BioSpace News Archive

Deals

Sotera Health’s Nordion completes the sale of its medical isotopes business to BWXT

Nordion’s increased focus on gamma technologies supports Sotera Health’s company-wide commitment to Safeguarding Global Health™

August 6, 2018
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2 min read
Deals

BWXT Completes Acquisition of Sotera Health’s Nordion Medical Isotope Business

BWX Technologies, Inc. announced that it has completed the acquisition of Sotera Health’s Nordion medical isotope business.

August 6, 2018
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3 min read
Business

Exicure, Inc. Provides Update on Corporate Progress and Second Quarter 2018 Financial Results

Exicure, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018, and provided an update on corporate progress.

August 6, 2018
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9 min read
Deals

GI Partners Completes Acquisition and Merger of California Cryobank and Cord Blood Registry

GI Partners announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition and merger of California Cryobank (CCB), the world’s premier donor sperm and egg bank, and Cord Blood Registry (CBR), the world’s largest stem cell collection and storage company.

August 6, 2018
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2 min read
Policy

Fluidic Analytics Secures US Patent for Fluidic Separation and Detection Technology

Fluidic Analytics Ltd, has announced the issuance of US Patent 9,952,22 B2, entitled ‘Fluidic Separation and Detection’, from the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

August 6, 2018
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2 min read
Business

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals and Neuren Pharmaceuticals Announce Exclusive License Agreement for the North American Development and Commercialization of Trofinetide in Rett Syndrome

ACADIA plans to initiate a Phase 3 study of trofinetide for the treatment of Rett syndrome, a rare neurodevelopmental congenital CNS disorder, in the second half of 2019

August 6, 2018
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10 min read
Business

CryoLife Reports Second Quarter 2018 Results

CryoLife, Inc. announced today its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018.

August 6, 2018
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32 min read
Biotech Bay

Nurx Launches In Tennessee, Offering Home Delivery Of Affordable Birth Control And HIV Prevention

Telemedicine Platform Expands Access to Prescription Birth Control and PrEP for HIV Prevention To Combat Tennessee’s Unintended Pregnancy Rate and HIV Cases

August 6, 2018
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4 min read
Deals

Rite Aid and Albertsons Announce Deadline for Election of Form of Consideration

Rite Aid Corporation and Albertsons Companies, Inc. announced that, in connection with the pending merger between Albertsons and Rite Aid, the election deadline for holders of shares of Rite Aid common stock is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2018.

August 6, 2018
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9 min read
Pharm Country

National Kidney Foundation Announces 2018 Young Investigator Research Grant Program Award Recipients

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has selected five doctors from throughout the country to be award recipients of the 2018 NKF Young Investigator Research Grant Program

August 6, 2018
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4 min read