G20 leaders boosted support of the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator
On May 21, 2021, world leaders the Global Health Summit adopted an agenda to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Scientists discovered rare genetic condition that attacks kidsï¾’ immune systems
On May 19, 2021, Megan A. Cooper, MD, PhD, an associate professor of pediatrics at Washington University School…
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…
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…
The 12th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over
On May 3, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the end of the 12th outbreak of Ebola…
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…
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 VBIï¾’s enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccine candidate,…
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…
CureVac Swiss initiated rolling submission process for mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate with Swissmedic
On Apr. 19, 2021, CureVac and Celonic Group announced their partnership for the production of CureVacï¾’s mRNA-based COVID-19…
Broad Institute expanded COVID-19 viral sequencing efforts for variant surveillance in the Northeast
On Apr. 19, 2021, the Broad Institute of MIT in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and…
Texas A&M lab identified new COVID-19 variant; genome suggested potential resistance to antibodies
On Apr. 19, 2021, scientists at the Texas A&M University Global Health Research Complex (GHRC) announced they had…
Experimental antiviral for COVID-19 was effective in hamster study
On Apr. 15, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that the experimental antiviral drug MK-4482 significantly decreased…
NIAID trial of Anti-CD14 antibody to treat COVID-19 respiratory disease began
On Apr. 13, 2021, a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of an investigational monoclonal antibody for…
Antiviral drug Favipiravir investigated as a possible COVID-19 treatment for at-home recovery in PRINCIPLE trial
On Apr. 8, 2021, Oxford University announced that favipiravir was to be investigated in the UK as part…
CDC awarded $3 billion to expand COVID-19 vaccine programs
On Apr. 7, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it had awarded $3 billion…
Anixa Biosciences and OntoChem entered next stage of development for Covid-19 therapeutic
On Apr. 5, 2021, Anixa Biosciences announced that based on Proof of Concept animal study results, it was…
Novavax initiated COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial crossover
On Apr. 5, 2021, Novavax announced the initiation of crossover arms in two ongoing clinical trials of NVX-CoV2373,…
Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros biostructures entered into pan-coronavirus discovery research and license agreement
On Apr. 1, 2021, Arbutus Biopharma, X-Chem and Proteros Biostructures announced hat they had entered into a discovery…
COVID-19 variant vaccine trial begins at KPWHRI
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
T cells recognize recent SARS-CoV-2 variants
On Mar. 30, 2021, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced that researchers had analyzed…
Celonic and CureVac announced agreement to manufacture over 100 million doses of CureVacï¾’s COVID-19 vaccine CVnCoV
On Mar. 30, 2021, CureVac and Celonic Group announced their partnership for the production of CureVacï¾’s mRNA-based COVID-19…
Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
Qx Therapeutics received FDA authorization with IND for QXT-101 in phase 2 trial for patients with COVID-19 infection.
On Mar. 30, 2021, Qx Therapeutics announced that the FDA had cleared the companyï¾’s Investigational New Drug application…
Oxford University researchers released cheap, quick COVID-19 antibody test
On Mar. 29, 2021, an international research team led by Oxford University scientists announced they had developed a…
Scientists found evidence that novel coronavirus infects the mouth’s cells
On Mar. 25, 2021, an international team of scientists announced they had found evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells…
Oregon Health & Science University researchers unlocked HIV vaccine candidate’s mysteries 20 years later
On Mar. 25, 2021, about two decades after first devising a new kind of vaccine, Oregon Health &…
Virginia Tech and UVA virologists developed broadly protective coronavirus vaccines
On Mar. 24, 2021, Virginia Tech researchers announced that their candidate Coronavirus vaccines, prevented pigs from becoming ill…
Pfizer initiated phase 1 study of movel oral antiviral therapeutic agent against SARS-CoV-2
On Mar. 23, 2021, Pfizer announced that it was progressing to multiple ascending doses after completing the dosing…
CureVac expanded CVnCoV COVID-19 vaccine candidate clinical trial Aanalyses to include phase 2b/3 variant
On Mar. 22, 2021, CureVac announced plans to expand and further specify the protocols of its ongoing late-stage…
US, Chile and Peru interim trial data showed Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine was safe and highly effective
On Mar. 22, 2021, Oxford University announced that a Phase III study of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine conducted…