BioSpace News Archive

Business

Shineco Enters Into Strategic Cooperation Agreement With Western Xinjiang Tiansheng Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.

Pursuant to the Agreement, Shineco intends to acquire 51%-60% equity interest in Xinjiang Tiansheng’s shares in exchange for consideration consisting of cash and Shineco’s newly issued shares, subject to a definitive agreement to be entered in by the parties.

November 16, 2017

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Business

Clearbridge BioMedics and Leica Biosystems to Co-Market Automated Solutions for Circulating Tumor Cell Analysis

This new partnership provides an integrated and automated workflow for CTC enrichment and immunostaining, improving on major challenges in CTC liquid biopsy testing, such as handling and standardization.

November 16, 2017

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Policy

FDA Announces Comprehensive Regenerative Medicine Policy Framework

The framework - outlined in a suite of four guidance documents - builds upon the FDA’s existing risk-based regulatory approach to more clearly describe what products are regulated as drugs, devices, and/or biological products.

November 16, 2017

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Pharm Country

PENTAX Medical Receives Innovative Technology Designation From Vizient for the OPTIVISTA EPK-i7010 Video Processor

The designation was based on direct feedback from hospital experts who interacted with the OPTIVISTA at the Vizient Innovative Technology Exchange in Denver on Sept. 14, 2017.

November 16, 2017

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VM BioPharma Announces Generic Name “donaperminogene seltoplasmid” for Investigational Novel Gene Therapy, VM202

The movement of donaperminogene seltoplasmid toward commercialization is further evidenced by the ongoing enrollment of two Phase III studies within the US.

November 16, 2017

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Biotech Bay

PacBio and GENEWIZ Announce Winner of the 2017 AACR SMRT Grant

With this SMRT Grant, Dr. Ludlow will receive Iso-Seq analysis on the PacBio Sequel System at the GENEWIZ laboratory to further his investigation to understand the splicing of transcripts regulated by NOVA1 in lung cancer cells.

November 16, 2017

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BioMidwest

The Effects of ProtoKinetix’ Anti-Aging Glycopeptide (AAGP™) on Immune Cell Banking and Functions Relevant to Immunotherapy

In this research program, Proactive is investigating whether the AAGP produced by ProtoKinetix Inc. improves survival and function of cryopreserved immune cells.

November 16, 2017

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Drug Development

MMJ PhytoTech Ltd Phase I Clinical Trial Results Published in International Medical Journal

MMJ PhytoTech is pleased to advise that results from the Phase I Clinical Trial undertaken by MMJ’s PhytoTech Therapeutics have been published.

November 16, 2017

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