BioSpace News Archive

Drug Development

AbbVie’s Upadacitinib Granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation From the FDA for Atopic Dermatitis

AbbVie today announced the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for the investigational, once-daily oral JAK1-selective inhibitor upadacitinib in adult patients with moderate to severe atopic dermatitis who are candidates for systemic therapy.

January 8, 2018
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Policy

China Biologic Announces Corporate Update

China Biologic Products today announced that its new Shandong facility has completed the on-site GMP inspection and the inspection on the sample products by the CFDA.

January 8, 2018
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6 min read
Business

Common Sensing Announces Kevin Schmid as Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Schmid brings extensive business development and operations leadership experience, having previously served in pivotal roles at Insulet Corporation, Bose Corporation, JDS Uniphase, and the Stevanato Group.

January 8, 2018
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2 min read
Business

Intec Pharma Announces Development Collaboration With Global Pharmaceutical Company

Intec Pharma today announced it has entered into a Feasibility and Option agreement with Novartis Pharma to explore using the Accordion Pill platform for a proprietary Novartis compound.

January 8, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Genomics England Adopts Edico Genome’s DRAGEN Bio-IT Platform to Increase Accuracy, Consistency of Next-Generation Sequencing Analysis

Today at the annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, Edico Genome and Genomics England announced a new partnership to strengthen the accuracy and consistency of NGS data analysis in Genomics England’s Rare Disease Pilot.

January 8, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Amplyx Pharma Announces Appointment of CFO and Presentation at the J.P. Morgan 36th Annual Healthcare Conference

Amplyx Pharma today announced that Alan Fuhrman has been appointed as CFO of Amplyx.

January 8, 2018
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3 min read
STS Medical Receives FDA Regulatory Clearance

S.T. Stent announced today that it received regulatory clearance from the United States FDA for its composite sinus stent.

January 8, 2018
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2 min read
DarioHealth Begins Selling iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone X Smart Glucose Meter in the U.K.

DarioHealth today announced it has successfully sold the first Lightning-enabled version of the acclaimed Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System in the United Kingdom, according to schedule.

January 8, 2018
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4 min read
Biotech Beach

Thermo Fisher Scientific Introduces Ion GeneStudio S5 Series, a Line of Highly Versatile Next Generation Sequencers

The new series also provides low cost per sample for small and large projects across multiple research applications.

January 8, 2018
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4 min read
Biotech Beach

Thermo Fisher Scientific Expands Oncomine Portfolio for Liquid Biopsy and Immuno-oncology Clinical Research

Thermo Fisher Scientific has expanded its Oncomine portfolio with new assays for liquid biopsy and immuno-oncology to complement its comprehensive solutions for clinical research.

January 8, 2018
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5 min read