BioSpace News Archive

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) today announced that the European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the full approval of ALUNBRIG® (brigatinib) as a monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive (ALK+) advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) previously treated with crizotinib.

According to a report published by Allied Market Research, the global cancer therapeutics market was valued at USD 81 Billion in 2016 and is expected to reach about USD 179 Billion by 2023 while growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.9%. Demand for cancer therapy increases as the number of people who have cancer is rising rapidly.

Today, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams released the report Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids, calling for a cultural shift in the way Americans talk about the opioid crisis, and recommending actions that can prevent and treat opioid misuse and promote recovery.

DELTA 9 CANNABIS INC. is pleased to announce the Company has qualified to trade on the OTCQX® Best Market. Delta 9 upgraded to OTCQX from the Pink® market.

Enigma Biomedical Group (EBG) today announced a collaboration agreement with Invicro, a Konica Minolta Company and a leading provider of imaging services and software for research and drug development, to cooperate in the development of Synaptic Density Biomarker Imaging (“SDI”).

The Maryland Tech Council (MTC) concluded its Bio+Tech18 Conference yesterday in Baltimore with the announcement of Remedy Plan Therapeutics as the winner of its Inaugural Start-Up Pitch Contest.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions announced today that its identity authentication and verification solutions, InstantID® Q&A and Instant Verify, can now be integrated with the MyChart® patient portal. The integration offers Epic customers an easy-to-implement way to strengthen efforts to protect patient data.

The American Red Cross is recognizing Walmart, Sam’s Club and its customers for donating $4 million to help provide around-the-clock shelter, food and comfort to thousands of people impacted by Hurricane Florence.

Chinazo Cunningham, M.D., M.S., an Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System expert in opioid use disorder, has been selected to serve on a board advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on best approaches to address the nation’s opioid epidemic

The Hyundai Hope On Wheels Foundation embarks on a nationwide tour this September in honor of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month to award $14.1 million to 38 researchers, surpassing $145 million in total giving