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Policy

Sonoma Patient Group Settles Sonoma County Prop 65 Claim

Sonoma Patient Group, a cannabis dispensary in Santa Rosa, California, has settled a Proposition 65 claim brought by the Sonoma County District Attorney alleging that the dispensary failed to provide sufficient warnings for marijuana smoke.

June 4, 2018
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Business

CEO of Bonita Springs Franchisor Earns Hall of Fame Nod

Tim Evankovich, founder and CEO of Bonita Springs-based Oasis Senior Advisors, was recently inducted into The Cleaning Authority Hall of Fame for his stewardship of the company’s remarkable growth during his time as president.

June 4, 2018
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2 min read
Biotech Beach

Torrey Pines Invests in 19Labs’ Innovative Telehealth 2.0 Point of Care Solutions

Torrey Pines Investment announced its commitment to support 19Labs, creator of GALE Telehealth 2.0 point of care solution.

June 4, 2018
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2 min read
Drug Development

Two Year Update of Pivotal JAVELIN Merkel 200 Trial Shows Continued Durable Responses with BAVENCIO (avelumab)

Two-year follow-up data on meaningful durable response, overall survival (OS) and progression-free survival (PFS) to be presented in patients with metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma.

June 4, 2018
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12 min read
Business

OCHIN Expands Leadership Team to Advance Partnerships for Health Equity

OCHIN announced today that an expert in health innovation partnerships will be joining its executive team.

June 4, 2018
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2 min read
BioMidwest

AbbVie Teams Up with Hidradenitis Suppurativa Patients Around the World to Raise Awareness About the Disease

AbbVie announced the launch of Voices of HS Unite, a global social media effort to connect and inspire those impacted by hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a painful, chronic, inflammatory skin disease.

June 4, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Prime Therapeutics Expands its Fraud, Waste, Abuse Detection to Include Prescribers, Patients

Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) is teaming up with SAS, a leader in health care analytics, to identify more areas that are prone to FWA activity and recover overpayments due to fraudulent claims.

June 4, 2018
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4 min read
Business

INSIGHTEC’s MR-Guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment for Essential Tremor Now Covered by Medicare

INSIGHTEC(R) announced that Medicare benefit coverage is available to patients in 10 U.S. states for MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) for the treatment of essential tremor (ET).

June 4, 2018
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4 min read
Business

CytRx Corporation Launches Centurion BioPharma Corporation to Advance LADR™ Albumin Binding Ultra-High Potency Oncology Drug Candidates

CytRx Corporation announced the formation and launch of Centurion BioPharma Corporation.

June 4, 2018
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4 min read
Policy

Denovo Biopharma Acquires Exclusive License of Novel Application of DB102 in the Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Denovo Biopharma LLC announced it has entered into an exclusive global license agreement with the Stanford University School of Medicine that will enable Denovo to develop and commercialize its lead compound, enzastaurin (DB102).

June 4, 2018
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3 min read