Therapeutic area data reported by biopharma companies on phase I trials in February 2020, including: Abeona, Actinium, Advaxis, Agenus, Apeiron, Aravive, Arrowhead, Aura, BMS, Celltrion, Ciclomed, Compugen, Corvus, Cyclo, Cytodyn, Cytomx, Exelixis, Faron, Freeline, Genetx, Genprex, Harbour, Immix, Incysus, Inflazome, Innovation, Ionctura, Iteos, Kodiak Sciences, Matinas, Mirati, Moderna, Moleculin, Neurimmune, Noxopharm, Ocular, Oxurion, Pandion, Phasebio, Regulus, Reneo, Restorbio, Sernova, Soricimed, Sorrento, Takeda, Transgene, Urovant.

Therapeutic area data reported by biopharma companies on phase II trials in February 2020, including: Aldeyra, Antibe, Azurrx, Bellerophon, Bioxcel, Brainstorm, Cassava, Cytodyn, Delmar, Dermata, Eisai, Eli Lilly, Fulcrum, Galderma, Galera, Immunicum, Immunogenx, Immutep, Ironwood, Lidds, Magenta, Menlo, Moderna, NGM, Nymox, Oculis, Oncoimmune, Oramed, Palatin, Ra, Reneuron, Roche, Sanofi, T3D, Teva, Theralase, Trovagene, United, Vascular, Vistagen, Zynerba.

Completed biopharma M&As, including: Achillion, Alexion, Altavant Sciences, Artara, Aspen Global, Astellas, Audentes, Carriergene, Novartis, Nuprobe Global, Onspira, Proteon, Synthorx, The Medicines Co.

A list of biopharma companies and nonprofit entities, including academia, working feverishly to find a vaccine or antiviral treatment to address the rapidly spreading coronavirus, now known as COVID-19, has more than doubled, increasing from about 30 a few weeks ago to 71 as of March 6.

According to an analysis conducted by BioWorld of the fourth-quarter and year-end 2019 financial reports filed by the top 100 public biopharmaceutical companies ranked by market cap, and excluding big pharma companies, the amount that was invested in research and development (R&D) during the year increased 35% compared to the same period in 2018.