BioSpace News Archive

Policy

CHMP Recommends Approval of Dupixent® (dupilumab) for Asthma Indication

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Sanofi announced that the European Medicines Agency’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has adopted a positive opinion for Dupixent® in asthma.

March 1, 2019
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16 min read
FDA

Adlon Therapeutics L.P. Announces FDA Approval for Adhansia XR™ (methylphenidate HCl) Extended-Release Capsules CII for the Treatment of ADHD

Adlon Therapeutics L.P., a subsidiary of Purdue Pharma L.P., announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Adhansia XR

March 1, 2019
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18 min read
Bio NC

Madeleine Mercedes Brain Cancer Foundation Announces 2019 Fund Raising Campaign “Cartwheels for Hope”

The Madeleine Mercedes Brain Cancer Foundation is very pleased to announce the launch of its 2019 Fund Raising Campaign, Cartwheels for Hope.

March 1, 2019
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1 min read
Business

WILL Interactive and Yale New Haven Health Partner to Eliminate Workplace Sexual Harassment and Bullying

WILL Interactive has partnered with Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) to create the first of its kind interactive harassment, sexual harassment, and abusive conduct (bullying) training tool for the hospital industry.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

LYNPARZA® (olaparib) Receives Positive EU CHMP Opinion For Use in Germline BRCA-Mutated HER2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer

AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion, recommending the use of LYNPARZA

March 1, 2019
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17 min read
Pharm Country

Study of Singing Mice Suggests How Mammalian Brain Achieves Conversation

By studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers have discovered a brain circuit that may enable the high-speed back and forth of conversation.

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
Government of Canada Announces New Projects that Will Help Reduce the Health Impacts of Climate Change

Climate change is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st century

March 1, 2019
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3 min read
Pharm Country

Nanit Unveils New Data Showing that Babies of Parents Who Use the Nanit Insights Service, Sleep Longer and Better

Today’s parents lose an average of three hours of sleep per night during the first year of a child’s life.

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
Pharm Country

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Completes Sale of Additional Convertible Senior Notes

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INO) announced today the sale of additional 6.50% convertible senior notes due 2024 (the “notes”), bringing the total amount of notes sold to $78.5 million in aggregate principal amoun

March 1, 2019
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4 min read
The European Patent Office (EPO) Disapproves British Court and New U.S. Patent Granted for Regen Lab on Autologous Biological Glue

In Europe, the Regen Lab group (“Regen”) defends one of its patents (EP2073862B, method of PRP preparation) in opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO), where alleged patent infringers have contested its validity.

March 1, 2019
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1 min read