BioSpace News Archive

Pharm Country

New Hope for Drug Discovery in Schizophrenia, Other Diseases With Improved Screening Models

Proof-of-concept study indicates utility of patient-derived cells for evaluating drug response

October 25, 2018
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5 min read
Continued declines in HIV research funding put global prevention targets at great risk

In 2017, funding for HIV prevention research and development (R&D) decreased by 3.5 percent (US$40 million) from the previous year, falling to US$1.13 billion.

October 25, 2018
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5 min read
Biotech Bay

89Bio Launches into Liver and Metabolic Disorders with $60 Million Series A Financing

Investment round led by founding investors, OrbiMed Israel and OrbiMed US, and Longitude Capital, with participation by RA Capital Management and Pontifax

October 25, 2018
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6 min read
Drug Development

Halozyme Announces First Clinical Dosing In Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Phase 1 Trial Of BMS-986179 With Enhanze® Technology

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO) today announced that Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) has dosed the first subject in a clinical trial evaluating the safety, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of BMS-986179

October 25, 2018
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6 min read
Drug Development

Cirius Therapeutics Reports Positive Data for MSDC-0602K in Interim Analysis of Phase 2b Clinical Trial in NASH Patients with Fibrosis

Interim analysis showed statistically significant reductions in liver enzymes, including ALT and AST, measured from baseline at six months

October 25, 2018
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5 min read
DarioHealth Launches Integrated Diabetes Digital Health Solution Including Version 4.1 of Its Award-winning Dario App and DarioEngage Patient Coaching Platform

DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO), a leading global digital health company with mobile health and big data solutions, announced today the launch of version 4.1 of its award-winning Dario® App for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System

October 25, 2018
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5 min read
Pharm Country

First Ever Noninvasive Laser Vision Correction Procedures Performed

Leveraging technology developed at the University of Rochester that was recently recognized with a Nobel Prize, Clerio Vision, Inc. is commercializing LIRIC—a novel, noninvasive method to correct human vision. .

October 25, 2018
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5 min read
Pharm Country

CVS Health Research Finds that Managed Care Formulary Model Can Save State Medicaid Programs Millions

New research from CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) shows that state Medicaid programs that use a Managed Care Organization (MCO) and a contracted pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to administer prescription drug coverage have significantly lower overall drug costs than those states that manage their own formulary.

October 25, 2018
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4 min read
Business

BetterUp Appoints Deborah Wolf as Chief Marketing Officer

Seasoned marketing executive to help companies better understand the business benefits of professional coaching and employee flourishing at scale

October 25, 2018
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2 min read
Bio NC

PPD Receives Medidata Accelerator Award for Clinical Trial Innovation

Award recognizing PPD’s commitment to innovation for advancing and accelerating the drug development process.

October 25, 2018
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3 min read