Eleven months after launching with $60 million in hand, Ventus Therapeutics raised another $100 million to drive the company’s pipeline toward the clinic.
Downward trend in COVID-19 cases stalls
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), COVID-19 cases, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), Iowa, Joe Biden, Massachusetts, Moderna, Montana, New York City, North Dakota, Scientists, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. government, White HouseThe head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Feb. 26 that a recent decline in COVID-19 cases may be stalling, a development she described as concerning while urging that safeguards to fight the virus remain in place.
Bristol Myers Squibb announced plans for a new manufacturing plant in Devens, Mass., adding to the company’s cell therapy network.
A winter storm that blasted the U.S. Northeast with snow, rain and gusty winds was likely to dump a foot (30 cm) or more of snow on parts of New England before heading out to sea.
Initially traced to about 100 cases of Covid-19 that spread across the United States, the number of infections linked to a Biogen corporate conference held in February 2020 at the Boston Marriott Long Wharf Hotel has grown exponentially and researchers estimate the total could be as many as 300,000.
U.S. COVID deaths top 250,000 as New York City schools halt in-person classes
Boston, CNN, Coronavirus, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Infections, D.C., Death Tolls, Detroit, Epidemics, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Midwest, New York City, Politics, Public Schools, Schools, Social Distancing, Tim Walz (Minnesota), U.S. government, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnanyThe U.S. death toll from Covid-19 surpassed a grim new milestone of 250,000 lives lost as New York City’s public school system – the nation’s largest – called a halt to in-classroom instruction, citing a jump in coronavirus infection rates.
New York reports half a million Covid-19 cases as infections surge nationwide
Andrew Cuomo (NY), California, Connecticut, Coronavirus Cases, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 Deaths, Elections, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Northeast, Reuters Analysis, Rhode Island, South Dakota, VermontNew York, the former epicenter of the U.S. Covid-19 pandemic, became the fourth U.S. state to surpass half a million coronavirus cases amid a nationwide surge in infections.
Boston public schools shift to remote learning; Covid-19 surge ramps up in Midwest
Boston, Chicago, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Covid-19 Data, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Midwest, New York City, Outbreaks, Public Schools, Remote learning, Reuters Analysis, WestStudents in Boston’s public schools will shift to remote learning due to the rising Covid-19 infection rate in the city that was ravaged by the pandemic in the spring.
Positive Covid-19 test rates top 25% in some U.S. Midwest states
COVID Tracking Project, COVID-19 Deaths, COVID-19 Testing, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Maine, Massachusetts, Midwest, Minnesota, Montana, New York, North Dakota, Reuters Analysis, South Dakota, United States, Vermont, World Health OrganizationThe number of tests coming back positive for Covid-19 is topping 25% in several states in the U.S. Midwest as cases and hospitalizations also surge in the region, according to a Reuters analysis.
Takeda Expands Cell Therapy Efforts with New R&D Manufacturing Plant in Boston
Allogeneic Cells, Boston, Business, Cell Therapy, Clinical Data, Clinical Trials, Facilities/Sites/Manufacturing, Immuno-oncology, Massachusetts, Multiple myeloma, Oncology, Product Pipeline, Progression-Free Survival (PFS), Protease inhibitors, R&D, R&DTakeda Pharmaceutical opened a new 24,000-square-foot R&D cell therapy manufacturing facility in Boston at the site of the company’s R&D headquarters.