U.S. blood donations declared safe under current COVID-19 screening guidelines
On Jun. 1, 2021, a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues found…
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Oregon required all captive mink vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2
On May 28, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm…
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Patient enrollment reached 90 percent in Innovation Pharmaceuticals phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On May 27, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals announced that patient enrollment in the Companyﾒs 120-patient, Phase 2 clinical trial…
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Sanofi and GSK initiated global Phase 3 clinical efficacy study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On May 27, 2021, Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline started enrolment in their Phase 3 clinical study to assess the…
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GSK and Vir Biotech announced sotrovimab (VIR-7831) received EUA from the US FDA for treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in high-risk adults and paediatric patients
On May 26, 2021, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an…
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Altimmune demonstrated strong neutralization of South African variant in preclinical study of intranasal AdCOVIDﾙ
On May 26, 2021, Altimmune announced new results from a preclinical study demonstrating the ability of its AdCOVID…
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Labcorp study suggested COVID-19 antibodies remain at least 10 months after infection
On May 24, 2021, LabCorp reported that nearly 87% of naturally infected COVID-19 patients maintained antibodies to SARS-CoV-2…
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Health Canada approved Quidel’s Sofia’ SARS antigen FIA test for screening asymptomatic populations
On May 24, 2021, Quidel announced that its Sofia’ SARS Antigen FIA was the first rapid antigen test…
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AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Vaxzevria authorised for emergency use in Japan
On May 21, 2021, AstraZeneca announced that it had been granted a special approval for emergency use in…
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XPhyto rapid point-of-care COVID-19 PCR test offered for sale in Germany
On May 20, 2021, XPhyto announced that its distribution, storage and logistics partner, Max Pharm has begun the…
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Oxford University and Oracle partnered to speed identification of COVID-19 variants
On May 17, 2021, Oxford University and Oracle announced they had created a Global Pathogen Analysis System combining…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA EUA for COVID-19 POC antigen detection test
On May 12, 2021, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA
InBios received FDA EUA for COVID-19 POC antigen detection test
On May 12, 2021, InBios announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and…
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Altimmune announced preclinical data for AdCOVIDﾙ demonstrating sterilizing immunity after single intranasal dose
On May 10, 2021, Altimmune announced positive results from a preclinical study of AdCOVID in a SARS-CoV-2 challenge…
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Novavax announced positive preclinical data for combination influenza and COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On May 10, 2021, Novavax announced data from a preclinical study of the company’s combination quadrivalent seasonal flu…
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FDA granted Fast Track Designation to CERC-002 for treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19
On May 10, 2021, Cerecor announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted Fast Track…
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GSK and Vir Biotechnology announced start of the EMA rolling review of VIR-7831 (sotrovimab) for early treatment of COVID-19
On May 7, 2021, GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started a…
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Moderna announced positive initial booster data against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On May 5, 2021, Moderna announced initial data from its Phase 2 study showing that a single 50…
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Hoth Therapeutics and Virginia Commonwealth University expanded research agreement for COVID-19 therapeutic
On May 5, 2021, Hoth Therapeutics announced it has expanded its sponsored research agreement with Virginia Commonwealth University…
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University of British Columbia researchers unveiled first molecular images of B.1.1.7 COVID-19 mutation
On May 3, 2021, University of British Columbia (UBC) researchers were the first in the world to publish…
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Data from Vaxart oral COVID-19 vaccine phase I study suggested broad cross-reactivity against Coronaviruses
On May 3, 2021, Vaxart announced that new data obtained from its Phase I COVID-19 trial added to…
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VBI Vaccines announced publication of Challenge Study Data of its eVLP vaccine candidate against COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2021, VBI Vaccines announced that preclinical data of VBIﾒs enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccine candidate,…
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Innovation Pharma surpassed 50 percent enrollment in phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On Apr. 28, 2021, Innovation Pharma announced that enrollment had surpassed 50 percent of the total targeted number…
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CerTest Biotec, BD announced addition of saliva to CE Marked VIASURE SARS-CoV-2 Real Time PCR Detection Kit for BD MAX
On Apr. 27, 2021, CerTest Biotec, along with BD announced the VIASURE SARS-CoV-2 (N1 + N2) Real Time…
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COVID-19 infections survey revealed significant reductions in COVID-19 infections with single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
On Apr. 23, 2021, University of Oxford data from the COVID-19 Infection Survey was the first to show…
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Large NIH clinical trial tested polyclonal antibody therapeutic for COVID-19
On Apr. 21, 2021, the NIH announced that a Phase 2/3 trial to evaluate a new fully-human polyclonal…
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XPhyto signed German distribution, storage and logistics agreement for 25-minute COVID-19 PCR test
On Apr. 21, 2021, XPhyto announced that it had entered into an agreement with an established German pharmaceutical…
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Valneva initiated pivotal phase 3 clinical trial for inactivated, COVID-19 vaccine using Dynavax’s CpG 1018ﾙ adjuvant
On Apr. 21, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced Valneva had initiated a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for its…
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Oxford University and Prenetics announced landmark collaboration to scale rapid testing tech globally
On Apr. 20, 2021, the University of Oxford, Prenetics, and Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research announced that…
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Apabetaloneﾒs positive impact on COVID-19 in human lung cells published in biomedicines published
On Apr. 19, 2021, Resverlogix announced the publishing of an article titled: ﾓBromodomain and extraterminal protein inhibitor, apabetalone…
