Novavax initiated phase 2 portion of phase 1/2 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 24, 2020, Novavax announced that the first volunteers were enrolled in the Phase 2 portion of…
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NIH delivered $43 million to support convalescent plasma clinical trial
On Aug. 18, 2020, the National Institutes of Health awarded Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore a…
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Novavax initiated efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in South Africa
On Aug. 17, 2020, Novavax announced the beginning of a Phase 2b clinical trial in South Africa to…
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Novavax and UK Government announced collaboration and purchase agreement for Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Aug. 14, 2020, Novavax announced it had signed a Heads of Terms (Term Sheet) with the Government…
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Clinical trials of monoclonal antibodies to prevent COVID-19 began enrollment
On Aug. 10, 2020, two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)…
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Scientists revealed structural details of spike protein used in leading COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 7, 2020, scientists at Scripps Research announced they had obtained high-resolution, atomic-scale details of the structure…
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Altimmune Completed enrollment in phase 1b clinical trial of NasoShield, a single dose intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate
On Aug. 7, 2020, Altimmune announced that it had completed enrollment in its Phase 1b clinical trial of…
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NIH began clinical trial testing remdesivir plus interferon beta-1a for COVID-19 treatment
On Aug. 5, 2020, a randomized, controlled clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of a treatment regimen…
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NIH launched clinical trial to test antibody treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Aug. 4, 2020, the NIH announced that patients admitted with COVID-19 at select hospitals may now volunteer…
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Oxford University and ZOE partnered on COVID-19 treatment trials
On Aug. 3, 2020, the University of Oxford and the COVID Symptom Study joined forces to widen access…
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Members of the COVID R&D alliance and quantum leap healthcare collaborative enrolled first patients in I-SPY COVID trial
On Aug. 3, 2020, members of the COVID R&D Alliance AbbVie, Amgen and Takeda Pharma announced the first…
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Waisman Biomanufacturing partnered with Heat Biologics to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 3, 2020, Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of WisconsinﾖMadison announced it was partnering with Heat Biologics…
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Sanofi and GSK selected for Operation Warp Speed to supply US government with 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 31, 2020, Sanofi and GSK announced a collaborative effort with the U.S. government to accelerate the…
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Constant Therapeutics announced start of phase 2 trial of peptide drug TXA127 for COVID-19
On Jul. 29, 2020, Constant Therapeutics announced that its peptide drug TXA127, a pharmaceutical formulation of the natural…
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Phase 3 clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 began
On Jul. 27, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that a phase 3 clinical trial designed…
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Serum Institute conducted phase III clinical trial of BCG vaccine
On Jul. 27, 2020, the Serum Institute of India announced that it was is conducting phase III clinical…
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Immunic announced first patients enrolled in investigator-sponsored phase 2 clinical trial of IMU-838 in combination with Oseltamivir for treatment of patients with COVID-19
On Jul. 27, 2020, Immunic announced enrollment of the first patients in an investigator-sponsored phase 2 clinical trial…
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CIRM board approved two new discovery research projects for COVID-19
On Jul. 24, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved two new…
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Altimmune announced manufacturing agreement with Vigene Biosciences for AdCOVIDﾙ single dose intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Vigene Biosciences to manufacture AdCOVIDTM, Altimmuneﾒs single-dose intranasal vaccine…
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Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin inhibited novel Coronavirus by almost 90% at the lowest concentration tested to date in human lung cell line
On Jul. 20, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported receiving new data from ongoing lab testing being conducted at a…
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The Serum Institute of India to apply for local trials of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Jul. 20, 2020, the Serum Institute of India (SII) announced that with the trials of the COVID-19…
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HDT Bio partnered with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to bring COVID-19 vaccine to human trials
On Jul. 19, 2020, HDT Bio announced co-development efforts with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals to start evaluating HDT-301, a COVID-19…
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Fosun announced COVID-19 vaccine product received acceptance notice of clinical trial application by NMPA
On Jul. 14, 2020, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced it had received the acceptance notice of clinical trial application…
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Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical evaluating Medicagoﾒs COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 14, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced that the first participants have been dosed in the Phase 1…
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Junshi Biosciences and Lonza announced partnership to produce a neutralizing antibody tackling COVID-19
On Jul. 13, 2020, Lonza and Junshi Biosciences announced that the first healthy volunteer had been dosed in…
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Gilead Sciences reported additional data on investigational antiviral remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19
On Jul. 10, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that a comparative analysis of the Phase 3 SIMPLE-Severe trial and…
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NIH launched clinical trials network to test COVID-19 vaccines and other prevention tools
On Jul. 8, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced it had established a new…
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Kaiser Permanente Washington announced COVID-19 vaccine trial registry opened for volunteers
On Jul. 8, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that it had created a registry…
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Mount Sinai Health System, Emergent BioSolutions, and ImmunoTek Bio Centers formed collaboration to develop Emergent’s COVID-19 hyperimmune globulin product
On Jul. 8, 2020, the Mount Sinai Health System, Emergent BioSolutions and ImmunoTek Bio Centers announced a collaboration…
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Constant Therapeutics’ TXA127 tested in multiple clinical trials for COVID-19 patients
On Jul. 8, 2020, Constant Therapeutics reported that its peptide drug TXA127 was tested in a series of…
