Oxford University dashboard highlighted potential future COVID-19 virus hotspots
On Jun. 29, 2020, the University of Oxford reported that potential COVID-19 hotspots can be identified using a…
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LabCorp introduced Xcellerate COVID-19 clinical study solution
On Jun. 29, 2020, LabCorp announced that Covance, its drug development business, has deployed the Xcellerate COVID-19 solution…
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Todos Medical entered into distribution partnership with Meridian Health Services network for COVID-19 testing solutions
On Jun. 29, 2020, Todos Medical announced that it had entered into a partnership with Meridian Health Services…
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CIRM board approved third clinical trial for COVID-19
On Jun. 26, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) awarded $750,000 to Dr. Xiaokui Zhang at…
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Symbiosis and AstraZeneca signed supply agreement for sterile manufacture of COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials
On Jun. 24, 2020, Symbiosis Pharmaceutical Services, an India-based specialist provider of pharmaceutical and vaccine development services, announced…
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Experts identified steps to expand and improve antibody tests in COVID-19 response
On Jun. 23, 2020, more than 300 scientists and clinicians from the federal government, industry and academia published…
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University of Missouri scientists assisting Missouri officials with Coronavirus Sewer shed Surveillance Project
On Jun. 23, 2020, studies in the Netherlands and other places have shown that the presence of SARS-Coronavirus-2,…
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Catalent partnered with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals on potential treatment for COVID-19
On Jun. 22, 2020, Catalent announced that it is partnering with ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of BioSig Technologies,…
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Large Study at Mount Sinai Investigated the Effects of COVID-19 on Pregnancy Outcomes
On Jun. 18, 2020, a multidisciplinary team at Mount Sinai is conducting the first large-scale prospective study to…
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The FDA revoked Emergency Use Authorization for Chembio antibody test
On Jun. 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) revoked the emergency use authorization (EUA) of…
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COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine
All of Us Research Program launched COVID-19 research initiatives
On Jun. 16, 2020, the All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced…
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Lilly begans phase 3 clinical trial with baricitinib for hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 15, 2020, Eli Lilly announced that the first patient has been enrolled in a Phase 3…
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WHO reported cluster of COVID-19 in Beijing, China
On Jun. 13, 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reported that it was following up with Chinese authorities…
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Mutated coronavirus shows significant boost in infectivity
On Jun. 12, 2020, a tiny genetic mutation in the SARS coronavirus 2 variant circulating throughout Europe and…
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CIRM board approved two additional COVID-19 projects
On Jun. 12, 2020, the governing Board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved two additional…
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Emergent BioSolutions signed agreement to be US manufacturing partner for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 11, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions announced deployment of its molecule-to-market contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) services to…
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Innovation Pharma collaborated with regional biocontainment lab on grant application to research Brilacidin as pan-Coronavirus therapeutic
On Jun. 11, 2020, Innovation Pharma and researchers at a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) announced they are…
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Regeneron began first clinical trials of anti-viral antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 for treatment and prevention of COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced announced that Science has accepted for publication two papers describing the creation of…
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Two science publications highlight potential of REGN-COV2 anti-viral antibody cocktail to protect against SARS-CoV-2 escape mutants
On Jun. 11, 2020, Regeneron announced that Science had accepted for publication two papers describing the creation of…
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NIH researchers identified key genomic features that could differentiate SARS-CoV-2 from other coronaviruses that cause less severe disease
On Jun. 11, 2020, a team of researchers from the National Library of Medicine identified genomic features of…
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The FDA authorized first next generation sequence test for diagnosing COVID-19
On Jun. 10, 2020, the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA)…
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COVID-19 mouse model announced to speed search for drugs, vaccines
On Jun. 10, 2020, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reported they have developed…
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Johnson & Johnson announced acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate with phase 1/2a clinical trial
On Jun. 10, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that through its Janssen Pharmaceutical subsidiary it has accelerated the…
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Catalent partnered with Spicona to develop COVID-19 vaccine candidate using GPEx cell line development platform
On Jun. 10, 2020, Catalent announced that it had signed an agreement with Spicona to develop a virus-like…
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Illumina received first FDA Emergency Use Authorization for sequencing-based COVID-19 diagnostic test
On Jun. 9, 2020, Illumina announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization…
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Up to 45 percent of SARS-CoV-2 infections may be asymptomatic, new analysis found
On Jun. 9, 2020, researchers from Scripps report that an extraordinary percentage of people infected by the virus…
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Aegis Sciences testing for Coronavirus 2019 authorized to report in all 50 states
On Jun. 9, 2020, Aegis Sciences announced that it was registered and approved to provide public health reporting…
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Emergency COVID-19 measures prevented more than 500 million infections
On Jun. 8, 2020, emergency health measures implemented in six major countries have ‘significantly and substantially slowed’ the…
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Lilly announced start of phase 1 study for its second potential COVID-19 antibody treatment
On Jun. 8, 2020, Eli Lilly announced its partner Junshi Biosciences had dosed the first healthy volunteer in…
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The US Department of Defense established collaborative virus genetic sequencing capability for COVID-19
On Jun. 6, 2020, to jumpstart the Department of Defense’s (DoD) SARS-CoV-2 sequencing efforts, Armed Forces Health Surveillance…
