BioSpace News Archive

Shares of Pompano Beach, Fla.-based BioStem Technologies are down more than 6 percent this morning following the company’s announcement it has launched a new life sciences subsidiary, the Amnion Division of BioStem Life Sciences focused on the development of amniotic tissue-based therapies.

Mississauga, Ontario-based Aralez Pharmaceuticals Inc. has entered into a stalking horse agreement to sell its assets to two separate companies, Nuvo Pharmaceuticals and Deerfield Management Companies. The beleaguered company will secure about $250 million for its assets from the sale as it files for bankruptcy.

Japan-based Astellas plunked down nearly $109 million to snap up privately-held gene therapy company Quethera Limited and its novel treatments for glaucoma and other ocular disorders.

Shares of Gemphire Therapeutics have crashed 73 percent in premarket trading after the company revealed its mid-stage non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) treatment for pediatric patients actually worsened the disease in some patients.

Bexion Pharmaceuticals is not a household name as far as drugmakers go. But, this week the company and its investigational cancer treatment, BXQ-350, is receiving lots of mainstream media coverage as a potential game-changer.

Artios Pharma Limited, based in Cambridge, U.K., got a significant financial boost from Pfizer, AbbVie and Novartis through an $84 million (£65 million) Series B funding that will help advance its DNA Damage Response (DDR) programs for cancer treatments.

GroundFloor Media (GFM) and its sister agency, CenterTable, announced the Get Grounded Foundation has awarded its latest round of community grants to six outstanding local programs supporting youth services.

Cannabics Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced today that its CEO, Mr. Eyal Barad, will be attending the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference, to be held at the Toronto Arcadian Centre, on August 16th-17th 2018, and will be available for one on one meetings.

On August 12, International Youth Day, we are reminded that affording young people the opportunity to gather in safe places, be they physical or virtual - to share their thoughts, feelings and concerns - is vital. This is especially true when it comes to fostering dialogue around mental health and wellness.

In order to better understand and assess the quality of ground and spring water, state-of-the-art methods from the fields of molecular biology and microbiology, as well as chemical high-performance analytics are now developed. This has been made possible by a project currently underway at the Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems).