BioSpace News Archive

The International Contrast Ultrasound Society (ICUS) applauds the announcement of dramatic changes in payment for contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) imaging of the abdomen.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state authorities, continues to investigate a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of romaine lettuce in the U.S. As of Nov. 26, 2018, this outbreak has resulted in 43 people becoming ill in 12 states, with the last reported illness onset date being Oct. 31, 2018.

Apexigen, Inc. today announced that Xiaodong Yang, M.D., Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, will present at Piper Jaffray’s 30th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at 3:30 PM ET in New York, NY.

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA), the first publicly traded cannabis company in the United States, announced today that its subsidiary HempMeds® Mexico has received five new permits from the Mexican Federal Commission for Protection Against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS) to import its cannabidiol (CBD) products.

LG Electronics is expanding its U.S. medical imaging portfolio with a new high-performance 21-inch diagnostic monitor and two new FDA-approved digital x-ray detectors

This completes MDxHealth’s state licensing requirements for SelectMDx

Alcyone Lifesciences, a leader in breakthrough technologies to treat complex oncolytic and neurological conditions through the company’s proprietary advanced precision delivery platform, announced that the first patient was treated with DNAtrix’s DNX-2440, an oncolytic adenovirus expressing OX40 ligand (OX40L) in a Phase 1 clinical trial for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a particularly lethal form of brain cancer.

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Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS), , is pleased to announce Luzi Hail, Professor of Accounting at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, David Oesch, Professor of Financial Accounting at the University of Zurich and Maximilian Muhn, Ph.D. candidate at Humboldt University of Berlin as winners of the WRDS Best Paper Award