Oregon mink farm cleared from SARS-CoV-2; farm quarantine lifted
On Feb. 11, 2021, the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) lifted the quarantine on the Oregon mink farm…
USDA confirmed COVID-19 in a cougar and tiger at a wild animal exhibitor in Texas
On Feb. 10, 2021, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Veterinary Services Laboratories announced confirmation of…
FDA authorized Eli Lilly’s monoclonal antibodies for treatment of COVID-19
On Feb. 9, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for bamlanivimab…
Oxford Immunotec entered MOU with Green Cross to market T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 Kit in South Korea
On Feb. 8, 2021, Oxford Immunotec announced it had entered into an MOU with Green Cross Medical to…
Eiger announced ILIAD study results of peginterferon lambda in COVID-19 published in Lancet
On Feb. 8, 2021, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals announced that the final results from the Phase 2 ILIAD (Interferon Lambda…
Pfizer and BioNTech data demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 mutations
On Feb. 8, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced publication in Nature Medicine of data from in vitro studies…
Tonix Pharmaceuticals to develop COVID-19 skin test to measure SARS-CoV-2 exposure and T cell immunity
On Feb. 8, 2021, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced it had received the written response from the FDA to a…
CureVac and UK Government announced collaboration on development of vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Feb. 5, 2021, CureVac announced that it had entered a collaboration with the UK Government to develop…
T2 Biosystems T2SARS-CoV-2 panel proved capable of detecting the Brazil P1 variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Feb. 4, 2021, T2 Biosystems announced that its T2SARS-CoV-2 Panel – a molecular diagnostic test that detects…
Oxford Immunotec updated T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit to detect T Cells reactive to endemic Coronaviruses
On Feb. 4, 2021, Oxford Immunotec announced an update to the configuration of the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 kit….
Vaxart announced positive preliminary data from phase 1 clinical trial evaluating oral COVID-19 tablet vaccine candidate
On Feb. 3, 2021, Vaxart announced preliminary data from its Phase 1 study of VXA-CoV2-1 showing that its…
AXIM Biotechnologies began clinical trials of ImmunoPass rapid diagnostic test with vaccine recipients
On Feb. 3, 2021, AXIM Biotechnologies announced initiation of clinical trials for ImmunoPass, the Companyﾒs rapid point-of-care test…
Quidel opens new manufacturing facility to mass produce QuickVue Rapid Antigen Tests for COVID-19
On Feb. 3, 2021, Quidel announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, CA that was…
Bristol Myers and Rockefeller University announced license agreement for SARS-CoV-2 meutralizing mAb combination
On Feb. 3, 2021, Bristol-Myers and The Rockefeller University announced an agreement under which Bristol Myers Squibb was…
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein licensed by Oragenics from the NIH demonstrated protective immunity in mice
On Feb. 2, 2021, Oragenics announced that the stabilized pre-fusion spike protein CoV-2 S-2P created by the National…
Roche announced launch of SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test Nasal allowing for patient self-collection
On Feb. 1, 2021, Roche announced it had obtained the CE mark for its new SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen…
Dynavax announced exercise of option to reserve additional CpG 1018 to produce 40 million doses of adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 1, 2021, Dynavax Technologies announced Valneva had informed it that the UK Government exercised its option…
Pfizer and BioNTech published data on COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodiesﾒ ability to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 UK strain
On Jan. 29, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that data from an in vitro study on the capability…
DNA Genotekﾒs OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL included in EUA granted to Ambry Genetics for use in COVID-19 RT-PCR saliva test
On Jan. 29, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL (OM-505) saliva collection kit, a product of subsidiary DNA…
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Severe COVID-19 in pregnancy associated with preterm birth, other complications
On Jan. 28, 2021, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers reported that pregnant women who experienced severe symptoms…
South Carolina detected first US cases associated with variant first detected in South Africa
On Jan. 28, 2021, the CDC announced that it had become aware of the first U.S. documented cases…
Mammoth Biosciences and Agilent partnered on high-throughput CRISPR-based SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test
On Jan 28, 2021, Mammoth Biosciences announced a co-marketing agreement with Agilent Technologies to support the anticipated launch…
Celsion filed provisional U.S. patent application for broad range of next generation DNA vaccines
On Jan. 28, 2021, Celsion announced the filing of a provisional U.S. patent application for a novel DNA-based,…
DNA Genotekﾒs OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL saliva collection device received Health Canada Authorization for COVID-19 testing
On Jan. 28, 2021, OraSure Technologies announced its OMNIgeneﾮﾷORAL (OME-505) saliva collection device, a product of Ottawa-based subsidiary…
OncoSec announced first subjects dosed in phase 1 trial of CORVax12, COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Jan. 27, 2021, OncoSec Medical announced that it had dosed several subjects in its Phase 1 clinical…
Lilly, Vir Biotechnology and GSK announced first patient dosed in expanded BLAZE-4 trial for COVID-19
On Jan. 27, 2021, Eli Lilly, Vir Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline announced a collaboration to evaluate a combination of…
REGEN-COV antibody cocktail Is active against SARS-CoV-2 variants identified in the UK and South Africa
On Jan. 27, 2021, researchers in Dr. David Ho’s Columbia University lab and Regeneron scientists announced they had…
In vitro studies demonstrated COVID-19 vaccine elicited antibodies that neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with UK and South African Variants
On Jan. 27, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced results from in vitro neutralization studies of sera from individuals…
Just – Evotec Biologics expanded contract with Department of Defense for manufacturing of monoclonal antibodies
On Jan. 27, 2021, Evotec announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) awarded its Seattle, Washington-based subsidiary,…
Abbott’s panbio rapid antigen test received CE Mark for asymptomatic screening and sample collection
On Jan. 26, 2021, Abbott announced it had received CE Mark for two new uses of its Panbioﾙ…