Moderna announced initiation of rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Oct. 13, 2020, Moderna announced initiation of a rolling submission to Health Canada for mRNA-1273, the Company’s…
Broad and Brigham and Women’s Hospital launched COVID-19 surveillance study
On Oct. 6, 2020, clinicians and researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, the Broad Institute of MIT and…
Johnson & Johnson completed acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals for $65 billion
On Oct. 1, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced it had successfully completed its acquisition of Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a…
Moderna announced publication in The NEJM of interim results from phase 1 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Sept. 29, 2020, Moderna announced the publication of the second interim analysis of the open-label Phase 1…
MIT and the Broad Institute Developed Rapid test for COVID-19 showed improved sensitivity
On Sept. 17, 2020, researchers announced a CRISPR-based test developed at MIT and the Broad Institute that can…
Elevated levels of a blood clotting factor linked to worse outcomes in severe COVID-19
On Sept. 9, 2020, Harvard Medical School investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital reported that patients hospitalized with severe…
Biopharma leaders united to stand with science
On Sept. 8, 2020, the CEOs of AstraZeneca, BioNTech, GlaxoSmithKline, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Moderna, Novavax, Pfizer, and…
Broad Institute provided COVID-19 screening for students, faculty and staff at more than 100 colleges and universities
On Sept. 2, 2020, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced it had partnered with 108 public and…
Moderna confirmed discussions with the MHLW to supply Japan with 40 million doses of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Aug. 28, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company was engaged in discussions with the Ministry of Health,…
How SARS-CoV-2 spread across greater Boston during pandemic’s first wave
On Aug. 25, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, the Massachusetts…
Genomic analysis revealed many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Aug. 24, 2020, humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel…
Evidence suggested children could play a larger role in community spread of COVID-19
On Aug. 20, 2020, in the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, Harvard Medical School…
Johnson & Johnson acquired Momenta Pharmaceuticals for $65 billion
On Aug. 19, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced an agreement to acquire Momenta Pharmaceuticals, a company that discovers…
Yale researchers part of new NSF-funded quantum center
On Aug. 4, 2020, Yale University announced it was among the core partners of the new Center for…
Moderna announced publication in the NEJM of non-human primate preclinical viral challenge study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Jul. 28, 2020, Moderna announced a preclinical study evaluating mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against COVID-19, was published…
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…
Moderna announced phase 3 COVE study of mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) began
On Jul. 27, 2020, Moderna announced that the Phase 3 study of its mRNA vaccine candidate (mRNA-1273) against…
Moderna announced expansion of BARDA agreement to support larger phase 3 program for vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jul. 26, 2020, Moderna announced a modification to its contract with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development…
Experimental Coronavirus vaccine is safe and produced immune response
On Jul. 21, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported early results from the first COVID-19 vaccine…
Experimental coronavirus vaccine reported safe and produces immune response
On Jul. 21, 2020, researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that early results from the…
Moderna announced publication in The New England Journal of Medicine of interim results from phase 1 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Jul. 14, 2020, Moderna announced the publication of an interim analysis of the open-label Phase 1 study…
Moderna and ROVI announced collaboration for OUS fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jul. 9, 2020 Moderna and Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi announced a collaboration for large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of…
Moderna completed enrollment of phase 2 study of its mRNA vaccine against COVID-19 (mRNA-1273)
On Jul. 8, 2020, Moderna announced that it had completed enrollment for both cohorts of the Phase 2…
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…
Moderna and Catalent announced collaboration for fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jun. 25, 2020 Moderna announced a collaboration for large-scale, commercial fill-finish manufacturing of Moderna’s mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine…
Moderna advanced late-stage development of vaccine (mRNA-1273) against COVID-19
On Jun. 11, 2020, Moderna announced progress on late-stage development of mRNA-1273, the Company’s mRNA vaccine candidate against…
Moderna announced first participants in each age cohort dosed in phase 2 study of mRNA vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On May 29, 2020, Moderna announced the first participants in each age cohort had been dosed in the…
Biogen and MIT launched virtual learning lab for high school students historically underrepresented in science
On May 28, 2020, Biogen and the Lemelson-MIT Program (LMIT) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced the…
Moderna announced positive interim phase 1 data for mRNA Vaccine against novel Coronavirus
On May 18, 2020, Moderna announced positive interim clinical data of mRNA-1273, its vaccine candidate against novel coronavirus…
Harvard-led initiative awarded over $165 million to support 62 COVID-19 research projects
On May 13, 2020, the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR), a multi-institutional initiative convened by Harvard Medical…