BioSpace News Archive

Carestream Health was awarded 42 new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last year for innovation in digital radiography, extremity CT imaging and other healthcare technology areas.

NANOBIOTIX SA (Euronext : NANO – ISIN : FR0011341205) announced today that it plans to conduct a registered public offering of its ordinary shares, including in the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) in the United States, and has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form F-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. announced the Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Craig Tooman to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of Aratana, and elected Tooman to the Board of Directors.

− Ebbers named Executive Vice President and General Manager, Dermatology − Tyson named Vice President, Sales North America

Actively enrolling up to 150 patients to evaluate lumen patency at one year obtained by arterial vessel preparation with the FLEX Vessel Preparation System prior to conventional endovascular recanalization of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and popliteal artery (PA).

Adaptive Biotechnologies announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) and leader in assessing diagnostic technologies through its MolDX program, has established coverage of the clonoSEQ® Assay for Medicare patients with multiple myeloma and B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).

- Lilly’s second immune-oncology candidate using Zymeworks’ novel Azymetric™ platform to start clinical trials - Zymeworks to receive milestone payment of US$8.0 million for this second IND submission - Lilly is one of eight pharma partners; INDs by others anticipated - Total value of remaining potential milestones for all Zymeworks’ partnerships exceeds US$7.6 billion

EBM Technologies today announced that its vendor neutral, remote reading system Rad@ has been granted Class II FDA clearance for diagnostic reading of radiological images.

NextLevel Health Partners, Inc., a Medicaid managed care company in Illinois, today announced an innovative partnership with PatientPing, a health technology company that connects providers to seamlessly coordinate patient care.

The Mississippi Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (MS-ACEP) and its national organization today came out against a policy change that Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi (BCBS-MS) recently implemented that makes patients responsible for all the costs of an emergency visit if the insurer decides, after the fact, that the decision to seek care in an emergency department did not “align with the diagnosis severity.”