Regeneron and Roche collaborate to significantly increase global supply of REGN-COV2 investigational antibody cocktail for COVID-19
On Aug. 19, 2020, Regeneron and Roche announced that they were joining forces in the fight against COVID-19…
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Sorrento announced FDA IND filing for COVI-GUARD neutralizing and high potency antibody against SARS-CoV-2
On Aug. 19, 2020, Sorrento announced that it had filed an investigational new drug application (IND) for COVI-GUARD…
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XBiotech announced COVID-19 candidate therapy
On Aug. 17, 2020, XBiotech announced that it had identified True Human antibodies that could potentially be used…
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Medigen Vaccines announced positive results of preclinical data for vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Aug. 14, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MBV) published preclinical results of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate in BioRxiv,…
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Bio-Techne announced new SARS-CoV-1/2 spike RBD LlaMABody recombinant antibody that blocks viral entry
On Aug. 11, 2020, Bio-Techne announced the release of the SARS-CoV-1/2 Spike RBD LlaMABody Recombinant Antibody, which binds…
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LabCorp to perform antibody test at no charge to accelerate COVID-19 blood plasma donation
On Aug. 11, 2020, LabCorp announced details of a no charge antibody testing program in response to federal…
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Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies to prevent COVID-19 began enrollment
On Aug. 10, 2020, two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)…
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OpGen began co-marketing COVID-19 antibody test kit
On Aug. 9, 2020, OpGen announced that it had commenced marketing and promotion, on a non-exclusive basis, of…
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AXIM Biotechnologies applied for FDA Emergency Use Approval for high throughput, neutralizing antibody diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Aug. 5, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the development, patent filing and Emergency Use Approval (EUA) filing of…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
Precipio launched Covid-19 antibody test in its CLIA laboratory
On Aug. 4, 2020, Precipio announced it had completed the internal validation of the U.S. Food and Drug…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Precipio announced commercial launch of Covid-19 antibody test
On Jul. 30, 2020, Precipio announced it had entered into an agreement with ADS Biotec, based in Omaha,…
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Single dose of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine candidate demonstrated robust protection in pre-clinical studies
On Jul. 30, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that its lead vaccine candidate protected against infection with SARS-CoV-2,…
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AXIM Biotechnologies released Rapid NeuCovix test results showing strong agreement with COVID-19-based neutralization tests
On Jul. 23, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the completion of a study highlighting the performance of NeuCovix™, AXIM’s…
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COVID-19 antibodies decay quickly after mild illness
On Jul. 22, 2020, University of California at Los Angeles researchers reported that they found. levels of antibodies…
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Evotec Biologics awarded $18.2 million DoD contract to produce monoclonal antibody products against COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 20120, Evotec announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had awarded its Seattle-based subsidiary,…
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GSK and CureVac announced strategic mRNA technology collaboration
On Jul. 21, 2020, GlaxoSmithKline and CureVac announced the signing of a strategic collaboration agreement for the research, development,…
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Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 antibody test
On Jul. 20, 2020, Luminex announced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an Emergency Use Authorization…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 showed robust immune responses in all participants in Phase I/II trial
On Jul. 20, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that Interim results from the ongoing Phase I/II COV001 trial, led by…
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Sorrento Announced Its Partner Mabpharm Has Received Marketing Approval In China For Infliximab Biobetter
On Jul. 20, 2020, Sorrento announced that its partner Mabpharm had received approval of its New Drug Application…
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COVID-19 antibody tests evaluated as diagnostic test in low-resource settings
On Jul. 18, 2020, with Brazil leading the world in newly diagnosed COVID-19 cases, Latin America has become…
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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…
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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…
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Junshi Biosciences and Lonza announced partnership to produce a neutralizing antibody tackling COVID-19
On Jul. 13, 2020, Lonza and Junshi Biosciences announced that the first healthy volunteer had been dosed in…
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Meridian Bioscience launched high-sensitivity SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibody pair for development of rapid COVID-19 antigen assays
On Jul. 13, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced it had launched a high-sensitivity SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid antibody pair for the…
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Major League Soccer selected OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories to provide COVID-19 testing for players and employees
On Jul. 9, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced that it will conduct COVID-19 testing for…
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Biotechnology | Clinical Research | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
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…
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Regeneron announced manufacturing and supply agreement for BARDA and U.S. DoD for REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail
On Jul. 7, 2020, Regeneron announced that, as part of Operation Warp Speed, the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
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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 U.S. Food…
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Biotechnology | Disease | FDA
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…
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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…
