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BioMidwest

Home Care Assistance Cincinnati Helps Promote Brain Health in Clients

Home Care Assistance Cincinnati offers a brain health program designed to keep aging minds sharp.

March 30, 2018
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Policy

Notice of allowance issued for two Canadian patent applications and US Congressman Bill Foster visits Midwestern University

Pharmazz, Inc. is pleased to announce that Notice of Allowance has been issued for Canadian Patent Application No. 2696398 titled “Methods for treatment of stroke or cerebrovascular accidents using an ET-B receptor agonist.”

March 30, 2018
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Policy

SOLID BIOSCIENCES SHAREHOLDER ALERT BY FORMER LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC Reminds Investors with Losses in Excess of $100,000 of Lead Plaintiff Deadline in Class Action Lawsuit Against Solid Biosciences Inc. - SLDB

Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., remind investors that they have until May 28, 2018 to file lead plaintiff applications in a securities class action lawsuit against Solid Biosciences Inc.

March 30, 2018
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FDA

FDA Gives Amgen’s sBLA for Blincyto the Green Light for ALL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Amgen’s supplemental Biologic License Application (sBLA) for Blincyto (blinatumomab) to treat adults and children with B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) under specific circumstances.

March 30, 2018
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Mark Terry
Drug Development

Pfizer’s Solid Phase III Data; Alnylam and Ionis Shares Fall

Pfizer could be eying the green light for a first-ever regulatory approved treatment for transthyretin cardiomyopathy (TTR) following positive topline results from a late-stage study.

March 30, 2018
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Alex Keown
Genetown

Researchers Develop Possible New RNA Therapy for West Nile Virus

A research group at Yale University and from Hanyang University, South Korea, developed a new RNA therapy for West Nile Virus. The findings, which were studied in mice, was published in Cell Host & Microbe.

March 30, 2018
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Mark Terry
Deals

Walmart Could be Eying a Deal to Acquire Humana

Another major healthcare buyout may be on the horizon. According to reports, Walmart may be in talks to buy health insurer Humana.

March 30, 2018
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Alex Keown
Drug Development

Sunovion Submits NDA for Sublingual Parkinson’s Treatment

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals announced it submitted a new drug application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for apomorphine sublingual film to treat OFF episodes in Parkinson’s disease (PD).

March 30, 2018
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Mark Terry
Business

New CDC Director Pledges to Take on AIDS and Opioid Epidemics

Days after being tapped to helm the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Robert Redfield predicted the AIDs epidemic can be defeated within the next three to seven years and the challenges of the opioid crisis can also be brought “to its knees.”

March 30, 2018
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Alex Keown