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…
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…
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…
Waisman Biomanufacturing partnered with Heat Biologics to manufacture COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 3, 2020, Waisman Biomanufacturing at the University of Wisconsinï¾–Madison announced it was partnering with Heat Biologics…
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…
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…
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…
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…
National Institutes of Health selected Humanigen’s lenzilumab for its COVID-19 Big Effect Trial
On Jul. 27, 2020, Humanigen announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Humanigen had…
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…
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…
Altimmune announced manufacturing agreement with Vigene Biosciences for AdCOVIDï¾™ single dose intranasal vaccine candidate for COVID-19
On Jul. 22, 2020, Altimmune announced an agreement with Vigene Biosciences to manufacture AdCOVIDTM, Altimmuneï¾’s single-dose intranasal vaccine…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1 clinical evaluating Medicagoï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 14, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced that the first participants have been dosed in the Phase 1…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Fred Hutch joined international COVID-19 vaccine effort
On Jul. 8, 2020, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center was named the coordinating center for vaccine clinical…
Long-acting injectable form of HIV prevention outperformed daily pill in NIH study
On Jul. 7, 2020, a pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) regimen containing an investigational long-acting form of the HIV drug…
Novavax announced $1.6 billion funding from Operation Warp Speed
On Jul. 7, 2020, Novavax announced that it had been selected to participate in Operation Warp Speed, a…
Regeneron announced manufacturing and supply agreement for BARDA and U.S. DoD for REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail
On Jul. 7, 2020, Regeneron announced that, as part of Operation Warp Speed, the Biomedical Advanced Research and…
Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine collaboration with Butantan received approval from Brazilian regulator for phase III trial
On Jul. 6, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that on Jul. 3, 2020, the Brazilian National Regulatory Agency, Anvisa,…
Regeneron announced start of REGN-COV2 phase 3 COVID-19 prevention trial in collaboration with National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
On Jul. 6, 2020, Regeneron announced initiation of late-stage clinical trials evaluating REGN-COV2, Regeneron’s investigational double antibody cocktail…
Altimmune announces dosing of first patient in phase 1b clinical trial of NasoShield single dose intranasal anthrax vaccine candidate
On Jun. 30, 2020, Altimmune announced dosing of the first patient in the Company’s Phase 1b clinical trial…