Cleveland Clinic and SAS shared COVID-19 predictive models to help hospitals plan for current and future needs
On Apr. 21, 2020, to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, Cleveland Clinic and SAS announced they had created…
Pharnext and University Hospital Institute Mediterranee Infection announce effort to evaluate repurposed drugs for potential use against COVID-19 virus
On Apr. 21, 2020, Pharnext and the University Hospital Institute Mediterranee Infection in France, announced a new joint…
Vaxart announced positive preclinical data for ioral COVID-19 vaccine program
On Apr. 21, 2020, Vaxart announced it had obtained positive pre-clinical results for its COVID-19 vaccine candidates, with…
aTyr Pharma announced phase 2 study of ATYR1923 in COVID-19 patients with severe respiratory complications
On Apr. 21, 2020, aTyr Pharma announced the FDA has accepted its Investigational New Drug application to evaluate…
ViralClear submited application for Vicromax through FDAs Coronavirus Treatment Acceleration Program for accelerated clinical trials
On Apr. 21, 2020, BioSig Technologies announced that subsidiary ViralClear Pharmaceuticals, had submitted an application for Vicromax(tm) (merimepodib,…
Tyson Fresh Meats resumed limited operations at Columbus Junction Pork Plant
On Apr. 21, 2020, Tyson Fresh Meats resumed limited operations at its pork plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa,…
OpGen subsidiary Curetis GmbH and Karolinska Institutet collaborated in study of bacterial Co-infections in COVID-19 pneumonia patients
On Apr. 21, 2020, OpGen announced the start of an investigator initiated collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, to…
LabCorp COVID-19 at-home test kit received FDA Emergency Use Authorization
On Apr. 21, 2020, LabCorpﾮ announced it has received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA. The…
Quest Diagnostics began performing COVID-19 antibody testing
On Apr. 21, 2020, Quest Diagnostics announced that it has begun to perform antibody testing for coronavirus (COVID-19)…
More than 800 employees from Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and University Hospital participate in a pioneering study
On Apr. 21, 2020, Rutgers University announced it has launched the nation’s largest prospective study of health care…
Atossa Therapeutics submitted Clinical Investigation approval to FDA for launch of COVID-19 HOPE study
On Apr. 20, 2020, Atossa Therapeutics announced that it had applied to the FDA for approval to commence…
Novartis announced plan to initiate clinical study of Jakavi in severe COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 20, 2020, Novartis announced it had reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration…
Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem announced collaboration to develop novel COVID-19 therapeutics
On Apr. 20, 2020, Anixa Biosciences announced it had entered into a strategic collaboration with OntoChem GmbH to…
Alexion announced plans to initiate phase 3 study of ULTOMIRISﾮ (ravulizumab-cwvz) in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19
On Apr. 20, 2020, Alexion announced plans to initiate a global Phase 3 study to investigate ULTOMIRISﾮ (ravulizumab-cwvz)…
Screening of 11,552 compounds identified Innovation Pharma’s Brilacidin as promising Potential inhibitors of novel Coronavirus COVID-19
On Apr. 20, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported that based on molecular screening of 11,552 compounds comprising already FDA-approved…
IDEXX made pet test for COVID-19 Virus available to veterinarians
On Apr. 20, 2020, IDEXX Labs announced the availability of the IDEXX SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) RealPCR Test for pets….
Rice University COVID-19 research fund awarded first grants
On Apr. 20, 2020, the Rice University COVID-19 Research Fund Oversight and Review Committee announced it will support…
Roche developed new serology test to detect COVID-19 antibodies
On Apr. 17, 2020, Roche announced the development and upcoming launch of its Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 serology test to…
Kaiser Permanente Washington announced Coronavirus vaccine trial to include older people
On Apr. 17, 2020, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that older adults were being enrolled…
Sinovac announced commencement of phase I human clinical trial for vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Apr. 17, 2020, Sinovac Biotech announced that the Company had commenced Phase I clinical trial, a randomized,…
FDA granted ExThera’s Seraph-100 blood filter Emergency Use Authorization for treatment of COVID-19 after promising results in europe and U.S.
On Apr. 17, 2020, after promising COVID-19 treatments in Germany, France, Italy, Spain and the U.S,, ExThera Medical’s…
Incyte announced initiation of phase 3 RUXCOVID study evaluating Ruxolitinib (Jakafi) as treatment for COVID-19 patients
On Apr. 17, 2020, Incyte announced the initiation of RUXCOVID, a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 clinical…
Emory University Began enrolling older adults in COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
On Apr. 17, 2020, Emory University announced it had begun enrolling adults over age 55 in the clinical…
Slower clearance of Coronavirus infection may explain why men fare worse than women
On Apr. 17, 2020, researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine may have solved…
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The NIH launched a public-private partnership to speed COVID-19 vaccine and treatment options
On Apr. 17, 2020, the NIH and the Foundation for the NIH are bringing together more than a…
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Antiviral remdesivir prevented disease progression in monkeys with COVID-19
On Apr. 17, 2020, the NIH announced that early treatment with the experimental antiviral drug remdesivir significantly reduced…
Five Oxford University COVID-19 projects received UK Research and Innovation funding
On Apr. 17, 2020, five projects from across Oxford University’s Medical Sciences Division were among twenty-one new studies…
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IVI, INOVIO, and KNIH partner with CEPI in phase 1/2 clinical trial of INOVIO’s COVID-19 DNA vaccine in South Korea
On Apr. 16, 2020, the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) announced that the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI)…
Mammoth Biosciences announced peer-reviewed validation of its rapid, CRISPR-based COVID-19 diagnostic
On Apr. 16, 2020, Mammoth Biosciences announced the publication of a study demonstrating the power of its platform…
Dynavax and Sinovac announced collaboration to develop a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine
On Apr. 16, 2020, Dynavax and Sinovac Biotech, a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced a…