Albert Einstein College of Medicine received $5 million NIH grant to study HIV and HPV cancers in Africa
On Nov. 13, 2020, Albert Einstein College of Medicine announced that it had received a five-year, $4.9 million…
City of Hope opened clinical trial for cancer patients with COVID-19
On Nov. 3, 2020, City of Hope announced that it is investigating an innovative treatment for cancer patients…
Fred Hutch completed move-in of Lake Union Steam Plant
On Nov. 9, 2020, after more than two years of reconstruction efforts, scientists from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer…
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna
On Oct. 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna…
Todos Medical entered Into COVID-19 PCR testing implementation and equipment financing partnership with AID Genomics
On Sept. 25, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into an implementation and equipment financing partnership…
AIM ImmunoTech announced start of recruitment in clinical trial incorporating Ampligen in treatment of cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that recruitment had begun in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Phase…
Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced partnership for cannabinoid drug development and cancer clinical trials
On Sept. 14, 2020, Pascal Biosciences and SoRSE Technology announced they had entered into a collaborative research agreement…
UT Southwestern researchers showed how mutations in DNA packaging machines cause cancer
On Sept. 7, 2020, research from the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) determined how…
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City of Hope doctors lead novel clinical trial to treat cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 1, 2020, City of Hope announced that it was investigating an innovative treatment for cancer patients…
NCI and Cancer Research UK launched Cancer Grand Challenges partnership to support bold new ideas for cancer research
On Aug. 27, 2020, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced a partnership with Cancer Research UK to fund…
Cancer Research Institute awarded $302 million in grants and fellowships
On Aug. 5, 2020, the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a U.S. nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and…
Findings from real-world data study reveal higher risk of hospitalization and death among cancer patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, the FDA announced the data analyzed in collaboration with Syapse revealed a stark reality…
Secrets of naked mole-rat cancer resistance unearthed
On Jul. 21, 2020, researchers at the University of Cambridge have shown for the first time that genes…
FDA authorized Quest Diagnostics COVID-19 diagnostic testing for specimen pooling for emergency use
On Jul. 18, 2020, a Health Trendsï¾™ study from researchers at Quest Diagnostics and the University of Pittsburgh…
Philips and BioIntelliSense formed strategic collaboration to enhance remote patient monitoring at home
On Jul. 9, 2020, Royal Philips announced it had formed a strategic collaboration with BioIntelliSense, a continuous health…
HPV test missed twice as many women who develop cervical cancer as cotesting
On Jul. 8, 2020, a Health Trendsï¾™ study from researchers at Quest Diagnostics and the University of Pittsburgh…
Intravacc in-licensed CimCure’s iBoost technology, expanding its vaccine platform portfolio
On Jul. 1, 2020, Intravacc announced the signing of a strategic partnership agreement with Dutch based CimCure, focusing…
The FDA announced first of its kind pilot program to communicate patient reported outcomes from cancer clinical trials
On Jun. 23, 2020, the FDA launched Project Patient Voice, an initiative of the FDAï¾’s Oncology Center of…
FDA approved HPV vaccine Gardasil as throat cancer prevention
On Jun. 12, 2020, the FDA announced it had approved an expanded indication for Merck’s GARDASIL9 for the…
NIH scientists developed blood test to help improve liver cancer screening
On Jun. 11, 2020, scientists announced the development of a new test that can help identify people who…
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NIH study linked cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
On Jun. 10, 2020, African Americans who smoke are nearly 2.5 times more likely to have a stroke…
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…
Study identified potential approach to treat severe respiratory distress in patients with COVID-19
On Jun. 5, 2020, early data from a clinical study suggested that blocking the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK)…
HPV vaccine manufacturers commited to provide enough supply to immunise at least 84 million girls in Gavi countries
On Jun. 4, 2020, vaccine manufacturers MSD, GSK, Innovax, Serum Institute of India and Walvax pledged to ramp…
FDA cleared IND for iNKT Cells to treat COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 2, 2020, Agenus announced the FDA’s clearance of AgenTus’ IND application for an allogeneic iNKT therapy….
Gilead and Arcus Biosciences established 10-year partnership to co-develop and co-commercialize next-generation cancer immunotherapies
On May 27, 2020, Gilead Sciences and Arcus Biosciences announced that the companies had entered into a 10-year…
AIM ImmunoTech announced FDA authorization for first human ampligen trial in COVID-19 patients with cancer
On May 14, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced the FDA authorized the first human trial assessing the safety and…
Cancer patients face high mortality from COVID-19
On May 1, 2020, people with cancer who develop COVID-19 are much more likely to die from the…
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…
Phase 3 trial of Libtayo (cemiplimab) as monotherapy for first-line advanced non-small cell lung cancer stopped early due to highly significant improvement in overall survival
On Apr. 27, 2020, Regeneron and Sanofi announced the primary endpoint of overall survival was met in a…