BioSpace News Archive

Odonate Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODT), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development of best-in-class therapeutics that improve and extend the lives of patients with cancer, today announced the initiation of CONTESSA TRIO, a multi-cohort, multicenter, Phase 2 study of tesetaxel, Odonate’s investigational, orally administered taxane.

A novel 311nm Titanium:Sapphire UV laser demonstrates comparable efficacy and safety when compared to 308nm excimer laser in the treatment of localized vitiligo, this according to a study recently published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine [51:239-244 (2019)], the official journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.

Eccrine Systems, Inc. announced today that it is collaborating with Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) on the development and integration of analog signal processing technologies to drive Eccrine’s sweat sensing platform.

Amygdala Neurosciences (a private company) announced today the start of dosing in a NIH/NIAID Phase 1b study to test the safety of ANS-6637, and how it effects the processing of drugs such buprenorphine that are processed by the same liver enzyme pathway.

Shineco, Inc. (“Shineco” or the “Company”)(NASDAQ: TYHT), a producer and distributor of Chinese herbal medicines, organic agricultural produce, specialized textiles, and other health and well-being focused plant-based products in China, announced today that the Company plans to cooperate with Heilongjiang Zhenye Agricultural Technology Development Co., Ltd. (

Immediate Past President of The Obesity Society Caroline Apovian, MD, FACP, FTOS, DABOM, will serve as one of several featured speakers at the first-ever Obesity Clinical Immersion Program.

Medical Marijuana, Inc. (OTC: MJNA), the first-ever publicly traded cannabis company in the United States, announced today that former NFL Tight End and Snapper Mark Walczak has joined its subsidiary Kannaway® as a company spokesperson to help spread awareness on the benefits of hemp cannabidiol (CBD) for athletes and active consumers.

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc. (MTPA) today announced a collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI) to conduct a study designed to identify and measure specific biomarkers in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Medivis, a medical imaging and visualization company, today announced the launch of “AnatomyX” — its augmented reality (AR) platform for anatomy education. Currently enabled on Microsoft’s HoloLens AR technology and Magic Leap’s spatial computing device, Magic Leap One,

On the banks of Providence’s Woonasquatucket River, Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Providence Mayor Jorge O. Elorza, Rhode Island Commerce Secretary Stefan Pryor, and community leaders joined Viraj Puri, co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, to officially announce and preview construction progress on the company’s 110,000 square foot state-of-the-art greenhouse farm that will create approximately 60 permanent and 100 construction jobs.