BioSpace News Archive

Drug Development

Renova Therapeutics to Present Key Components of FLOURISH Gene Therapy Trial for the Treatment of Heart Failure at Keystone Symposium

Renova announced today that it will present an overview of its RT-100 AC6 gene transfer Phase 3 clinical trial in a poster session at the Keystone Symposium on Heart Failure on January 14-18, 2018, in Keystone, Colorado.

January 11, 2018
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Pharm Country

Rgenix Announces Publication In Cell Demonstrating Activation of LXR/ApoE with RGX-104 Enhances Antitumor Immunity

Rgenix announced today the publication of clinical and pre-clinical results by research collaborators at Rgenix and The Rockefeller University.

January 11, 2018
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Business

Curetis and MGI Advance Strategic Partnership in NGS-Based Molecular Microbiology

To this end, Curetis has signed a Supply and Authorization Agreement as well as a further R&D Collaboration and Service Agreement with MGI.

January 11, 2018
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BioMidwest

Exact Sciences Announces Offering of $500M Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025

The Company has also granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $75M aggregate principal amount of Notes.

January 11, 2018
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BioForest

Xcede Hemostatic Patch Clinical Trial Dossier Submitted to Groningen-based Medical Ethical Review Committee (MREC) in Anticipation of First-in-Human Clinical Trial

The clinical trial, which outlines the treatment of up to 30 patients undergoing various types of liver resection, will take place at two major liver surgery centers in The Netherlands.

January 11, 2018
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Business

Fuse Medical, Inc. Announces Engagement of Montgomery, Coscia, Greilich, LLP

Fuse Medical announced the appointment of Montgomery, Coscia, Greilich, LLP, (“MCG”), headquarter in Plano, Texas, as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.

January 11, 2018
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Deals

Shiseido Acquires Breakthrough Technology from Olivo Laboratories

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

January 11, 2018
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Lone Star Bio

Rice U. Biologists Create Toolkit for Tuning Genetic Circuits Gene Promoter Library Allows for Precise Tuning of Genetic Inputs, Outputs

The research, which is online in Nature Communications, is a boon for life scientists who systematically engineer bacteria and other organisms to perform tasks they wouldn’t naturally do.

January 11, 2018
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Policy

Tenet Diagnostics Highlights Impact of Drug Abuse in the Workplace, Offers Employment Drug Testing as Powerful Risk Mitigation Tool

Tenet Diagnostics (Tenet), providers of high-quality laboratory and genomic testing and evidence-based research designed to direct patient care for clinicians, employers and payers, announces the release of its white paper, “Economic Value of Drug Testing in the Workplace for Health Payers & Employers.”

January 11, 2018
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Job Trends

Medtronic’s New Study Shows Superiority of Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (ITB Therapy) Over Oral Medication for the Treatment of Severe Post-Stroke Spasticity

The SynchroMed II Infusion System is the only system approved in the United States for ITB Therapy.

January 11, 2018
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