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Business

WellCard Savings Partners with MyBenefitsLab, Providing Lab Savings to Members

Competitive Health, Inc., an innovator in network and ancillary product solutions (CHI), parent company of WellCard Savings, announces its partnership with MyBenefitsLab.

January 25, 2019
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BioCapital

LifeNet Health reports record year for organ transplants

LifeNet Health facilitated a record number of organ transplants in its service area last year — 497 in total — a reflection of the growing number of Virginians who choose to be organ and tissue donors.

January 25, 2019
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BioForest

Blue Cross Blue Shield Companies® Make $2 Million in Donations to Federal Employee Education and Assistance Fund

Blue Cross Blue Shield Association and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Each Contribute $1 Million to Cushion Impact of Government Shutdown on Hardest-hit Federal Workers

January 25, 2019
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Deals

Rite Aid Announces Plans for Reverse Stock Split

Company’s Action Intended to Regain Compliance with NYSE Share Price Rules

January 25, 2019
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Genetown

pmiCME Recipient of NAMEC Best Practice Award

Pri-Med’s ConnectED Learning program awarded for ‘Best Practice in Enduring Material Education Design and Evaluation’ by the National Association of Medical Education Companies.

January 25, 2019
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Deals

PTC Therapeutics Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) on January 22, 2019

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. announced that on January 22, 2019 it approved non-statutory stock options to purchase an aggregate of 170,050 shares of its common stock to 24 new employees.

January 25, 2019
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Business

Regenerative Medicine Foundation Awards International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory for Leadership in Stem Cell Research

Last night, the Regenerative Medicine Foundation awarded the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory the foundation’s annual Leadership Award for enabling stem cell and regenerative medicine investigations onboard the orbiting laboratory.

January 25, 2019
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Deals

Global Sinus Dilation Devices Market to Surpass US$ 5.7 Billion by 2026, with Major Players like, Entellus Medical, Inc., Smith & Nephew Plc., Acclarent, Inc., B. Braun Melsungen AG, and Medtronic Plc

According to Coherent Market Insights, the global sinus dilation devices market is valued at US$ 2.7 Billion in 2017, and is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.4% over the forecast period (2018 – 2026).

January 25, 2019
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Business

Walgreens Boots Alliance Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend Payable on March 12, 2019

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. announced that its board of directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 44 cents per share, unchanged from the previous quarter and an increase of 10 percent over the year-ago quarter.

January 25, 2019
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Biotech Beach

ROOT OF SKIN™ Skincare Line Sets Records in Fourth Consecutive Sell Out on QVC Japan

AIVITA Biomedical, Inc., announced that the Company’s revolutionary stem-cell based ROOT OF SKIN™ skincare line sold out again during its fourth appearance on the Japanese home shopping channel QVC Japan.

January 25, 2019
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