Recruitment and enrollment began for Innovation Pharma’s phase 2 clinical trial of Brilacidin for COVID-19
On Mar. 5, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Company’s international Phase 2…
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Luminex received FDA Emergency Use Authorization and CE Mark for expanded NxTAG panel test Including SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 4, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food…
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MediciNova announced it had discontinued development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, MediciNova announced an update on the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine for COVID-19. MediciNova…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Resverlogix published evidence of apabetalone’s beneficial effects on COVID-19
On Mar. 3, 2021, Resverlogix and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute announced the publishing of an article providing…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Oncology
Men, older adults and smokers more prone to infection by SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 3, 2021, TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope announced that an in-depth analysis of the…
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NIH halted trial of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in emergency department patients with mild symptoms
On Mar. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) halted a clinical trial evaluating the safety and…
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Merck announced partnership to produce Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Mar. 2, 2021, Merck announced multiple agreements to support efforts to expand manufacturing capacity and supply of…
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NIH launched effort to understand MIS-C, range of SARS-CoV-2 effects on children
On Mar. 2, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), announced that it had launched a research effort…
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Innovation Pharma announced publication in Journal Viruses on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 properties of brilacidin
On Mar. 2, 2021, Innovation Pharmaceuticals reported that eight sites were participating in the Companyﾒs international Phase 2…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | FDA
Quidel received Emergency Use Authorization for QuickVue at-home COVID-19 test
On Mar. 1, 2021, Quidel announced that it had received an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA,…
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Roche SARS-CoV-2 rapid rntigen test received special approval for at-home patient self-testing in Germany
On Feb. 26, 2021, Roche announced it had been granted special approval by the German Federal Institute for…
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Pfizer and BioNTech initiated sudy to evaluate COVID-19 booster and new vaccine variants
On Feb. 25, 2021, Pfizer and BioNTech announced they had begun an evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity…
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XPhyto placed first order for 25-minute COVID-19 RT-PCR tests
On Feb. 24, 2021, XPhyto announced that it has placed the first order for its rapid point-of-care SARS-CoV-2…
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Quest Diagnostics introduced new COVID-19 semi-quantitative serology test service
On Feb. 24, 2021, Quest Diagnostics introduced a new COVID-19 testing service that aids in providing insight into…
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PerkinElmer changed COVID-19 rapid testing with highly sensitive point of care antigen test for mass screening
On Feb. 23, 2021, PerkinElmer announced the launch of the PerkinElmerﾮ COVID-19 Antigen Test for the qualitative detection…
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Biohaven’s multimodal antibody therapy demonstrated effective neutralization of multiple strains of COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, Biohaven Pharmaceutical announced that a hyperimmune globulin mimic (HGM) developed with Biohaven’s proprietary MATE…
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BD announced collaboration for at-home rapid test for COVID-19
On Feb. 22, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) and Scanwell Health, a leader in smartphone-enabled at-home medical tests, announced…
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Johnson & Johnson announces submission to WHO for EUL of investigational single-shot COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 19, 2021, Johnson & Johnson announced that Janssen-Cilag had submitted for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to…
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Luminex received BARDA funding to support development and validation of test combining SARS-CoV-2 and Flu/RSV respiratory pane
On Feb. 19, 2021, Luminex announced that it had received $11.3 million in funding from the Biomedical Advanced…
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Agilent announced immunoassay kit to detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
On Feb. 18, 2021, Agilent Technologies announced the launch of the Agilent Dako SARS-CoV-2 IgG Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay…
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Pacific Biosciences Sequel II Systems deployed to scale-up global viral surveillance initiatives focused on COVID-19
On Feb. 18, 2021, Pacific Biosciences announced that Labcorp had increased its commitment to highly accurate HiFi sequencing…
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Study published in NEJM demonstrated Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize South African variant spike mutations
On Feb. 17, 2021, BioNTech announced results from an in vitro study that provided additional data on the…
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XPhyto announced completion of European CE-IVD application for 25-Minute COVID-19 RT-PCR test
On Feb. 16, 2021, XPhyto and 3a-diagnostics announced that all actions and procedures required for its European regulatory…
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Meridian provided an update on the Revogeneﾮ SARS-CoV-2 EUA submission
On Feb. 16, 2021, Meridian Bioscience provided an update on its application for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) with…
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COVID-19 | Diagnostics | FDA | Medical Device
BD announced EUA, CE Mark for combination molecular diagnostic to detect SARS-CoV-2, influenza A+B in single test
On Feb. 12, 2021, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted…
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DOD participated in COVID-19 antibody treatment trial
On Feb. 11, 2021, the the Military Health System (MHS) announced partcipation in the AstraZeneca phase III clinical…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | USDA | Veterinary
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
