XPhyto partner received ISO Certification for 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR test
On Mar. 10, 2021, XPhyto and 3a-diagnostics announced successful EN ISO 13485 certification for the rapid point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2…
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CEPI and VBI Vaccines collaborated to advance vaccine candidates against COVID-19 variants
On Mar. 10, 2021, CEPI, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and VBI Vaccines announced a partnership to…
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Innovation Pharma’s COVID-19 drug candidate Brilacidin among top three percent predicted most effective against SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 10, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to report that a Machine…
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VBI Vaccines announced enrollment in adaptive phase 1/2 study of prophylactic COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Mar. 9, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced the initiation of enrollment of its Phase 1/2 clinical study of…
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Luminex submitted joint SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory panel to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization
On Mar. 10, 2021, Luminex announced that it had submitted an Emergency Use Authorization application to the U.S….
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PerkinElmer launched comprehensive solutions for detecting SARS-CoV-2 mutations
On Mar. 9, 2021, PerkinElmer announced the launch of the PerkinElmer COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection…
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Agilent completed CE-IVD registration of qRT-PCR In vitro diagnostic kit for SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection
On Mar. 9, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of a real-time reverse transcription (qRT) PCR-based diagnostic kit…
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ImmunityBio and NantKwest began dosing participants in global trials for novel COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 8, 2021, ImmunityBio and NantKwest announced that the first cohorts of their South Africa and U.S….
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Ridgeback Biotherapeutics and Merck announced preliminary findings from phase 2a trial of investigational COVID-19 therapeutic
On Mar. 5, 2021, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, announced preliminary results from Ridgeback’s Phase 2a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled…
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FDA issued authorization for first molecular non-prescription, at-home test
On Mar. 5, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the…
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Adaptive Biotechnologies announced FDA EUA for T-Detect COVID to confirm prior COVID-19 infection
On Mar. 5, 2020, Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an…
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New evidence COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against variants
On Mar. 4, 2021, researchers at the University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced that three new,…
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Soligenix announced positive progress in pre-clinical development of its COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 4, 2021, Soligenix announced publication of pre-clinical immunogenicity studies for CiVax (heat stable COVID-19 vaccine program)…
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Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CE Mark for expanded NxTAG panel test Including SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 4, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Oncology
Men, older adults and smokers more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 3, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that an in-depth analysis of the…
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FDA allowed more flexible storage, transportation conditions for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
On Feb. 25, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it was allowing undiluted frozen vials…
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Johnson & Johnson announces submission to WHO for EUL of investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 19, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen-Cilag had submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to…
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CureVac and UK Government announced collaboration on development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Feb. 5, 2021, CureVac announced that it had entered a collaboration with the UK Government to develop…
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Oxford University vaccine effective against major B117 ‘Kent’ coronavirus strain circulating in the UK
On Feb. 5, 2021, Oxford University announced that a preprint of ongoing work to assess effectiveness of Oxford’s…
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Antibodies co-invented by Scripps Research and IAVI developed as a potential COVID-19 therapy
On Oct. 26, 2020, immunologists at Scripps Research, in partnership with colleagues at the IAVI Neutralizing Antibody Center,…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Pharmaceutical | Therapeutics | Vaccine | WHO
WHO welcomed $90 million contribution from Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to support COVID-19 global response
On Oct. 2, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia signed a contribution…
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Tonix Pharma completed the purchase of a facility to house advanced development center for vaccine programs
On Sept. 28, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that it had completed the purchase a 40,000 square foot facility…
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Study found that children’s immune response protected against COVID-19
On Sept. 21, 2020, the first study comparing the immune responses of adults and children with COVID-19 has…
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Roche launched new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines
On Sept. 18, 2020, Roche announced the launch of its Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody test for markets accepting…
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Rigel announced NIH/NHLBI-sponsored trial of fostamatinib in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in collaboration with Inova
On Sept. 17, 2020, Rigel Pharma announced the start of a multicenter, Phase 2 trial to evaluate the…
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Quest Diagnostics announced COVID-19 Diagnostic test options for active COVID-19 infection through QuestDirect
On Sept. 17, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced that individuals can purchase a test to diagnose COVID-19 online, without…
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3CL protease inhibitor NLC-001 added to COVID-19-focused joint venture between Todos Medical and NLC Pharma
On Sept. 17, 2020, Todos Medical announced that NLC Pharma had added the dietary supplement NLC-001 to its…
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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…
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AXIM Biotechnologies filed Emergency Use Authorization with COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test for neutralizing antibodies
On Sept. 16, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application with…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific further expanded laboratory plastics production to support COVID-19 testing, therapies and vaccines
On Sept. 15, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it was investing more than $140 million to further expand…
