BioSpace News Archive

Policy

Pfizer Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for LORVIQUA® (lorlatinib) for Certain Adult Patients with Previously-Treated ALK-Positive Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Pfizer announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use of the European Medicines Agency has adopted a positive opinion for LORVIQUA®, an anaplastic lymphoma kinase tyrosine kinase inhibitor.

March 1, 2019
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12 min read
Biotech Beach

Liveyon PURE® Debuts Clinical Trial Grade Stem Cell Concentrate Derived from Umbilical Cord Blood

Liveyon, the global leader in regenerative medicine, today announced the availability of Liveyon PURE® trial grade stem cell concentrate derived from umbilical cord blood

March 1, 2019
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6 min read
Drug Development

Lupus Therapeutics Partners with Takeda on Phase 1 Trial

The Lupus Research Alliance and its affiliate, Lupus Therapeutics announced a collaboration with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, to evaluate the investigational biologic TAK-079 as a potential new therapy for lupus in a Phase 1 trial (NCT03724916).

March 1, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Beleave’s New Board Makes Key Appointments to Strengthen Independence

Beleave (CSE: BE) (OTCQX: BLEVF) (“Beleave” or the “Company”) is pleased to welcome Amy Nederlander as a new Independent Director and to announce the appointment of an Independent Chairman of its Board.

March 1, 2019
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3 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
Business

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America Appoints Sam Shum as Vice President of Operations and Strategy

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) today announced the promotion of Sam Shum to its executive leadership team as Vice President of Operations and Strategy.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

Greater Than One Wins Digital Agency of Record Assignment at Obagi

Kieran Walsh, President of Greater Than One, the health and wellness imagination agency, announced that the agency has been awarded the global digital agency of record assignment for Obagi, a global leader in skin health based in Long Beach, California.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Business

Accomplished MedTech Executive Appointed to Lead Activ Surgical, Advanced Surgical Robotics Company

Activ Surgical, a pioneering startup focused on delivering advanced imaging and diagnostic accuracy during robotic surgery, today announced the appointment of Todd Usen as its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

NKF, Sports Icon Jerry Rice Team Up for Kidney Health

Football legend Jerry Rice and the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) have rejoined forces to focus on kidney health for all of March - National Kidney Month, which starts today and includes World Kidney Day to come on March 14.

March 1, 2019
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2 min read
Drug Development

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Announces Presentation of New Subtype Analysis of GBR 830, an Investigational, Anti-OX40 Monoclonal Antibody, at the American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, a global pharmaceutical company, today announced the presentation of a new post hoc analysis of data from a Phase 2a, proof-of-concept study of GBR 830 at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

March 1, 2019
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3 min read