BioSpace News Archive

Drug Development

AVITA Medical Announces Government Funded Clinical Trial of RECELL® in China

Avita Medical announced the commencement of a randomized, controlled clinical trial of RECELL® in the treatment of deep partial-thickness (second-degree) burns in China.

March 19, 2018
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Drug Development

Arena Pharmaceuticals Reports Positive Phase 2 Results from the OASIS Trial for Etrasimod in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive topline Phase 2 results from the OASIS trial for etrasimod.

March 19, 2018
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Genetown

Proteostasis Therapeutics Announces Proposed Public Offering 9,000,000 Shares Of Common Stock

Proteostasis Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, 9,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.

March 19, 2018
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Biotech Beach

Xencor, Inc. Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock

Xencor Inc. announced that it intends to offer and sell, subject to market and other conditions, 5,000,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering.

March 19, 2018
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Biotech Beach

Veracyte Unveils Afirma Xpression Atlas Platform at ENDO 2018

Veracyte, Inc. announced that its soon-to-be-launched Afirma Xpression Atlas platform was unveiled at ENDO 2018, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, being held March 17-20 in Chicago.

March 19, 2018
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Genetown

Synlogic to Present Data at the American Association for Cancer Research 2018 Annual Meeting

Synlogic Inc. announced that preclinical data from its immuno-oncology (IO) program will be presented at the upcoming annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) being held April 14 to 16, 2018, in Chicago.

March 19, 2018
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Policy

Trump Misses Target on Opioids: Down With Wall, Up With Port Security, Say Ex-WH Drug Spokesman Robert Weiner and Analyst Ben Lasky--Oped in Youngstown OH Vindicator

Robert Weiner, the White House Drug Policy Spokesman under Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush, said that President Trump’s insistence on a wall again today, during his opioids announcement in New Hampshire, “misses the target on opioids and other drugs.”

March 19, 2018
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Pharm Country

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse’s Response to President Trump’s Initiative to Tackle the Opioid Crisis

We thank President Trump for addressing our nation’s opioid crisis by releasing his “Initiative to Stop Opioid Abuse and Reduce Drug Supply and Demand.”

March 19, 2018
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Biotech Bay

Venclose Celebrates 2,000th Procedure with Next-Generation Endovenous Radiofrequency Ablation System

Venclose, Inc. announced that more than 2,000 patients have been treated with the company’s VENCLOSE™ Radiofrequency (RF) Ablation System in the United States and Europe.

March 19, 2018
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Lone Star Bio

Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David’s Medical Center draws cardiac experts from across the globe for EPLive 2018

On March 1 and 2, 2018, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center hosted its fourth international symposium on complex arrhythmias, EPLive 2018.

March 19, 2018
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