European Investment Bank provided Immunic with €24.5 million to support development of COVID-19 therapy
On Oct. 20, 2020, the European Investment Bank (EIB) and Immunic announced the signing of a €24.5 million…
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Evidence review confirmed CDC guidance about infectivity of novel coronavirus
On Oct. 20, 2020, researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and Oregon State University (OSU) reported…
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Mateon’s phase 2 global study for OT-101/ TGF- Inhibitor against COVID-19 cleared for patient enrollment in Argentina
On Oct. 19, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced the receipt of approval from Republica Argentina Poder Ejecutivo Nacional, the…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific increased availability of COVID-19 testing with sample collection kit from Everlywell
On Oct. 19, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific announced it had received an expansion of its Emergency Use Authorization…
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Bio-Techne announced commercial release of SARS-CoV-2 multi-antigen serology assay kit for simple western
On Oct. 19, 2020, Bio-Techne announced that ProteinSimple, a Bio-Techne brand, released its SARS-CoV-2 Multi-Antigen Serology Module for…
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LabCorp and Swedish extended laboratory services relationship providing access to COVID-19 testing and diagnostics
On Oct. 19, 2020, LabCorp and Swedish, the largest nonprofit healthcare system in the Puget Sound region, announced…
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LabCorp launched quantitative antibody test to assess effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in clinical trials
On Oct. 19, 2020, LabCorp announced a test that provided a quantitative measurement of an individual’s SARS-CoV-2 IgG…
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Just – Evotec Biologics received grant to enable an antibody product for the prevention of COVID-19
On Oct. 19, 2020, Evotec announced that its Seattle-based subsidiary, Just – Evotec Biologics had received a grant…
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BD announce assay for immune assessment of COVID-19 patients available in Europe
On Oct. 16, 2020, BD (Becton, Dickinson) announced the CE mark and European availability of a product for…
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Tonix Pharmaceuticals enrolled first participant in PRECISION Study for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics
On Oct. 15, 2020, Tonix Pharmaceuticals announced that the first participant was enrolled in the observational PRECISION study…
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Entos announced spin-off company Aegis Life to support global vaccine commercialization
On Oct. 15, 2020, Entos Pharmaceuticals announces that its San Diego-based spinout company Aegis Life, will pursuing U.S….
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University of Oxford scientists developed extremely rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19
On Oct. 15, 2020, scientists from the University of Oxford’s Department of Physics announced they had developed an…
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Global tuberculosis progress at risk during COVID-19 pandemic
On Oct. 14, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries…
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US DOD expanded collaboration with AstraZeneca to develop and manufacture an investigational mab to prevent COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Department of Defense (DOD)…
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America’s Top Young Scientist of 2020: 14-year-old researched spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 virus
On Oct. 14, 2020, 3M and Discovery Education announced they had named 14-year-old Anika Chebrolu from Frisco, Texas,…
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Tevogen Bio submitted IND for T cell treatment in COVID-19
On Oct. 14, 2020, Tevogen Bio announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application to develop a COVID-19…
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Roche launched laboratory SARS-CoV-2 antigen test to support high-volume testing of suspected COVID-19 patients
On Oct. 13, 2020, Roche announced that it intended to launch a high-volume SARS-CoV-2 Antigen test as an…
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Cue received $481 million award to expand domestic production capacity of molecular, point-of-care COVID-19 tests
On Oct. 13, 2020, Cue Health announced a $481 Million award from the Department of Defense (DOD), on…
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Thermo Fisher Scientific expanded COVID-19 test portfolio with two new antibody tests
On Oct. 12, 2020, Thermo Fisher Scientific introduced two new SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests: the Thermo Scientific OmniPATH COVID-19…
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Rigel announced first patients enrolled in trial of fostamatinib in hospitalized COVID-19 patients in collaboration with Inova
On Oct. 9, 2020, Rigel Pharma announced enrollment of the first patients in a multicenter, Phase 2 trial…
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OPKO Health’s BioReference Laboratories launched COVID-19 testing program for New York City schools
On Oct. 9, 2020, OPKO Health subsidiary BioReference Labs, New York City, the Department of Health, New York…
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NIH clinical trial testing hyperimmune intravenous immunoglobulin plus remdesivir to treat COVID-19 began
On Oct. 8, 2020, a clinical trial to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of a combination treatment…
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AMSP partnered with bioMerieux to facilitate supply of high-quality COVID-19 diagnostics
On Oct. 8, 2020, bioMerieux and the Africa Medical Supplies Platform (AMSP), announced a new partnership to facilitate…
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Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Disease | Infectious Disease | Medicine | NIH | Therapeutics
La Jolla Institute for Immunology awarded $1.4 million to study COVID-19 in Latino Americans
On Oct. 8, 2020, the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) announced it had been granted $1.4 million…
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Johnson & Johnson announced EC approval of agreement to supply 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Oct. 8, 2020, Johnson & Johnson announced the European Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union…
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Caladrius Biosciences opened study of CLBS119 to repair COVID-19-induced lung damage
On Oct. 8, 2020, Caladrius Biosciences announced that it had opened its proof-of-concept study of CLBS119 as a…
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Rentschler Biopharma contributed to manufacturing of COVID-19 mRNA vaccine
On Oct. 7, 2020, Rentschler Biopharma announced an agreement to serve as CDMO partner for BioNTech. As an…
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Sorrento announced discovery of salicyn-30 small molecule that strongly inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection
On Oct. 7, 2020, Sorrento Therapeutics announced that it had discovered a small molecule termed Salicyn-30 that demonstrated…
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Mateon announced first patient enrolled in ARTI-19 multicenter interventional study of Artshield against COVID-19
On Oct. 7, 2020, Mateon Therapeutics announced the first patient enrolled this week in its Phase IV study…
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Kindred Biosciences announced expansion of Manufacturing agreement with Vaxart for COVID-19 and other vaccine candidates
On Oct. 7, 2020, Kindred Biosciences announced it had expanded an agreement with Vaxart for the manufacture of…
