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Excerpt from the Article: In a regulatory filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Translate Bio indicated that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing with Paris-based Sanofi induced an immune response in non-human studies. The companies expect to begin human clinical trials in November. On June 23, Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines business unit…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HiFiBiO Therapeutics, a multinational biotherapeutics company focused on the development of novel antibodies for immunomodulation, announced today the submission of an Investigational New Drug (IND) application with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a novel SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The highly…
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Excerpt from the Article: In June, MassBio released its State of Possible 2025 report, a five-year strategic plan for Massachusetts and MassBio to ensure the life sciences cluster’s long-term success. To learn more about how this report will serve as a roadmap for the next five years and beyond, we sat down with MassBio’s new…
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Excerpt from the announcement: Health and life sciences companies in Atlantic Canada are being invited to present their innovative solutions for improving mental health and wellness of Nova Scotians during the second Health Challenge Pitch Event. Participants will vie for a $100,000 prize and an opportunity to launch their product in collaboration with Nova Scotia…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWARK, Calif., Aug. 27, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CymaBay Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBAY), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and providing access to innovative therapies for patients with liver and other chronic diseases, today announced final results from a previously completed open-label Phase 2 study of seladelpar in patients with…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK & MELBOURNE, Australia–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Synchron, a neurovascular bioelectronics medicine company, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device designation for Stentrode, a fully-implantable medical device that can translate brain activity or stimulate the nervous system from the inside of a…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”) announced that it is filing an investigational new drug application (IND) for COVI-GUARD (STI-1499) for hospitalized COVID-19 patients today. Sorrento has previously received guidance from the FDA in response to a pre-IND meeting package and believes…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: NEWTON, Mass., Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq:KPTI), a commercial-stage pharmaceutical company pioneering novel cancer therapies, congratulates its founder, President and Chief Scientific Officer, Sharon Shacham, PhD, MBA, for being selected as a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020 New England Awards Program. For more…
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Excerpt from the article: The coronavirus has hit Black communities across the U.S. so hard that the numbers have stopped doctors in their tracks. In Philadelphia, where 42% of the population is Black and 41% is white, Black people are nearly three times more likely than white people to have the coronavirus. An appalling 52% of COVID-19 deaths in…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: REDWOOD CITY, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Exo (pronounced “echo”), a pioneering health information and devices company, closed a $40 million Series B+ funding round that will fund research and product development on a revolutionary handheld medical device and cloud-based workflow software platform. Medical imaging technology has lagged far behind the needs of today’s…
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