BioSpace News Archive

BioMidwest

Dow Announces Tender Offer for Any and All of its Outstanding 8.55% Notes due 2019

The terms and conditions of the Tender Offer are more fully described in the Offer to Purchase, dated November 28, 2018 and the related Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

November 28, 2018
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10 min read
Business

IGM Biosciences Appoints Wayne Godfrey, M.D. as Vice President, Clinical Development

IGM Biosciences, Inc. (IGM), a privately held biotechnology company and a global leader in the research and development of therapeutic IgM antibodies, today announced the appointment of Wayne Godfrey, M.D. to the newly created position of Vice President, Clinical Developmen

November 28, 2018
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5 min read
Genetown

John Hancock and Vitality Prove Incentives and Apple Watch Usage Boost Physical Activity Rates by More than 30 Percent

New global research1 released today by Vitality, a leading behavior change platform, reveals that financial incentives combined with wearables encourage people to significantly increase their physical activity

November 28, 2018
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6 min read
Policy

New Call to Action Issued on the Dangers of Influenza Among Adults with Chronic Health Conditions

Medical experts call for improved annual influenza (flu) vaccination rates to protect adults from infection that can lead to serious health complications

November 28, 2018
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5 min read
Pharm Country

First Trial Launches to Test Effectiveness of Male Contraceptive Gel

Clinical sites seek couples to enroll in year-long study of pregnancy prevention

November 28, 2018
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5 min read
Business

Scott Jackson, Veteran Biopharmaceutical Executive, Joins GlycoMimetics Board of Directors

Mr. Jackson served as Celator’s CEO and as a member of its Board of Directors from April 2008 until July 2016, when the company was acquired by Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc.

November 28, 2018
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3 min read
Biotech Bay

Auris Health Announces $220 Million Growth Financing

Funds Will Be Used to Advance Commercialization and Development of Next-Generation Robotic Interventional Technology

November 28, 2018
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2 min read
GE Healthcare to open biotechnology manufacturing center in UK

Facility producing fiber-based chromatography platform for more efficient biopharmaceutical purification operational in 2019

November 28, 2018
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3 min read
Business

INKEF Capital Appoints Roel Bulthuis as Managing Director to Co-Manage Eur 500m Fund

Venture fund focuses on supporting early stage healthcare and tech companies

November 28, 2018
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2 min read
The Sauer Laboratory at the University of Würzburg implements Re-scan Confocal Microscopy with a new turnkey system from Confocal.nl.

Technology innovators in super-resolution microscopy, Amsterdam-based Confocal.nl, reports on the implementation of a new turnkey confocal imaging system in the laboratory of Professor Markus Sauer at the University of Würzburg.

November 28, 2018
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5 min read