Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received a $450 million contract to manufacture and supply a two-antibody cocktail for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 as part of Operation Warp Speed from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

23andMe announced that the company was laying off about 100 employees as sales were down, reflecting a shrinking market for DNA test kits to consumers.

Abbott announced the next phase of partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense and researchers from the Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Traumatic Brain Injury (TRACK-TBI) Network, one of the largest traumatic brain injury efforts of its kind.

The CEO of Platelet BioGenesis sees a future in the development of an on-demand platelet product made from stem cells.