BioSpace News Archive

FDA

Prana Receives First Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for the Treatment of Multiple System Atrophy

This is the first time the FDA has granted orphan designation to a drug for the treatment of MSA.

January 31, 2019
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1 min read
Pharm Country

GS1 US Releases Point-of-Care Scanning for Surgical Implants Implementation Guidance

New Industry Resource Offers Healthcare Providers Best Practices for Capturing Unique Device Identifier Data for Implantable Devices to Support the U.S. FDA UDI Rule

January 31, 2019
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3 min read
Pharm Country

MRO is KLAS Category Leader for Release of Information Services for Sixth Year

MRO, a leader in the secure, compliant and efficient exchange of protected health information (PHI), announced today it has been named 2019 Category Leader for the release of information (ROI) services market segment as part of the 2019 Best in KLAS: Software & Services report.

January 31, 2019
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7 min read
BioMidwest

First Stop Health Partners with Rx Valet to Provide Integrated Prescription Discounts with Telemedicine Service

First Stop Health, LLC has joined with Rx Valet to form a partnership to provide First Stop Health’s members with discounts for hundreds of common prescription drugs at all U.S. pharmacies.

January 31, 2019
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2 min read
BioCapital

IBBR awarded NIH grant to investigate T cell biology toward development of biotherapeutics

A team of investigators from the Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research (IBBR) and the University of Pittsburgh recently received a $3.6M National Institutes of Health award to expand the scope of their T cell research.

January 31, 2019
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3 min read