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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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Excerpt from the Press Release: EAST WINDSOR, N.J., Aug. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ForDoz Pharma has entered into an agreement with Lupin, to market and distribute 2 complex injectable products in advanced development stage at ForDoz, in US and its territories. The products are in the Oncology and Anti-infective therapeutic areas which when approved,…
Read More Excerpt from the Press Release: Kaiser Permanente has joined a Phase 3 clinical trial to test a coronavirus vaccine candidate currently in production by Pfizer and BioNTech, and will seek to enroll 1,400 adults aged 18-85 in California and Oregon to join in the study, a press release from the medical organization states. The aim…
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Excerpt from the Press Release: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Quidel Corporation (NASDAQ: QDEL) (“Quidel”),a provider of rapid diagnostic testing solutions, cellular-based virology assays and molecular diagnostic systems, announced today that Quidel has received Health Canada authorization to market and sell the Lyra® Direct SARS-CoV-2 Assay in Canada. (IO315563, COVID-19 Medical Device Authorization for Importation or Sale; 07/20/2020)…
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