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J&J Announces Quarterly Dividend for First Quarter 2018

J&J today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend for the first quarter of 2018 of $0.84 per share on the company’s common stock.

January 2, 2018
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Business

Teleflex Completes Previously Announced CEO Transition

Effective January 1, 2018, Liam Kelly, who previously served as Teleflex’s President and Chief Operating Officer, assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer.

January 2, 2018
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2 min read
Biotech Beach

KARL STORZ Receives Innovative Technology Designation From Vizient for VITOM 3D System

KARL STORZ announced that its VITOM 3D system for visualization in microsurgery and open surgical procedures has received a 2017 Innovative Technology designation from Vizient, Inc.

January 2, 2018
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The Medivir Board is Seeking Issue Authorizations to Increase the Company’s Funding Flexibility and Calls for an Extraordinary General Meeting

Medivir today announces a notice for an Extraordinary General Meeting, to be held on 26 January 2018, with a proposal for the Meeting to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on a directed share issue of not more than 20 percent of the number of shares of series B.

January 2, 2018
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3 min read
FDA

Masimo Announces CE Marking and Release of Oxygen Reserve Index rainbow Lite Sensors

ORi is the first noninvasive and continuous parameter to provide insight into a patient’s oxygen reserve in the moderate hyperoxic range.

January 2, 2018
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Medivir’s Series A Shares to be Converted Into Series B Shares

The conversion will be completed as soon as possible following the Extraordinary General Meeting in Medivir to be held on 26 January 2018.

January 2, 2018
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2 min read
Pharm Country

Soligenix Announces U.S. Patent Issuance for Use of Dusquetide in Oral Mucositis

Soligenix announced today that the U.S. Patent Office has granted the patent entitled “Novel Peptides and Analogs for Use in the Treatment of Oral Mucositis.”

January 2, 2018
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9 min read
Business

Aerie Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Julia Williams as Director of Medical Affairs

Aerie announced the appointment of Julia Williams as Director of Medical Affairs, reporting to John Maltman, Ph.D., Aerie’s Vice President of Medical Affairs.

January 2, 2018
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5 min read
Business

CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. and Up Cannabis Inc. (Wholly-Owned Licensed Producer of Newstrike Resources Ltd.) Enter Definitive Supply Agreement for Medical Cannabis

CanniMed Therapeutics Inc. and Up Cannabis Inc. announce that they have entered into a definitive Supply Agreement for a variety of medical cannabis strains.

January 2, 2018
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FDA

Merck’s KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab) Approved in Japan for Use in the Treatment of Patients with Urothelial Carcinoma That is Unresectable with Radical Surgery Who Have Progressed Following Cancer Chemotherapy

today announced that KEYTRUDA (pembrolizumab), the company’s anti-PD-1 therapy, has been approved by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) for the treatment of patients with radically unresectable urothelial carcinoma who progressed after cancer chemotherapy.

January 2, 2018
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26 min read