BioSpace News Archive

Business

BioTelemetry Enters Agreement to Provide Cardiac Monitoring for Apple’s Heart Study

The study is expected to discover undiagnosed irregular heart rhythms, such as atrial fibrillation, using the Apple Watch and the dedicated “Apple Heart Study” App.

November 30, 2017

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Biotech Beach

TearLab Launches Registered Direct Offering

The Company plans to use the proceeds of this offering for general corporate purposes.

November 30, 2017

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Scythian Biosciences Completes Sale of Go Green

In addition to the cash compensation received, 27,000 common shares of Scythian are being returned to treasury for cancellation.

November 30, 2017

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Drug Development

RespireRx Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Phase IIB PACE Study: Once per Night Treatment with Dronabinol Provides Statistically Significant Improvement in Clinical Measures of Obstructive Sleep Apnea

The PACE paper is published in the journal SLEEP, the official publication of the Sleep Research Society, and the leading peer-reviewed journal in sleep and circadian science.

November 30, 2017

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Verona Pharma: PDMR Dealing

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

November 30, 2017

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Business

OraSure Technologies Supports World AIDS Day With Innovative Programs to Enable HIV Testing

OraSure is working with The AIDS Institute to launch a grant program to encourage the development of innovative HIV self testing programs and collaborating with both The AIDS Institute and Walgreens to promote rapid HIV testing in cities across the U.S.

November 30, 2017

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Drug Development

Final Patient Completes Treatment in Innovation Pharmaceuticals Phase IIb Study of Oral Prurisol for Psoriasis

Prurisol is being developed as a novel, nonbiologic, oral psoriasis drug candidate.

November 30, 2017

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Drug Development

Cytokinetic’s New Publication Shows Respiratory Decline Correlated With Disease Progression in People Living With ALS

The results showed that CK-2127107 increased the force generated by the tibialis anterior muscle versus placebo in response to nerve stimulation in a dose, plasma concentration, and frequency-dependent manner.

November 30, 2017

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Biotech Beach

Switching to Sanofi’s Toujeo in a Real-World Setting Produced a Similar Number of Severe Low Blood Sugar Events as Insulin Degludec

The results were presented today at the World Congress on Insulin Resistance, Diabetes & Cardiovascular Disease in Los Angeles, CA, U.S.1,2

November 30, 2017

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Pharm Country

22nd Century Ships 2.4 Million Spectrum Cigarettes for the National Institute on Drug Abuse

22nd Century has supplied the Company’s proprietary SPECTRUM® research cigarettes for NIDA since 2011.

November 30, 2017

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