PAHO highlights increase in dengue, Oropouche, and avian influenza cases in the Americas, control measures advised
On Dec. 10, 2024, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reported on three transmissible diseases affecting the Region…
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Measles cases surged worldwide, infecting 10.3 million people in 2023
On Nov. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
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Outbreak of Oropouche virus disease reported in South America
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) in the…
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University of Illinois and Universidade de Sao Paulo develop first transgenic cow to produce human insulin in her milk
On Mar. 13, 2024, an unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the…
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Catastrophic mortality of elephant seals in Argentina Identified as outbreak of avian influenza
On Jan. 22, 2024, the University of California, Davis announced the first reported outbreak of high pathogenicity H5N1…
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AquaBounty Announced a Pause to Ohio Farm Construction While It Evaluated Alternatives
On Jun. 22, 2023 AquaBounty Technologies announced that the Company will pause the construction of its farm in…
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Moderna expanded global footprint through commercial partnership with Adium in Latin America
On Feb. 22, 2022, Moderna announced a distribution service agreement with Adium Pharma, a leading private Latin American…
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Resverlogix expanded phase 2b clinical trial for COVID-19 treatment with first site in Brazil and second in Canada
On Feb. 17, 2022, Resverlogix announced that the first Brazilian site had been initiated for its Phase 2b…
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Mixed vaccine schedules offered strong booster responses after two doses of CoronaVac vaccine
On Jan. 24, 2022, the University of Oxford announced that a third booster dose of either the ChAdOx1…
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Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency authorized Sorrento phase 2 clinical trial of COVI-MSC in COVID-19l long-hauler patients
On Jan. 18, 2022, Sorrento Therapeutics announced receipt of clearance from the Brazilian regulatory agency (ANVISA) to proceed…
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INOVIO further expanded INNOVATE phase 3 trial for COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate INO-4800 in India
On Nov. 3, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received authorization from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control…
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INOVIO expanded INNOVATE phase 3 for INO-4800 to include Colombia
On Oct. 11, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced that it had received authorization from Colombia’s INVIMA, to conduct the…
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Pfizer and BioNTech announced collaboration with Brazil’s Eurofarma to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine doses
On Aug. 26, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced the signing of a letter of intent with Eurofarma Laboratorios,…
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INOVIO received authorization to conduct phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800 in Brazil
On Aug. 26, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that it had received regulatory authorization from Brazil’s ANVISA (Agencia Nacional…
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CytoDyn received clearance from Brazil’s FDA (ANVISA) to commence pivotal phase 3 trial in critically ill COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 3, 2021, CytoDyn announced that Brazil’s regulatory authority ANVISA (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) has approved…
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Cocrystal’s SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease lead CDI-45205 demonstrated broad-spectrum activity against SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Gamma variants
On Jul. 29, 2021, Cocrystal Pharma announced that its SARS-CoV-2 3CL protease lead CDI-45205 and several analogs showed…
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First trial participants vaccinated with Oxford COVID-19 variant vaccine
On Jun. 28, 2021, the University of Oxford in partnership with AstraZeneca began vaccinations for a new phase…
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T2 Biosystems T2SARS-CoV-2 panel proved capable of detecting the Brazil P1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Feb. 4, 2021, T2 Biosystems announced that its T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel – a molecular diagnostic test that detects…
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South Carolina detected first US cases associated with variant first detected in South Africa
On Jan. 28, 2021, the CDC announced that it had become aware of the first U.S. documented cases…
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AZD1222 vaccine met primary efficacy endpoint in preventing COVID-19
On Nov. 23, 2020, AstraZeneca announced positive high-level results from an interim analysis of clinical trials of AZD1222…
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COVISHIELD completed enrollment of phase III clinical trials under partnership of ICMR and Serum Institute
On Nov. 11, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) announced…
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The CDC opened new South America Regional Office in Brazil
On Oct. 29, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened its new South America regional…
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Global clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine resumed
On Oct. 23, 2020, the U.S. FDA authorised a restart of clinical trials of the ChAdOx1 nCov-2019 Oxford…
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FDA authorised restart of the COVID-19 AZD1222 vaccine US phase III trial
On Oct. 23, 2020, AstraZeneca announced that the clinical trials for the AstraZeneca Oxford coronavirus vaccine, AZD1222, had…
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Ionis antisense medicine evaluated in an investigator-initiated clinical study of COVID-19 patients in Brazil
On Oct. 15, 2020, Ionis Pharmaceuticals announced that IONIS-PKK-LRx was being evaluated in an investigator-initiated Phase 2 clinical…
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Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency authorized Sorrento’s phase 2 clinical trial of Abivertinib in COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 14, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced receipt of clearance from the Brazilian regulatory agency (ANVISA) to proceed…
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COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 clinical trial resumed in Japan, follows restart of trials in the UK, Brazil, South Africa and India
On Oct. 2, 2020, AstraZeneca announced the phase I/II clinical trial for the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222 had resumed…
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Brazil approved RedHill Biopharma’s phase 2/3 COVID-19 study with opaganib
On Sept. 22, 2020, RedHill Biopharma announced approval from the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) for its ongoing…
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US Government stopped COVID-19 entry strategy for international air passengers
On Sept. 9, 2020, the U.S, government annunced that it will remove requirements for directing all flights carrying…
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Sanofi updated Kevzara (sarilumab) phase 3 trial in severe and critically ill COVID-19 patients outside the US
On Sept. 1, 2020, Sanofi announced that the global Phase 3 trial investigating intravenously administered Kevzara (sarilumab) at…
