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…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Therapeutics
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…
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Quidel received BARDA funding to develop point-of-care diagnostic assay that includes COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Quidel announced it had received funding from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority…
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Two science publications highlight potential of REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail to protect against SARS-CoV-2 escape mutants
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced that Science had accepted for publication two papers describing the creation of…
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OraSure received BARDA funding for Coronavirus 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…
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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…
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Lilly announced start of phase 1 study for its second potential COVID-19 antibody treatment
On Jun. 8, 2020, Eli Lilly announced its partner Junshi Biosciences had dosed the first healthy volunteer in…
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Biotechnology | HIV | NIH | Therapeutics
Just – Evotec Biologics partnered with ABL on development of broadly neutralising antibody against HIV
On Jun. 8, 2020, Evotec announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary Just – Evotec Biologics had entered into an…
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Eli Lilly began world’s first study of a potential COVID-19 antibody treatment in humans
On Jun. 1, 2020, Eli Lilly announced patients have been dosed in the world’s first study of a…
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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…
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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…
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Meridian Bioscience supply reagents for manufacturing of tens of millions of COVID-19 antibody tests per month
On May 26, 2020, Meridian Bioscience announced that its SARS-CoV-2 antigens and related reagents are part of assays…
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Abbott announced contract to supply millions of IgG lab-based antibody tests to UK government
On May 21, 2020, Abbott announced a government contract to supply millions of its laboratory-based IgG antibody tests…
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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 people…
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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…
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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…
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Llama antibody engineered to block Coronavirus
On May 19, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that researchers from the University of Texas,…
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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…
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Todos Medical announced first commercial sale of COVID-19 antibody tests
On May 18, 2020, Todos Medical announced its first commercial sale of COVID-19 tests. The sale was made…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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) had committed to investing…
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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…
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OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories launched COVID-19 antibody screening for New York City residents
On May 8, 2020, BioReference Laboratories, an OPKO Health company, announced the launch of COVID-19 antibody screening available…
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bioMerieux serology tests for SARS-CoV-2 on VIDAS underwent validation preceding launch
On May 6, 2020, bioMerieux announced performance validation and the upcoming launch of VIDAS® anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology tests to detect…
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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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Miami University confirmed high quality of IGEA’s COVID-19 rapid test
On May 5, 2020, IGEA Pharma announced that an evaluation by the University of Miami Miller School of…
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ACON Laboratories announced international availability of SARS-CoV-2 rapid test
On May 5, 2020, ACON Laboratories announced the availability of its SARS-COV-2 IgG/IgM Rapid Test. ACON’s test is…
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Eli Lilly and Junshi Biosciences to co-develop antibody therapies for pevention and treatment of COVID-19
On May 4, 2020, Junshi Biosciences and Eli Lilly announced they have entered into an agreement to co-develop therapeutic…
