AIM ImmunoTech announced approval to enroll COVID-19 ‘long haulers’ in AMP-511 ME/CFS clinical trial of Ampligen
On Oct. 6, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that it had received Institutional Review Board approval for the expansion…
FDA amended EUA for Hologicï¾’s Aptima SARS-CoV-2 assay to Include COVID-19 testing of asymptomatic individuals
On Oct. 6, 2020, Hologic announced that its Aptimaï¾® SARS-CoV-2 assay, which initially received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
FDA awarded contract to Stanford University to perform in-depth analysis of tissue samples to learn how SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19
On Oct. 5, 2020, the FDA awarded a research contract to the Stanford University School of Medicine to…
Quidel received Emergency Authorization for rapid antigen ‘ABC test’ assay for Influenza A+B and COVID-19
On Oct. 2, 2020, Quidel announced that it had received Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA to market…
19 organizations from the healthcare community unite to form COVID-19 testing industry consortium
On Oct. 1, 2020, widespread accurate testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is one critical aspect…
BD announced CE Mark of portable, rapid point-of-care antigen test to detect SARS-CoV-2 in 15 minutes
On Sept. 30, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced its rapid, point-of-care, SARS-CoV-2 antigen test for use on the…
BioNTech and Pfizer announced Nature publication of German phase 1/2 study data from mRNA-based vaccine candidate against SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 30, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech announced that preliminary, peer-reviewed data from their ongoing German Phase 1/2…
Investigational COVID-19 vaccine well tolerated and generated iImmune response in older adults
On Sept. 29, 2020, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases announced that a phase 1 trial…
Computer-designed proteins may protect against coronavirus
On Sept. 29, 2020, the NIH announed that researchers had designed ﾓminiproteinsï¾” that bound tightly to the SARS-CoV-2…
AXIM Biotechnologies filed patent for world’s first face mask designed to capture SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19
On Sept. 29, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed a provisional patent for a first-in-class face…
COVID-19 vaccine generated immune response in older adults
On Sept. 29, 2020, a phase 1 trial of an investigational mRNA vaccine to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection was…
Eiger announced results of investigator sponsored study in outpatients with mild and uncomplicated COVID-19
On Sept. 28, 2020, Eiger BioPharmaceuticals announced results of an investigator sponsored study of Peginterferon Lambda-1a (Lambda) in…
Hologic granted FDA Emergency Use Authorization for asymptomatic COVID-19 testing with Panther Fusion SARS-CoV-2 assay
On Sept. 28, 2020, Hologic announced that its Panther Fusionï¾® SARS-CoV-2 assay had received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA)…
Evaluation of LamPORE rapid tests for Covid-19 showed high levels of diagnostic sensitivity
On Sept. 25, 2020, scientists from the University of Oxfordï¾’s Nuffield Department of Medicine published their evaluation of…
FDA authorized first point-of-care antibody test for COVID-19
On Sept. 23, 2020, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the first serology (antibody) point-of-care…
Pascal Biosciences confirmed specific cannabinoids combat Coronavirus
On Sept. 23, 2020, Pascal Biosciences announced the Company had confirmed an earlier report that certain cannabinoids block…
Oxford Immunotec joined with Public Health England in large clinical trial utilizing T-SPOT discovery SARS-CoV-2 test
On Sept. 22, 2020, Oxford Immunotec announced that it had entered into an extensive research collaboration with Public…
Serum Institute initiated manufacturing of Codagenix’s intranasal live-attenuated COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Sept. 22, 2020, Codagenix announced that the Serum Institute of India has begun manufacturing CDX-005, the company’s…
Roche launched new quantitative antibody test to measure SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, to support the evaluation of vaccines
On Sept. 18, 2020, Roche announced the launch of its Elecsysï¾® Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S antibody test for markets accepting…
UConn researchers validate clinical feasibility for COVID-19 testing at point of care
On Sept. 18, 2020, Uconn researchers, in a paper published in Nature Communications, validated the clinical feasibility of…
MIT and the Broad Institute Developed Rapid test for COVID-19 showed improved sensitivity
On Sept. 17, 2020, researchers announced a CRISPR-based test developed at MIT and the Broad Institute that can…
Lilly announced proof of concept data for neutralizing antibody LY-CoV555 in the COVID-19 outpatient setting
On Sept. 16, 2020, Eli Lilly announced proof of concept data from an interim analysis of the BLAZE-1…
AIM ImmunoTech announced start of recruitment in clinical trial incorporating Ampligen in treatment of cancer patients with COVID-19
On Sept. 16, 2020, AIM ImmunoTech announced that recruitment had begun in Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Phase…
AXIM Biotechnologies filed Emergency Use Authorization with COVID-19 rapid diagnostic test for neutralizing antibodies
On Sept. 16, 2020, AXIM Biotechnologies announced that it had filed an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) application with…
Laboratory testing of Brilacidin for COVID-19 in combination with remdesivir reduces viral load by nearly 100 percent
On Sept. 15, 2020, Innovation Pharma reported additional data from a U.S. Regional Biocontainment Laboratory (RBL) collected during…
Vaxess Technologies to develop Coronavirus + Influenza Combo Patch Vaccine in Partnership with Medigen
On Sept. 15, 2020, Vaxess Technologies and Medigen Vaccine Biologics (MBV) announced a partnership to develop a combined…
Tonix Pharma enrolled first patient in COV-LOGIC study to assess antibody and T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2
On Sept. 15, 2020,Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first patient was enrolled in the observational COV-LOGIC study (TNX-C001),…
OPKO Health initiated clinical trial of RAYALDEE in COVID-19 patients
On Sept. 15, 2020, OPKO Health announce it had initiated a Phase 2 trial with RAYALDEEï¾® as a…
BioNTech received ï¾€375M in funding from German Federal Ministry to support COVID-19 vaccine program BNT162
On Sept. 15, 2020, BioNTech announced that had receive a grant of up to 375 million Euro from…
Valneva and Dynavax announced commercial supply agreement for inactivated, adjuvanted COVID-19 vaccine
On Sept. 14, 2020, Dynavax Technologies announced a commercial partnership for the supply of Dynavax’s CpG 1018 adjuvant…