BioSpace News Archive

Biotech Beach

Sport Clips Haircuts Commits Another $1 Million to Childhood Cancer Research Through Continued Partnership with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation

The St. Baldrick’s Foundation, the largest private funder of childhood cancer research grants, is proud to announce that Sport Clips Haircuts has recommitted their efforts to conquer childhood cancers and will donate another $1 million to St. Baldrick’s over the next three years.

February 21, 2019

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4 min read

BioMidwest

Kalamazoo Community Better Protected from Illness-Causing Germs with ServiceMaster Clean’s Investment in Electrostatic Technology

Local business adds the Clorox® Total 360® System to its cleaning arsenal to enhance disinfection protocols

February 21, 2019

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3 min read

Biotech Beach

Reminder: Ligand to Host Analyst Day on March 12th in New York City

Event to feature business updates and presentations by four corporate partners

February 21, 2019

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3 min read

Biotech Bay

Guiding Principles on Ethics in Digital Health Produced During a Seminar at Stanford Libraries

Proteus Digital Health and more than 30 representatives from technology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, public policy, law and bioethics convene at Stanford to address the responsibility around management of personal data.

February 21, 2019

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7 min read

Business

Ben Bulkley Named Chief Executive Officer of EnvisionRxOptions

Bulkley will report to Rite Aid CEO John Standley.

February 21, 2019

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2 min read

Job Trends

Hoopes Vision Joins the AcuFocus IC-8® Lens Clinical Study for Patients with Cataracts

Phillip C. Hoopes, Jr., M.D. and Majid Moshirfar, M.D. at Hoopes Vision in Draper, Utah, are participating in the AcuFocus clinical study for the IC-8 intraocular lens (IOL) designed for patients with cataracts.

February 21, 2019

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3 min read

Job Trends

Encompass Health declares dividend on common stock payable April 15, 2019

Board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend on its common stock of $0.27 per share, payable on April 15, 2019, to holders of record on April 1, 2019.

February 21, 2019

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3 min read

FDA

FDA advances new proposed regulation to make sure that sunscreens are safe and effective

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued a proposed rule that would update regulatory requirements for most sunscreen products in the United States.

February 21, 2019

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6 min read

Policy

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on additional steps by the agency to support the development of safe and effective novel nicotine replacement therapies to help smokers quit cigarettes

More than 54 years after the landmark Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health, tobacco use – primarily cigarette smoking – remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the U.S., responsible for 480,000 premature deaths each year.

February 21, 2019

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6 min read

Business

Heuro Canada announces Western Canada’s first Heuro PoNS™ treatment centre

Leader in traumatic brain injury management bringing revolutionary neurological health technology to licensed clinics across Canada

February 21, 2019

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3 min read