BioSpace News Archive

The National Institute of Health (NIH) has named Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) as one of the newest sites of its Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), awarding the two institutions $2.5 million in research grants.

Released late last week, Facing Addiction in America: The Surgeon General’s Spotlight on Opioids, calls for a cultural shift in the national conversation surrounding the opioid crisis.

InfraReDx, Inc., a pioneer in intravascular imaging for mapping coronary artery disease, presented late-breaking clinical trial results for its landmark Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) Study today at the 30th Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT), the annual scientific symposium of the Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

Covered California on Friday was honored for its public policy research, studies and reports on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at the prestigious PR News Platinum Awards, a national contest recognizing outstanding public relations efforts.

An inventor from Milton, ON, Canada, designed an improved oral tool that cleans the tongue efficiently.

Cook Medical announced that a new 5 mm diameter version of Zilver® PTX® was approved by the FDA.

Brennan Joins PartsSource in Newly-Created Executive Position to Lead Growing Services Division

Venus Medtech has retained four world-renowned experts specialized in interventional cardiovascular to form a Global Advisory Board.

OSF Ventures, the corporate investment arm of OSF HealthCare, was part of an investor syndicate helping medtech company, Endotronix, Inc., close a $45 million Series D round of financing.

Centrexion Therapeutics Corporation today announced that Andrew Partridge has been appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer of the company.