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Anixa Biosciences in COVID-19 development pact with OntoChem

Anixa Biosciences (NASDAQ:ANIX) entered a strategic collaboration with OntoChem GmbH to discover and develop anti-viral drug candidates for COVID-19. “We believe that newly designed drugs that are purposefully developed...

April 20, 2020

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Vanda Pharma enrolls first patient in Phase 3 COVID-19 trial

Vanda Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:VNDA) enrolled the first patient in its Phase 3 trial assessing tradipitant for the treatment of neurogenic inflammation of the lung, secondary to COVID-19 infection. The study will enroll...

April 15, 2020

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FDA approves Urogen Pharma’s urothelial cancer drug

The FDA approved UroGen Pharma’s (NASDAQ:URGN) mitomycin gel for the treatment of low-grade upper tract urothelial cancer (UTUC). The gel, which will be marketed under the brand name Jelmyto, inhibits DNA transcription...

April 15, 2020

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Chembio gets FDA emergency use authorization for serological COVID-19 test

The FDA granted emergency use authorization to Chembio Diagnostics’ (NASDAQ:CEMI) dual path platform (DPP) COVID-19 system. The system is a serological point-of-care test and analyzer that provides numerical readings...

April 15, 2020

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Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience rapid COVID-19 test

Health Canada approved Spartan Bioscience’s DNA analyzer, the Spartan Cube, as a rapid, accurate and portable COVID-19 test. Closely-held Spartan plans to immediately begin shipping the test to its federal and...

April 13, 2020

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Bellerophon submits IND for INOpulse inhaled nitric oxide for COVID-19

Bellerophon Therapeutics (NASDAQ:BLPH) submitted an IND to the FDA to study INOpulse, a pulsed nitric oxide (NO) system, for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. The IND follows the FDA’s allowance of treatment with...

April 9, 2020

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Novavax sets first-in-human trial for coronavirus vaccine candidate in mid-May

Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) identified a coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373, using its nanoparticle technology, and will initiate a first-in-human trial in mid-May. Novavax’s Matrix-M adjuvant will be incorporated...

April 8, 2020

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FDA clears Mesoblast IND for remestemcel-L in ARDS caused by COVID-19

Mesoblast (NASDAQ:MESO; ASX:MSB) received clearance from the FDA for an IND application to treat patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) caused by COVID-19 with intravenous infusions of its allogeneic...

April 6, 2020

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IntelGenx adjusts VersaFilm business strategy

IntelGenx Technologies (TSXV:IGX; OTCQX:IGXT) unveiled a series of initiatives aimed at helping the company address, and satisfactorily respond to, the complete response letter that it recently received from the FDA...

April 6, 2020

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Profound Medical launches TULSA patient website in U.S.

Profound Medical (NASDAQ:PROF; TSX:PRN) launched a newly designed TULSA Procedure website, for residents of the U.S. suffering from a prostate condition. “This new site aims to be credible and focused on providing clear...

April 3, 2020

Category - Developments

Anixa Biosciences in COVID-19 development pact with OntoChem

Vanda Pharma enrolls first patient in Phase 3 COVID-19 trial

FDA approves Urogen Pharma’s urothelial cancer drug

Chembio gets FDA emergency use authorization for serological COVID-19 test

Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience rapid COVID-19 test

Bellerophon submits IND for INOpulse inhaled nitric oxide for COVID-19

Novavax sets first-in-human trial for coronavirus vaccine candidate in mid-May

FDA clears Mesoblast IND for remestemcel-L in ARDS caused by COVID-19

IntelGenx adjusts VersaFilm business strategy

Profound Medical launches TULSA patient website in U.S.

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