COVID-19 the leading cause of death in the United States
On Dec. 17, 2020, JAMA reported that the daily U.S. mortality rate for COVID-19 deaths was equivalent to…
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Moderna received FDA Advisory Committee vote supporting EUA for vaccine against COVID-19 in the U.S.
On Dec. 17, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Vaccines and Related Biological…
Quest Diagnostics and The Commons Project delivered access to lab data through the CommonHealth App
On Dec. 17, 2020, Quest Diagnostics and The Commons Project, a non-profit public trust dedicated to building and…
PRA Health Sciences collaborated with PWNHealth and Fulgent Genetics provided at-home COVID-19 test
On Dec. 17, 2020, PRA Health Sciences announced the enhancement of its COVID-19 Monitoring Program with the addition…
Johnson & Johnson announced Its first phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial ENSEMBLE was fully enrolled
On Dec. 17, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced that the large-scale, pivotal, multi-country Phase 3 trial (ENSEMBLE) of…
NEJM published positive initial Regeneron antibody cocktail results in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Dec. 17, 2020, Regeneron announced that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) had published initial clinical…
Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 rapid rest received FDA Emergency Use Authorization for at-home rapid test
On Dec. 16, 2020, Abbott announced that the FDA had issued Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for virtually guided…
FDA issued new authorization for the BinaxNOW COVID-19 Ag Card Home Test
On Dec. 16, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new emergency use authorization (EUA) for…
Novavax announced agreement with government of New Zealand for 107 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 16, 2020, Novavax announced an Advance Purchase Agreement with the government of New Zealand for the…
Heat Biologics announced completion of ZVX-60 vaccine cell line for COVID-19
On Dec. 16, 2020, Heat Biologics announced it had completed its gp96-based COVID-19 vaccine cell line, which is…
SARS-CoV-2 viral genome sequencing data reported from research using Pacific Biosciences Technology
On Dec. 16, 2020, Pacific Biosciences announced initial findings from the companyï¾’s research collaboration with Labcorp that was…
BD surpassed 1 billion injection device orders in support of COVID-19 vaccination efforts around the world
On Dec. 16, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced that it had received pandemic orders for needles and syringes…
BioNTech and Fosun Pharma to supply China with mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 16, 2020, BioNTech and Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical announced an agreement to supply Mainland China with an…
RedHill’s phase 2/3 COVID-19 candidate opaganib reduced ARDS-related blood clotting in preclinical model
On Dec. 15, 2020, a months long study to determine the number of Houstonians carrying COVID-19 antibodies revealed…
Abbott received CE Mark for its COVID-19 IgG quantitative antibody blood test
On Dec. 15, 2020, Abbott announced it received had CE Mark for its new quantitative SARS-CoV-2 IgG (Immunoglobulin…
FDA authorized antigen test as first over-the-counter fully at-home diagnostic test for COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, the FDA granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first over-the-counter (OTC) fully at-home…
TGen identified gene that could explain disparity in COVID-19 effects
On Dec. 15, 2020, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that it had identified a specific…
Aurinia and Lonza announced exclusive agreement for dedicated Voclosporin manufacturing capacity
On Dec. 15, 2020, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals announced the funding and initiation of an open-label exploratory trial evaluating the…
AXIM Biotechnologies completed successful Covid-19 live virus test and filed amended EUA
On Dec. 15, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced the development and patent filing for an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)-based…
INOVIO to develop DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody (dMAb) candidates to treat COVID-19
On Dec. 15, 2020, Inovio Pharma announced the company and a team of scientists from The Wistar Institute,…
CureVac commenced global pivotal phase 2b/3 trial for COVID-19 vaccine candidate, CVnCoV
On Dec. 14, 2020, CureVac announced that it had enrolled the first participant in the pivotal Phase 2b/3…
Novartis updated on RUXCOVID study of ruxolitinib for hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On Dec. 14, 2020, Novartis announced that the Phase III RUXCOVID study evaluating ruxolitinib on top of standard…
No association found between COVID-19 and Guillain-Barre syndrome
On Dec.14, 2020, neuroscientists at University College London (UCL) announced they had found no significant association between COVID-19…
U.S. Dept of Veterans Affairs began COVID-19 vaccinations
On Dec. 14, 2020, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that the New Orleans and Bedford,…
Codagenix and Serum Institute commenced first-in-human trial of COVI-VAC single dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine
On Dec. 14, 2020, Codagenix and the Serum Institute of India announced that a Phase 1 clinical trial…
Incyte announced results of phase 3 study of Ruxolitinib (Jakafi) as treatment for patients with COVID-19 associated cytokine storm
On Dec. 14, 2020, Incyte announced that the Phase 3 RUXCOVID study evaluating the safety and efficacy of…
Moderna confirmed supply agreement to supply Singapore with mRNA vaccine against COVID-19
On Dec. 14, 2020, Moderna confirmed that the Company had concluded an agreement with the Ministry of Health…
Antibody study suggested COVID-19 infections underestimated
On Dec. 14, 2020, a months long study to determine the number of Houstonians carrying COVID-19 antibodies revealed…
CDC’s ACIP issued interim recommendation for use of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in persons aged =16 years for prevention of COVID-19.
On Dec. 12, 2020, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued an interim recommendation for use of…
Amarin reported encouraging efficacy and safety results from VASCEPA pilot study treating COVID-19 infected outpatients
On Dec. 12, 2020, Amarin announced clinical results from the CardioLink-9 Trial, the first results of a study…