U.S. EPA approved Oxitec Mosquito Pilot Projects in California and Florida
On Mar. 4, 2022, Oxitec announced the publication by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its approval to…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics | Therapeutics
U.S. patent appeal board ruled against University of California in CRISPR interference
On Feb. 28, 2022, the Patent and Trial Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
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First confirmed case of Omicron variant detected in the United States
On Dec. 1, 2021, the California and San Francisco Departments of Public Health confirmed that a recent case…
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Moderna reported clinical data on its COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 15, 2021, Moderna announced new analysis suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective against circulating…
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City of Hope trial was first to test an investigational COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised bone marrow transplant
On Sept. 14, 2021, City of Hope announced that it had begun enrolling patients in a Phase 2…
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Resilience to manufacture mRNA for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 8, 2021, National Resilience announced an agreement to manufacture mRNA for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. Under…
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The Priestley Medal was awarded to Paul Alivisatos
On Apr. 9, 2021, the American Chemical Society awarded The Priestley Medal to Paul Alivisatos “to recognize distinguished…
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NeuroRx initiated phase 2/3 study of inhaled ZYESAMI for severe COVID-19 with UCI Health
On Feb. 3, 2021, RELIEF THERAPEUTICS affirmed that its collaboration partner NeuroRx had initiated a phase 2/3 clinical…
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The USDA confirmed COVID-19 in gorillas at San Diego Zoo Safari Park
On Jan. 13, 2021, the USDAﾒs (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that…
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First evidence of UK coronavirus variant in California confirmed by Scripps Research lab
On Jan. 4, 2021, a research partnership between scientists at Scripps Research and UC San Diego found the…
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Biotechnology | CRISPR | FDA | Therapeutics
CIRM-funded project targeting sickle cell disease received green light for clinical trial
On Dec.14, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they had granted Investigational New Drug (IND)…
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LA County launched holiday COVID-19 home test collection pilot
On Dec. 4, 2020, Los Angeles County launched a new COVID-19 home test collection program, which allowed certain…
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FDA approved first PSMA-targeted PET imaging drug for men with prostate cancer
On Dec. 1, 2020, the FDA approved Gallium 68 PSMA-11 (Ga 68 PSMA-11) ﾖ the first drug for…
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FDA expanded approval of influenza treatment to post-exposure prevention
On Nov. 23, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the approved indication for Genentech’s Xofluza…
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CIRM Board approved four new clinical trials
On Nov.12, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved four new clinical…
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ImmunityBio, NantKwest announced positive interim phase 1 safety data of hAd5 COVID-19 vaccine dose study
On Nov. 10, 2020, ImmunityBio and NantKwest, a clinical-stage, natural killer cell-based therapeutics company, announced they had administered…
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Single-cell study of Ebola highlighted virus’s lethal maneuvers
On Nov. 6, 2020, in a study published in Cell, the researchers identified antiviral defense genes that the…
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Vacaville unveiled California Biomanufacturing Center and next generation of biotech development
On Oct. 22, 2020, the City of Vacaville announced the start of the next generation of development of…
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Entos announced spin-off company Aegis Life to support global vaccine commercialization
On Oct. 15, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announces that its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, will pursuing U.S….
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DOD awarded $481 million to Cue Health to increase domestic production capacity of point-of-care testing
On Oct. 13, 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD), on behalf of the U.S. Department of Health and…
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Cue received $481 million award to expand domestic production capacity of molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 13, 2020, Cue Health announced a $481 Million award from the Department of Defense (DOD), on…
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Hologic Panther Platform and HIV-1 Quant assay used in ‘HIV Cure’ research
On Oct. 6, 2020, Hologic announced that two studies in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology demonstrated the utility…
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FDA awarded contract to Stanford University to perform in-depth analysis of tissue samples to learn how SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, the FDA awarded a research contract to the Stanford University School of Medicine to…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | Medicine | Non-Profit Research | Stem Cell | Therapeutics
California’s Stem Cell Agency and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative partnered to create COVID-19 database
On Sept. 8, 2020, a new collaboration between the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and the Chan…
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U.S. Department of Defense sites selected for phase III COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Sept. 3, 2020, the U.S Department of Defense announced that five locations were identified to participate in…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
OraSure’s ORAcollect-RNA device Included in EUA granted to MiraDx for SARS-CoV-2 test
On Sept. 3, 2020, OraSure Technologies announced that its ORAcollect-ﾷRNA (OR-100) collection device was included along with other…
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Aegis Life launched to fight COVID-19 via DNA vaccines and therapeutics enabled by Fusogenix delivery technology
On Sept. 1, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announce the launch of its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, dedicated…
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Titers of antibodies against SARS-CoV2 did not decline within four months
On Sept. 1, 2020, scientists at deCODE genetics in Iceland, a subsidiary of Amgen, published a study in…
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Genomic analysis revealed many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Aug. 24, 2020, humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel…
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FDA approved teatment for rare disease affecting optic nerves, spinal cord
On Aug. 17, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Genentech’s Enspryng (satralizumab-mwge) for the treatment…
