Gilead submited New Drug Application to FDA for Veklury (Remdesivir) for treatment of COVID-19
On Aug. 10, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced that it had submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the…
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Mesa Biotech received $15.4 million funding from the NIH for accelerated scale-up and deployment
On Jul. 31, 2020, Mesa Biotech announced it had been awarded a contract up to $15.4 million from…
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CDC released new resources and tools to support opening schools
On Jul. 23, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new science-based resources and tools…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific’s to support development and production of COVID-19 therapeutics and vaccines
On Jul. 20, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific expanded global capacity and capabilities across its leading pharma services network…
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Celdara Medical announced the Pandemic Security Initiative
On Jul. 14, 2020, Celdara Medical announced the launch of its Pandemic Security Initiative, harnessing the resources needed…
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Gilead Sciences reported survey findings on PrEP access and utilization in the US during COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders
On Jul. 8, 2020, Gilead Sciences announced data evaluating the impact of COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders (SIPOs) and PrEP…
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Ignoring airborne COVID spread risky
On Jul. 6, 2020, the lack of universal recognition that COVID-19 is transmitted via airborne particles, along with…
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Association between statewide school closure and COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the US
On Jun. 29, 2020, a study published in JAMA showed that in the U.S., states enacted nonpharmaceutical interventions,…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
MSFHR funded COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BC’s vulnerable populations
On Jun. 29, 2020, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) COVID-19 Research Response Fund announced funding…
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Government of Canada and provincial partners invested more than $109 mllion in COVID-19 research
On Jun. 25, 2020, the Government of Canada announced the results of that funding competition: an investment of…
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Mateon selected by IBM Watson Health for use of IBM Clinical Development Solution to support clinical COVID-19 vaccine candidates
On Jun. 24, 2020, Oncotelic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mateon Therapeutics, announced that IBM has granted access…
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Oxford University and Bvlgari announced collaboration to fight COVID-19 and future pandemics
On Jun. 17, 2020, Bvlgari, the Italian luxury brand, announced plans to support research into COVID-19 and vaccine…
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Aclaris Therapeutics supported investigator-initiated clinical trial of ATI-450 for cytokine release syndrome in hospitalized COVID-19 patients
On Jun. 17, 2020, Aclaris Therapeutics announced that the FDA had allowed an investigational new drug application to…
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COVID-19 | Infectious Disease | NIH | Therapeutics | Vaccine
All of Us Research Program launched COVID-19 research initiatives
On Jun. 16, 2020, the All of Us Research Program, part of the National Institutes of Health, announced…
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Emergency COVID-19 measures prevented more than 500 million infections
On Jun. 8, 2020, emergency health measures implemented in six major countries have ‘significantly and substantially slowed’ the…
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Introduction and spread of SARS-CoV-2 in the greater Boston area
On Jun. 4, 2020, data from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the…
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The USDA announced transition to preventive plan for virulent Newcastle disease in California
On Jun. 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced…
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University of British Columbia researchers developed biodegradable medical mask for COVID-19
On May 21, 2020, the BioProducts Institute at the University of British Columbia announced it had designed a…
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Agriculture | Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | USDA | Vaccine
Tyson Foods Fresh Meats resumed Waterloo, Iowa operations
On May 5, 2020, Tyson Foods announced resumption of limited production at its Waterloo, Iowa facility May 7….
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University of Nebraska Medical Center remdesivir clinical trial show accelerated recovery from advanced COVID-19
On Apr. 29, 2020, hospitalized patients with advanced COVID-19 and lung involvement who received remdesivir recovered faster than…
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CTI Biopharma announced initiation of phase 3 PRE-VENT study evaluating Pacritinib in hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19
On Apr. 27, 2020, CTI BioPharma announced initiation of PRE-VENT, a Phase 3 study evaluating pacritinib in hospitalized…
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Tyson Foods indefinitely suspended operations in Waterloo, Iowa
On Apr. 22, 2020, Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Food, planned to indefinitely…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Therapeutics | USDA | Vaccine
Tyson Fresh Meats resumed limited operations at Columbus Junction Pork Plant
On Apr. 20, 2020, Tyson Fresh Meats resumed limited operations at its pork plant in Columbus Junction, Iowa,…
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Map revealed hidden U.S. hotspots of Coronavirus infection at the country level
On Apr. 2, 2020, a University of Chicago team announced that it had mapped confirmed COVID-19 infections per…
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Philips enabled hospitals and GPs to remotely screen and monitor patients with COVID-19
On Apr. 1, 2020, Philips announced that it can help general practitioners and healthcare institutions manage the increased…
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Amyris scaled up in response to high need for hand sanitizer and wipe products
On Mar. 31, 2020, Amyris announced that initial production of its hand sanitizer has started with Allure Labs…
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The USNS Comfort joined New York’s COVID-19 fight
On Mar. 30, 2020, the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrived in New York…
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Study documents widespread contamination of environment near patients with COVID-19
On Mar. 29, 2020, a study by UNMC/Nebraska Medicine/NSRI researchers provides new evidence of SARS-CoV-2 environmental contamination in…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA | Therapeutics
FDA issued EUA to allow hydroxychloroquine sulfate and chloroquine phosphate products from Strategic National Stockpile to be distributed
On Mar. 28, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Non-Profit Research | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Oxford University COVID-19 study showed that Wuhan travel restrictions prevented wider disease spread
On Mar. 25, 2020, a mobility and epidemiological study from a global consortium of researchers, led by the…
