BioSpace News Archive

Business

U.S. Kidney Patients Help Drive Care Innovation

Patient Insights Accelerate Research And Development

July 25, 2018
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4 min read
The Hospital Chronicles Series Takes an Unflinching Look at the Canadian Healthcare System

Hospital care, nursing, accessibility challenges and more are addressed from a firsthand perspective

July 25, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Prescient Surgical Appoints Fogarty Institute COO Greg Bakan to Board of Directors

Medtech veteran joins at key time of growth for company’s first-in-class CleanCision™ technology, which fights and defends against the sources of surgical site infection

July 25, 2018
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2 min read
Genetown

New findings indicate polyphenols from blueberry and grape extracts prevent age-related memory decline

Research indicates supplementing with Neurophenol® for six months improves cognitive function

July 25, 2018
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5 min read
BioMidwest

Study Shows Intensive Blood Pressure Control Reduces Risk Of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) And The Combined Risk Of MCI And Dementia

Plus: - Genomic Analysis of Alzheimer’s Study May Enable a Precision Medicine Approach

July 25, 2018
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14 min read
Drug Development

NeuroVia Initiates Phase 1/2 Trial of NV1205 for Treating Childhood Cerebral Adrenoleukodystrophy (CCALD)

NeuroVia, Inc. announced the initiation of a Phase 1/2 clinical study of their lead drug candidate, NV1205

July 25, 2018
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3 min read
Deals

Quality Care Properties Stockholders Approve Welltower Merger

Quality Care Properties, Inc. announced that QCP stockholders approved the acquisition of QCP by Welltower Inc. at a Special Meeting of Stockholders held today in Bethesda, Maryland.

July 25, 2018
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3 min read
Every three minutes a teenage girl is infected by HIV - UNICEF

Teenage girls bear brunt of a far-from-over HIV/AIDS epidemic

July 25, 2018
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4 min read
Business

Medicine by Design and Creative Destruction Lab partner to accelerate the commercialization of world-class research in regenerative medicine

A new partnership between Medicine by Design and the Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) will strengthen Toronto’s biomedical ecosystem by bringing together the University of Toronto’s (U of T) world-class research in regenerative medicine and the CDL’s proven seed-stage program for science-based companies.

July 25, 2018
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3 min read
Pharm Country

HoverTech International Makes Safe Patient Handling History

Innovative HoverSling® Repositioning Sheet streamlines patient handling tasks

July 25, 2018
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1 min read