of the first participants in a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of…
bioMerieux serology tests for SARS-CoV-2 on VIDAS received CE marking
On May 21, 2020, bioMerieux announced the CE marking of VIDAS anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology tests to detect antibodies in…
ADMA Biologics commenced collection of COVID-19 plasma from recovered patients
On May 21, 2020, ADMA Biologics announced it had commenced the collection of convalescent plasma through its wholly-owned…
USC antibody study showed coronavirus infection more widespread in LA County than previously thought
On May 19, 2020, a University of Southern California (USC) study reported results from the first phase of…
Antibodies produced in response to one type of coronavirus don’t offer protection against the other, study suggests
On May 19, 2020, in a study published in Cell Reports, researchers at the University of Hong Kong…
Duke-NUS, GenScript and A*STAR launched first-in-the-world SARS-CoV-2 serology test
On May 15, 2020, Duke-NUS Medical School, GenScript Biotech, and the Diagnostics Development Hub at Singapore’s Agency for…
Vyriad announced development of new antibody test to determine protective immunity from COVID-19
On May 14, 2020 Vyriad announced that it had completed the development of a serology test to measure…
Thermo Fisher Scientific response to COVID-19 expanded to include new serology test
On May 13, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it will expand its response to the COVID-19 pandemic by…
Novavax received $388 million funding from CEPI for COVID-19 vaccine development and manufacturing
On May 11, 2020, Novavax announced that the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) will invest up to…
Bharat Biotech leads a CSIR-NMITLI supported project to develop human antibodies or COVID-19 therapy
On May 8, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) under its flagship programme NMITLI announced…
Miami University confirmed high quality of IGEA’s COVID-19 rapid test
On May 6, 2020, IGEA Pharma announced that an evaluation by the University of Miami Miller School of…
bioMerieux serology tests for SARS-CoV-2 on VIDAS underwent validation preceding launch
On May 6, 2020, bioMerieux announced performance validation and the launch of VIDAS anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology tests to detect…
FDA provided Emergency Use Authorization to PerkinElmer for serological test to identify COVID-19 antibodies
On May 5, 2020, PerkinElmer announced the FDA provided Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for EUROIMMUN’s (a PerkinElmer company)…
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…