BioSpace News Archive

The Partnership for Health IT Patient Safety, a multi-stakeholder collaborative convened by ECRI Institute, together with the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA), are releasing new guidance for safer opioid prescribing through electronic health records (EHRs).

Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced results from a Phase 2b dose-finding study of fezolinetant, presented in an oral session (Abstract OR33-6) at ENDO 2019, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans.

ForbesBooks announces the release of its latest title: The United States of Opioids: A Prescription for Liberating a Nation in Pain (available now).

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is bringing its unique 5K to a new location. San Antonio joins San Diego; Nashville; and Jacksonville, Florida as hosts of WWP Carry Forward® 5K, delivered by CSX®.

To combat teen abuse of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines containing the cough suppressant dextromethorphan (DXM), West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed into law S.B. 518, prohibiting the sale of DXM-containing products to minors without a prescription.

The Dr. Mortimer and Dr. Raymond Sackler families issued a statement in connection with Purdue Pharma’s settlement with the State of Oklahoma

The HLAA2019 Convention, June 20-23 in Rochester, New York, will be packed with education, technology, and fun.

Alkahest Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company focused on developing transformative therapies to treat age-related diseases, today announced presentations on GRF6021, GRF6019, and AKST4290 at the 14th International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases (AD/PD) on March 26 – 31, 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Freiburg-based Cytena GmbH successfully completes another financing round. In total, two private investors and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are investing another 3 million euros in the company

On March 26, 2019, the global leading peptide supplier Creative Peptides announced to update its therapeutic peptides for researchers who are dedicated to finding a cure for many diseases in the pharmaceutical industry