Montefiore-Einstein Scientists lead two trials of leronlimab for treatment of severe lung inflammation in COVID-19 patients
On May 21, 2020, Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine were the first sites in…
Mammoth Biosciences collaborated with GSK to develop COVID-19 test using CRISPR-based platform
On May 20, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced a collaboration with GSK Consumer Healthcare to develop an accurate, easy-to-use,…
Kindred Biosciences announced COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing agreement with Vaxart
On May 20, 2020, Kindred Biosciences announced it had entered into an agreement with Vaxart for the manufacture…
Vaxart announced selection of its oral COVID-19 vaccine lead candidate
On May 20, 2020, Vaxart announced it had selected its lead COVID-19 vaccine candidate and had contracted with…
CHF Solutions publication highlighted use of ultrafiltration for fluid management in COVID-19 patients
On May 20, 2020, CHF Solutions announced a publication highlighting the use of ultrafiltration for fluid management of…
Airway Therapeutics and Celonic Group collaborated to produce AT-100 as promising new candidate for Coronavirus
On May 20, 2020, Airway Therapeutics and Celonic Group announced a collaboration to produce the novel human recombinant…
INOVIO COVID-19 DNA vaccine INO-4800 demonstrated robust neutralizing antibody and T cell immune responses in preclinical models
On May 20, 2020, INOVIO announced the publication of the preclinical study data for IN0-4800, its COVID-19 DNA…
Bharat Biotech and Thomas Jefferson University announced a promising vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On May 20, 2020, Bharat Biotech and Thomas Jefferson University of Philadelphia announced an exclusive deal to develop…
Diffusion Pharma expanded clinical trial program of TSC for treatment of COVID-19 patients to include Romanian National Institute of Infectious Diseases
On May 20, 2020, Diffusion Pharmaceuticals announced it had entered into an agreement with the Romanian National Institute…
Atossa Therapeutics announced in vitro testing results of COVID-19 drug inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infectivity
On May 20, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced the successful results from in vitro testing of AT-H201, Atossaï¾’s proprietary…
Oxford Immunotec released T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit for research into measuring the T cell immune response to SARS-CoV-2
On May 19, 2020, the University of Oxford announced the release of the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 test kit….
The FDA announced an agreement with Aetion to collaborate on advanced analytical techniques to accelarate Coronavirus disease research
On May 19, 2020, the FDA announced an agreement with Aetion to collaborate on advanced analytical techniques to…
USC antibody study showed coronavirus infection more widespread in LA County than previously thought
On May 19, 2020, a University of Southern California (USC) study reported results from the first phase of…
Antibodies produced in response to one type of coronavirus don’t offer protection against the other, study suggests
On May 19, 2020, in a study published in Cell Reports, researchers at the University of Hong Kong…
Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin reduced viral titer of SARS-CoV-2 by 75 percent after 1 hour of preincubation in an in vitro study
On May 19, 2020, Innovation Pharma announced that its anti-SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) drug candidate, Brilacidin, in an in vitro…
Bio-Techne and Kantaro Biosciences announced partnership to develop and scale production of COVID-19 serology test
On May 19, 2020, Bio-Techne and the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, through its commercial affiliate…
Phlow Corp was awarded $354 million BARDA contract to manufacture essential medicines in shortage
On May 19, 2020, Phlow, a U.S.-based, public benefit drug manufacturing corporation, received federal government funding of $354…
CytoDyn and the Mexican National Institutes of Health announced a collaborative study of leronlimab for treatment of severe/critical COVID-19 Population
On May 19, 2020, CytoDyn announced it will be coordinating with the National Institution of Health of Mexico…
Global study tested malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19
On May 18, 2020, with $9 million from the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, an international group of physicians and…
NantKwest announced FDA authorization of IND application for mesenchymal stem cell product for treatment of severe COVID-19 patients
On May 18, 2020, NantKwest announced it had received authorization from the FDA for an Investigational New Drug…
FDA cleared IND application to enable phase II trial of ViralClear’s merimepodib to treat adult patients with advanced COVID-19 to proceed
On May 18, 2020, BioSig Technologies and its subsidiary, ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Thermo Fisher Scientific support of COVID-19 response expanded with US Government contract for products used in sample collection
On May 18, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received a contract from the U.S. government to…
Todos Medical announced first commercial sale of COVID-19 antibody tests
On May 18, 2020, Todos Medical announced its first commercial sale of COVID-19 tests. The sale was made…
Investigational ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine protects monkeys against COVID-19 pneumonia
On May 16, 2020, a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, has protected six…
Duke-NUS, GenScript and A*STAR launched first-in-the-world SARS-CoV-2 serology test
On May 15, 2020, Duke-NUS Medical School, GenScript Biotech, and the Diagnostics Development Hub at Singapore’s Agency for…
CIRM board approved clinical trials targeting COVID-19 and sickle cell disease
On May 15, 2020, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) board approved new clinical trials for COVID-19…
Abbott provided update on ID NOW
On May 14, 2020, Abbott’s ID NOW announced that was further clarifying product information to provide better guidance…
The FDA informed public about possible accuracy concerns with Abbott ID NOW point-of-care test
On May 14, 2020, the FDA alerted the public to early data that suggest potential inaccurate results from…
Abivax received ANSM and ethics committee clearance to test its development candidate ABX464 in 1,034 Covid-19 patients in randomized phase 2b/3 clinical trial
On May 14, 2020 Abivax announced it had received clearance from Franceï¾’s National Agency for the Safety of…
Vyriad announced development of new antibody test to determine protective immunity from COVID-19
On May 14, 2020 Vyriad announced that it had completed the development of a serology test to measure…