Lineage Cell Therapeutics to apply allogeneic dendritic cell therapy program to COVID-19 vaccine development
On May 6, 2020, Lineage Cell Therapeutics announced that it has applied for grant funding from the California…
City of Hope began CIRM-funded Coronavirus study
On Apr. 30, 2020, The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to City of Hopeï¾’s John…
Eiger BioPharmaceuticals Announces First COVID-19 Patients Dosed with Peginterferon Lambda
On Apr. 30, 2020, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals announced that the first patients have been dosed in a Phase 2…
Texas A&M researchers lead testing of tuberculosis vaccine to fight COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, a team of Texas A&M University researchers asked hundreds of frontline medical workers to…
CIRM Board funded first clinical study for COVID-19
On Apr. 24, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $749,999 to…
USC-LA County study showed early results of antibody testing suggest COVID-19 infections far exceeds number of confirmed cases in Los Angeles County
On Apr. 20, 2020, University of Southern California (USC) and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health…
Iceland provides picture of early spread of COVID-19 in population with cohesive public health response
On Apr. 14, 2020, scientists at deCODE genetics and Iceland’s Directorate of Health and the National University Hospital…
Stanford-led team developed privacy-focused coronavirus alert app
On Apr. 9, 2020, James Petrie, a graduate student in applied mathematics at the University of Waterloo in…
Severely Ill COVID-19 patient at Southern California medical center extubated three days after treatment with CytoDyn’s leronlimab
On Apr. 9, 2020, CytoDyn announced a patient with severe COVID-19 under the care of a leading medical…
Harvard, MIT and Stanford commited to COVID-19 technology licensing principles, maximizing access to innovations
On Apr. 7, 2020, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University announced they had established and…
IGEA Pharma supplied COVID-19 antibody-based test in the US
On Apr. 6, 2020, IGEA Pharma announced that it was starting to supply of a COVID-19 antibody test…
New IHME COVID-19 forecasts find lower hospital bed need, epidemics starting to peak confirms social distancing works
On Apr. 5, 2020, updated COVID-19 estimates from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) found that…
Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies to develop a therapeutic to prevent or treat COVID-19
On Apr. 2, 2020, Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies announced a collaboration aimed at helping address the COVID-19 pandemic….
Adaptive Biotechnologies and Amgen announced collaboration to address COVID-19 pandemic
On Apr. 2, 2020, Amgen and Adaptive Biotechnologies announced a collaboration aimed at helping address the COVID-19 pandemic….
Amgen established Amgen Astellas BioPharma as wholly-owned affiliate In Japan
On Apr. 1, 2020, Amgen announced it had consummated the purchase from Astellas of 49% of shares of…
The Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland launched a COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative
On Mar. 30, 2020, the Institute for Molecular Medicine in Finland (FIMM) announced it had launched a COVID-19…
COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator awarded $20 million in initial grants to fund clinical trials
On Mar. 30, 2020, the partners in the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced grants of $20 million to three…
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CIRM approved $5 Million in emergency funding for COVID-19 research
On Mar. 27, 2020, in response to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus in California and around…
COVID-19 first target of new AI research consortium
On Mar. 26, 2020, the University of California, Berkeley, and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign were selected a…
Cerus formed group to research optimal production of COVID-19 convalescent plasma
On Mar. 26, 2020, Cerus announced it had formed a collaborative research group with the aim of optimizing…
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UC Health launched clinical trials to assess antiviral drug for COVID-19
On Mar. 26, 2020, physician-scientists at four University of California Health medical centers — UC San Diego Health,…
Eight US Manufacturers Selected to Make NASA COVID-19 Ventilator
On Mar. 25, 2020, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California announced that after receiving more than…
The Simmons Cancer Center joined elite National Comprehensive Cancer Network
On Mar. 24, 2020, the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center at UT Southwestern announced it had joined…
Amgen Foundation committed up to $12.5 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts
On Mar. 23, 2020, the Amgen Foundation announced an initial commitment of up to $12.5 million to support…
UC Davis researchers raceed to develop coronavirus solutions
On Mar. 20, 2020, Clinical pathologists, infectious disease physicians and scientists at the UC Davis Medical Center, California…
High-speed microscope captured fleeting brain signals
On Mar. 19, 2020, University of California, Berkeley, investigators have now built such a camera: a microscope that…
Leading Stanford alumni scientists and physicians launched StartX Med COVID-19 task force
On Mar. 18, 2020, StartX, a non-profit startup community of more than 1500 Stanford faculty and alumni founders,…
Genentech Initiated Phase III Clinical Trial Of Actemra In Hospitalized Patients With Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia
On Mar. 18, 2020, Genentech announced that the company was working with the U.S. Food & Drug Administration…
Gilead acquired Forty Seven for $49 billion in cash
On Mar. 2, 2020,Gilead Sciences announced it had acquired Forty Seven Inc. for $95.50 per share in cash…
Nanomix received CE Mark for diagnostic panel that aids in rapid identification of life-threatening infections
On Dec. 4. 2019, Nanomix announced that the company had received CE Mark for its S1 Assay for…