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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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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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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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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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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Rapid COVID-19 test, Oxsed RaViD Direct, used at Heathrow and trials at Hong Kong International Airport
On Nov. 4, 2020, the University of Oxford announced that its rapid COVID-19 test was being used at…
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Novavax and Commonwealth of Australia announced agreement for acquisition of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
On Nov. 4, 2020, Novavax announced the signing of a non-binding Heads of Terms document with the Australian…
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Medigen Vaccines and NIHE partnered to develop COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam
On Nov. 3, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MVC) and the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), a…
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The CDC issued framework for resuming safe and responsible cruise ship passenger operations
On Oct. 30, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) introduced a phased approach for the…
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Kaiser Permanente Research Institute enrolled volunteers in a phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate COVID-19 vaccine
On Oct. 30, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced enrollment of volunteers in a phase…
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Trials of University of Oxford’s Coronavirus vaccine began in Kenya
On Oct. 30, 2020, the University of Oxford announced that Kenya had joined the global efforts in search…
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Hologic awarded US Government contract to expand COVID-19 test production capacity
On Oct. 30, 2020, the Department of Defense (DOD), in coordination with the Department of Health and Human…
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REGN-COV2 IDMC recommended holding enrollment in hospitalized patients with high oxygen requirements
On Oct. 30, 2020, Regeneron announced that it had received a recommendation from the independent data monitoring committee…
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Oxford University began COVID-19 test for individuals without symptoms
On Oct. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford announced a new pilot scheme to assess the use of…
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PerkinElmer COVID-19 test kit receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization for sample pooling
On Oct. 29, 2020, PerkinElmer announced that its New Coronavirus Nucleic Acid Detection Kit received Emergency Use Authorization…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Medical Device | Organoids | Vaccine
Emulate collaborated with FDA to apply lung-chip to evaluate safety of COVID-19 vaccines
On Oct. 29, 2020, Emulate announced that it had entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)…
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UC Berkeley launched pop-up lab to monitor Bay Area sewage for COVID-19
On Oct. 29, 2020, the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) announced that it had launched a new…
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Lilly announced agreement with US government to supply 300,000 vials of investigational neutralizing antibody bamlanivimab to fight COVID-19
On Oct. 28, 2020, Eli Lilly announced an initial agreement with the U.S. government to supply 300,000 vials…
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CVS Health expanded COVID-19 testing services with 1,000 rapid-result test sites
On Oct. 28, 2020, CVS Health announced plans to expand COVID-19 testing services currently offered at select CVS…
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NIH scientists discovered key pathway in lysosomes that coronaviruses use to exit cells
On Oct. 28, 2020, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that they had discovered a…
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Data for Lilly’s bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) in COVID-19 outpatients published in NEJM
On Oct. 28, 2020, Eli Lilly announced the New England Journal of Medicine had published data from the…
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Nektar Therapeutics announced phase 1b clinical study to evaluate empegaldesleukin for treatment of patients with COVID-19
On Oct. 27, 2020, Nektar Therapeutics announced that it has received FDA clearance for an Investigational New Drug…
