Published: Jan 07, 2021 By Mark Terry
Without a doubt, the top topic of 2020, pretty much for any news outlet, was the COVID-19 pandemic. BioSpace ran its
first story about the virus on January 22, titled, “China Coronavirus Update: What it is, How Dangerous it is, What is Being Done.” At that time, it had infected more than 440 people and killed nine in China and the first reported case in the U.S. had been the day before.
By March, the pandemic had begun to dominate our coverage and we designated a space for general COVID-19 coverage every day. That eventually dropped to three times a week and then just once a week, although almost every day since then has included multiple stories about the pandemic and biopharma’s efforts to test and/or develop therapies or vaccines for the disease. Keeping in mind that this has dominated the news cycle, here are the top 10 stories of 2020 in no particular order.