BioSpace News Archive

Versant Ventures Raises USD100 Million Canadian Fund

Versant Ventures today announced that it raised USD100 million for a Canadian fund called Versant Voyageurs I. Voyageurs will be deployed across five to eight startup companies with Canadian operations.

December 17, 2018
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Business

Ra Medical Systems Appoints Thomas Fogarty as Chief Commercial Officer

Mr. Fogarty brings over two decades of medical device leadership and commercialization experience to Ra Medical Systems and will oversee all aspects of the Company’s commercialization efforts

December 17, 2018
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5 min read
Business

CARE Pharmacies and Leading Edge Pharms to Expand Access to Opioid Alternatives for Pain Management

CARE Pharmacies to offer CANNAVERA Topical Pain Relief products to its association member pharmacies nationwide

December 17, 2018
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3 min read
Pharm Country

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Boston Medical Center Announce Research Collaboration to Investigate Markers of Immuno-Oncology Response and Resistance

Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY), and Boston Medical Center, a private, not-for-profit, academic medical center, today announced a multi-year joint research study to identify and analyze potential sensitivity and resistance markers in patients treated with standard-of-care checkpoint inhibitors.

December 17, 2018
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4 min read
Business

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Announces Audio Webcast and Conference Call of Fourth Quarter 2018 Results

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. (NYSE and SIX: ZBH) today announced its fourth quarter sales and earnings conference call will be broadcast over the Internet on Friday, February 1, 2019, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

December 17, 2018
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1 min read
Biotech Beach

ROOT OF SKIN™ Skincare Line Sells Out Again During Second Appearance on QVC Japan

AIVITA Biomedical, Inc., a biotech company specializing in innovative stem cell applications, announced today that the Company’s revolutionary stem-cell based ROOT OF SKIN™ skincare line sold out again during its second appearance on the Japanese home shopping channel QVC Japan.

December 17, 2018
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2 min read
Business

Ismael Cala Foundation and Passion Asociación create strategic alliance to combat child malnutrition in Guatemala

According to UNICEF, 52 percent of children under age five are chronically malnourished and nearly three million people lack access to drinking water in the country.

December 17, 2018
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2 min read
Deals

Aptorum Group [APM] to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell in Celebration of IPO Closing

Aptorum Group Limited announced today that its management will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, in celebration of the closing of its initial public offering (IPO).

December 17, 2018
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2 min read
Drug Development

Rakuten Aspyrian Enrolling Phase 3 Trial of ASP-1929 for Head and Neck Cancer

Rakuten Aspyrian, announced that enrollment is underway in its global, pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating lead product candidate ASP-1929 in patients with recurrent local regional head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC).

December 17, 2018
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7 min read
Business

Microsoft Executive B.J. Moore Joins Providence St. Joseph Health as Chief Information Officer

Providence St. Joseph Health, the nation’s third largest health system, today announced the appointment of Microsoft executive B.J. Moore as its Chief Information Officer, effective Jan. 28, 2019.

December 17, 2018
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3 min read