Illumina and Helix collaborated to assess prevalence of New SARS-CoV-2 UK variant (B117) in the U.S.
On Jan. 5, 2021, Illumina and Helix announced a collaboration to augment national surveillance infrastructure in the U.S….
AIM ImmunoTech announced first COVID-19-induced chronic fatigue ﾓLong Haulerﾔ patient dosed with Ampligen
On Jan. 5, 2021, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the active AMP-511 Expanded Access Program (EAP) had dosed its…
FDA announced statement on authorized dosing schedules for COVID-19 vaccines
On Jan. 4, 2021, the FDA announced that the two different mRNA vaccines were shown remarkable effectiveness of…
First evidence of UK coronavirus variant in California confirmed by Scripps Research lab
On Jan. 4, 2021, a research partnership between scientists at Scripps Research and UC San Diego found the…
Moderna provided COVID-19 vaccine supply update
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced a supply update for the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine, increasing its base-case global…
Israeli Ministry of Health authorized COVID-19 Vaccine Moderna
On Jan. 4, 2021, Moderna announced that Israel’s Ministry of Health (MOH) had given authorization to import the…
INOVIO and Advaccine announced partnership to commercialize COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in China
On Jan. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharmaceuticals and Advaccine Biopharmaceuticals announced that they had entered into a collaboration and…
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WHO issued its first EUV for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasized need for equitable global access
On Dec. 31, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use,…
Moderna confirmed 40 million COVID-19 vaccine dose supply agreement with Republic of Korea
On Dec. 31, 2020, Moderna confirmed it had entered into a supply agreement with the government of the…
CytoDyn research on critically Ill COVID-19 patients published in Journal of Translational Autoimmunity
On Dec. 31, 2020, CytoDyn announced a research manuscript submitted by Nicholas J. Agresti, M.D. had been accepted…
Recipharm and Moderna finalized agreement for aseptic drug manufacturing and fill-finish for countries outside the U.S.
On Dec. 30, 2020, Moderna announced that they had reached an agreement to support formulation and fill-finish a…
Bausch Health’s DEXAVEN received new indication in Poland to treat patients with SARS-CoV-2
On Dec. 30, 2020, Bausch Health announced that the Office for Registration of Medicinal Products, Medical Devices and…
NIH study uncovered blood vessel damage and inflammation in COVID-19 patientsï¾’ brains but no infection
On Dec. 30, 2020, the NIH researchers announced that an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patientï¾’s…
Peer-reviewed report on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine published
On Dec. 30, 2020, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that the investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273…
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Medigen Vaccines obtained TFDA phase 2 IND approval for COVID19 vaccine
On Dec. 30, 2020, Medigen Vaccine Biologics announced that it had obtained TFDA Phase 2 IND approval of…
UK medicines regulator approved Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 30, 2020, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University/AstraZeneca was given regulatory approval by the UK…
Mateon global study for OT-101/ TGF-inhibitor against COVID-19 treated its first patient
On Dec. 30, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced that it had enrolled and treated its first sentinel Part 1…
Emergent and Mount Sinai Health System announced clinical program to evuate COVID-HIG product candidate
On Dec. 29, 2020, Emergent BioSolutions and Mount Sinai Health System announced initiation of the clinical program to…
Moderna confirmed discussions with government of South Korea to supply 40 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 29, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company was engaged in discussions with the government of South…
UNMC participated in COVID-19 vaccine study, planned to enroll 1,000
On Dec. 29, 2020, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) and Nebraska Medicine announced participation in a clinical…
Regeneron announced encouraging data from COVID-19 antibody cocktail trial in hospitalized patient
On Dec. 29, 2020, Regeneron announced encouraging initial data from an ongoing Phase 1/2/3 clinical trial of the…
Novavax initiated PREVENT-19 pivotal phase 3 efficacy trial of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. and Mexico
On Dec. 28, 2020, Novavax announced initiation of PREVENT-19, its pivotal Phase 3 study in the U.S. and…
Soligenix announced $15 million NIH SBIR award advancing COVID-19 vaccine development
On Dec. 28, 2020, Soligenix announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had awarded…
AIM ImmunoTech announced availability of ME/CFS clinical trial of drug Ampligen for enrollment to COVID-19 ﾑLong Haulersﾒ
On Dec. 24, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that the post-COVID-19 ﾓLong Haulerï¾” portion of the active AMP-511 Expanded…
INOVIO announced publication of phase 1 data from COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate in The Lancet
On Dec. 24, 2020, Inovio Pharmaceuticals announced publication of peer-reviewed Phase 1 clinical data from the first cohort…
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Quidel received EUA for moderately complex Solana SARS molecular test for COVID-19 diagnosis
On Dec. 23, 2020, Quidel announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA to…
Serum Institute of India and Dynavax announced first participants dosed in phase 1/2 clinical trial for COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Serum Institute of India and Dynavax jointly announced that the first participants had been…
Health Canada authorized Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in Canada
On Dec. 23, 2020, Moderna announced that Health Canada had authorized its vaccine against COVID-19 for the immunization…
Altimmune provided an update on investigational New Drug Application for phase 1 AdCOVIDï¾™ clinical trial
On Dec. 23, 2020, Altimmune announced that the FDA had issued a clinical hold on the Companyï¾’s Investigational…
Pfizer and BioNTech to supply the US with 100 million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 23, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced a second agreement with the U.S. government to supply an…