BioSpace News Archive

Sharp Fluidics, LLC announced that its Operative Armour® suture needle management system has received an Innovative Technology contract from Vizient, Inc., the largest member-driven health care performance improvement company in the country.

Over the course of a lifespan, from conception to death, each person encounters a wide variety of environmental stressors such as pollution, tobacco smoke, the sun’s rays, pharmaceutical agents, and some constituents of food.

Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:PTGX) today announced that the Company plans to begin clinical development of PN-10943, an oral, gut-restricted alpha-4-beta-7 integrin antagonist peptide for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Nuformix, the pharmaceutical development company using cocrystal technology to unlock the therapeutic potential of approved small molecule drugs, announces it has expanded its licensing agreement with Newsummit Biopharma (“NSB”), its Chinese licensing partner for NXP001, which is in development for cancer supportive care.

OMass Therapeutics (“OMass”), a biotechnology company using structural mass spectrometry to discover novel medicines, today announced the expansion of its senior leadership team with the appointments of Dr Ali Jazayeri as Chief Scientific Officer; Dr Giles Brown, VP, Medicinal Chemistry; and Dr Hsin Loke, VP, Head of Finance and Strategy.

TerrAscend Corp. (CSE: TER; OTCQX: TRSSF) (“TerrAscend” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that its shareholders voted today to approve the previously announced plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”), which will pave the way for TerrAscend to explore and pursue growth opportunities in the United States, including potential acquisitions of operators in states that have legalized cannabis for therapeutic or adult-use.

Sierra Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRRA), a clinical stage drug development company focused on advancing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of patients with significant unmet needs in hematology and oncology, today announced that it will host an Analyst & Investor call on Monday, December 3rd

Alaska Heart & Vascular Institute (AHVI) is pleased to announce the addition of Carson S. Webb, M.D. to the Mat-Su clinic in Palmer, AK. Dr. Webb graduated with a degree in medicine from the University of South Alabama in 2000.

MedX Health Corp. (“MedX”) (TSX-V: MDX) announces that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of Dutch companies that will be launching an easy-access skin scanning/assessment program in the Netherlands, using MedX’s SIAscopy and DermSecureTM technologies.

Company launches new products under the CloroxPro™ and Clorox Healthcare™ brands