COVID-19

Therapeutic Solutions International Completes Purchase of FDA Phase III JadiCell Stem Cell Investigational New Drug Application from University of Miami

04/04/2022

Transfer of Trial Sponsorship Final Major Milestone before Initiation of Lung Failure Pivotal Clinical Trial Excerpt from the Press Release: CEANSIDE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Therapeutic Solutions International announced today the execution of a purchase agreement covering sponsorship and leadership of the FDA cleared Phase III pivotal trial assessing JadiCell adult stem cells for treatment of COVID-19 associated…

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BioFluidica Extends NIH Award through the Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Research Consortium for an At-Home Device Using Breakthrough Technology in the Fight Against COVID-19

03/30/2022

BioFluidica LiquidScan Next-Generation Testing Platform, Can Detect Diseases in 15 Minutes Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BioFluidica, a privately held biotechnology company, today announced they have been awarded a continuation grant from the Midwest Biomedical Accelerator Research Consortium (MBArC) on behalf of the National Institutes of Health Rapid Acceleration of…

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PHYLEX BIOSCIENCES PUBLISHES POSITIVE RESULTS OF PROTECTION STUDY AGAINST SARS-CoV-2 DELTA VARIANT WITH ITS SECOND-GENERATION mRNA VACCINE

03/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: DEL MAR, Calif,, March 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic there is still a need for vaccines to effectively control the spread of novel SARS-CoV-2 variants and associated cases of severe disease. The current vaccines offer limited protection over time against the omicron variant that is now dominating…

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Thermo Fisher Scientific to Support National Program to Accelerate SARS-CoV-2 Variant Identification

03/29/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced its collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) Initiative, Helix, and Rosalind aimed at developing a new genotyping method for SARS-CoV-2 that could speed up the identification of variants as…

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Soligenix COVID-19 Vaccine, CiVax™, Boosts Neutralizing Activity against SARS-CoV-2, including Delta and Omicron

03/28/2022

CiVax™ booster vaccine administered seven months after primary vaccination with COVID-19 adenovirus vaccine shows rapid enhancement of neutralizing antibody responses in non-human primates Neutralizing antibodies against Delta and original strain increased by up to 27-fold within one week and up to 243-fold within three weeks Omicron neutralizing antibody levels were undetectable prior to booster vaccination, and…

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Eiger’s Single-dose Peginterferon Lambda for COVID-19 Reduced Risk of Hospitalization or ER Visits by 50% in a Predominantly Vaccinated Population in Phase 3 TOGETHER Study

03/25/2022

Second largest study to date in COVID-19 outpatients (N=1,936) Highly superior compared to placebo, with a probability of superiority of 99.91% on the primary endpoint 60% reduced risk of COVID-19-related death Primary endpoint achieved across multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants, including omicron Eiger plans to submit data to FDA for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) Management to host…

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Sorrento Announces FDA Authorization to Proceed With Phase 1 Study Of Intranasal STI-9199 (COVISHIELD), a Potent Neutralization Antibody Against Covid-19 Viruses

03/14/2022

FDA granted IND clearance today for STI-9199 (COVISHIELD™) for a Phase 1 safety and pharmacokinetic study in healthy volunteers. Initial trials are expected to be followed by a multinational Phase 2/3 trial in both mild and moderate COVID-19 patients. STI-9199 has demonstrated in vitro and in vivo activity against all SARS-CoV-2 variants tested, including the…

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PURIFY Investigators Announce First Patient Enrolled in a US Randomized Controlled IDE Trial Evaluating Seraph 100 for the Treatment of Septic Shock

03/10/2022

Excerpt from the Press Release: MARTINEZ, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Investigators today announced the first patient enrollment in the Blood Purification for the Treatment of Pathogen Associated Shock (PURIFY-RCT) trial. PURIFY-RCT is a prospective interventional multicenter randomized controlled trial, sponsored by the Department of Defense in collaboration with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation and the Uniformed Services University of Health…

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Roche expands the COVID-19 PCR test portfolio to the new cobas 5800 System in countries accepting the CE Mark

03/04/2022

– Roche continues to increase access to accurate, timely and reliable diagnostics in the fight against COVID-19 by expanding the COVID-19 PCR portfolio on the cobas 5800 System – These tests are for the qualitative detection of SARS-CoV-2 and the qualitative detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A virus, and/or influenza B virus – As…

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Published Study Details Proof-of-Concept for COVID-19 Detection via Saliva Screening

03/02/2022

Methodology developed by QIMR Berghofer researchers utilizing the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer Excerpt from the Press Release: Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) announced today that researchers from the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Brisbane, Australia, collaborated with Agilent experts on a proof-of-concept FTIR-based saliva COVID-19 testing workflow using the Agilent Cary 630 FTIR Spectrometer. The study…

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