BioSpace News Archive

Pharm Country

MTF Biologics Expands Plastic Surgery Portfolio With LipoGrafter

This easy-to-use technology offers surgeons a safe and efficient way to harvest a patient’s fat and deposit it in areas where the patient may be seeking to add volume.

November 30, 2017

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Business

ACEA Biosciences and Ncardia Announce Global Partnership to Provide Solutions for Cardiac Drug Discovery and Cardiac Safety Assessment

This multifaceted partnership will include the joint development of applications, co-marketing, and commercial activities.

November 30, 2017

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Actions Versus Words: Aurora CEO’s Actions Reveal That Aurora Stock is Inflated; Insiders Sell $17 Million in Stock During Their Hostile Take-over Bid for CanniMed and During a Financing

Cannimed draws the attention of CanniMed shareholders to the recent sell-off by the CEO, other senior management and directors of Aurora Cannabis of over $17.8 million worth of Aurora shares

November 30, 2017

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Business

Asymchem Dunhua Manufacturing Facility Successfully Completes Korean MFDS Inspection

The 3-day inspection was conducted between September 5-7, 2017 for a customer specific intermediate product which is manufactured, packed and distributed by Asymchem’s Dunhua site.

November 30, 2017

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1 min read

BioCapital

Statement From FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on the Approval of a New Formulation of Buprenorphine and FDA’s Efforts to Promote More Widespread Innovation and Access to Opioid Addiction Treatments

With the approval today of a monthly formulation of the drug buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder, patients have access to a new and longer-acting option for the treatment of opioid addiction.

November 30, 2017

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9 min read

Business

Takeda Appoints Toshio Fujimoto, MD, MBA, as General Manager of the Health Innovation Park in Shonan

The appointment is effective as of December 1, 2017.

November 30, 2017

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Drug Development

Novartis’ Cosentyx is First Biologic to Show Long-Term Efficacy in Nail and Palmoplantar Psoriasis, Which Can Impact Up to 90% of Psoriasis Patients

These new data from a clinical study were presented at the 8th International Congress of Psoriasis from Gene to Clinic in London, UK.

November 30, 2017

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Drug Development

TRACON Doses First Patient in Phase Ib Study of TRC105 With Opdivo in Patients With Lung Cancer

The Phase 1b clinical trial is an open-label, dose-escalation and expansion cohort study of TRC105 and Opdivo in patients with non-small cell lung cancer that have received prior chemotherapy.

November 30, 2017

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FDA

Amphastar Announces Approval for Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable Suspension, USP

Amphastar’s newly approved products were determined by the FDA to be therapeutically equivalent to Depo-Provera Contraceptive Injection sold in the United States by Pfizer.

November 30, 2017

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3 min read

Biotech Beach

UC Irvine Release: Effort to Create Mouse That More Closely Mirrors Human Alzheimer’s Wins Federal Grant

A proposal to humanize several mouse genes for research into Alzheimer’s disease has spurred the National Institute on Aging to award $11.35M to the University of California, Irvine.

November 30, 2017

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