Moderna and Canada announced collaboration to bring mRNA manufacturing to Canada
On Aug. 10, 2021, Moderna announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Canada to build…
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Cardinal Health partnered with Abbott and Quidel to offer rapid OTC COVID-19 tests
On Aug. 10, 2021, Cardinal Health announced its efforts to commercialize and broaden access to over-the-counter rapid COVID-19…
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Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration granted provisional registration for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
On Aug. 9, 2021, Moderna announced that the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) had granted provisional registration to the…
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West Africa’s first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea
On Aug. 9, 2021, health authorities in Guinea confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern…
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CDC reported vaccination offers higher protection than previous COVID-19 infection
On Aug. 6, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) annouced in MMWR that a study…
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INOVIO dosed first participant in phase 2 trial for its DNA vaccine against MERS, a Coronavirus Disease
On Aug. 4, 2021, Inovio Pharma announced that the company had dosed the first Phase 2 trial subject…
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Oxford vaccine reached one billion doses released
On Jul. 29, 2021, the University of Oxfordﾒs and AstraZeneca announced that one billion doses of the ChAdOx1…
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COVID-19 vaccine delivered into nose of research animals reduced nasal virus shedding
On Jul. 27, 2021, the National Institutes of Health announced that the COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222, when delivered into…
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Oragenics entered into licensing agreement with the NRC of Canada, to pursue next-generation SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
On Jul. 27, 2021, Oragenics announced it had entered into a licensing agreement with the National Research Council…
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Phase I trial began of new vaccine against the Plague
On Jul. 26, 2021, researchers at the University of Oxford launched a Phase 1 trial to test a…
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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 VBIﾒs enveloped virus-like particle (eVLP) vaccine candidate,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Biotechnology | HIV | Therapeutics | Vaccine
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 &…
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Tonix Pharma reported positive COVID-19 vaccine efficacy results in non-human primates vaccinated with TNX-1800
On Mar. 17, 2021, Tonix Pharma announced preliminary results following vaccination of non-human primates with TNX-1800 (modified horsepox…
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NIH scientists used human cerebral organoid to test drug for deadly brain disease
On Mar. 9, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced that approximately two years after establishing a…
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Abbott’s received FDA EUA for laboratory PCR assay that detects and differentiates SARS-CoV-2, Flu A, Flu B and RSV
On Mar. 5, 2021, Abbott announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for…
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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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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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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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COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction
On Mar. 1, 2021, a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis provided evidence that…
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Altimmune commenced enrollment in phase 1 trial of AdCOVID needle-free, single-dose Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate
On Feb. 25, 2021, Altimmune announced that it had commenced enrollment in a Phase 1 clinical trial of…
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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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Monoclonal antibodies against MERS Coronavirus showed promise in phase 1 NIH-sponsored trial
On Feb. 23, 2021, the NIH announced that a randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal…
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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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First identification of human cases of avian influenza A(H5N8) infection
On Feb. 20, 2021, Russian authorities reported the detection of influenza A(H5N8) virus infection in seven poultry workers…
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Plans underway for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine trials
On Feb. 18, 2021, Washington University pediatric infectious diseases doctors announced plans to launch clinical trials in the…
