BioSpace News Archive

Univercells SA (‘Univercells’) and Global Health Investment Fund (‘GHIF’) are pleased to announce the closing of a €16 million ($18.8 million) Series B equity financing. Investment proceeds will support the continued development of Univercells’ game-changing biomanufacturing technology, which has the potential to dramatically reduce the capital expenditure, physical footprint and operating costs required to produce a variety of complex biologics

MedReleaf Corp. announced that the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) has issued a final order approving its previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) pursuant to which Aurora Cannabis Inc. (“Aurora”) agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of MedReleaf for 3.575 common shares of Aurora and $0.000001 in cash in exchange for each MedReleaf common share held.

Institute on Aging (“IOA”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the personal and protected health information of some of its clients and employees.

Boys Town National Research Hospital (“Boys Town”) is providing notice to current and former patients and employees of a recent incident involving personal information.

Real World Evidence (RWE) generation is vital for producing the health outcomes and safety data that payers are using to drive formulary and reimbursement decisions.

Between May 23 and 24, 2018, NorthStar learned of an email phishing campaign that resulted in the compromise of certain employees’ email credentials.

PureTech Health to receive up to $36 million in upfront payments, research support, and early preclinical milestones and is eligible to potentially receive over $1 billion in development milestones

Sage Bionetworks announces the launch of the Agora platform (agora.ampadportal.org) an interactive, web-based tool that allows researchers to explore curated genomic analyses of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), including a list of early candidate target nominations for AD.

Updated VA policy provides expanded access for training to additional VA centers and private rehabilitation clinics through the Veterans Choice Program

Grant awarded by the AmerisourceBergen Foundation will support the pilot program