BioSpace News Archive

Business

Pat Basu, MD, MBA, named President and Chief Executive Officer of Cancer Treatment Centers of America

Health care innovator to lead organization with focus on growing access to precision cancer care and individualized support services across the care continuum

April 3, 2019
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4 min read
Job Trends

Net Promoter Scores® of Health Systems Using VisitPay Comparable to Top Consumer Brands

VisitPay’s financial engagement platform reaps dividends in consumer loyalty and provider differentiators

April 3, 2019
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3 min read
Business

NC’s Leading Outpatient Behavioral Health Provider Hires Specialist in Women’s Mood Disorders to Treat Postpartum Depression, Prenatal Care, and Other Female Mental Health Issues

Trained in the UNC perinatal unit and women’s mood disorder clinic, Dr. Whitenack brings experience treating women in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

April 3, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Palladio Biosciences Announces Appointment of Sanford (Sandy) Zweifach as Chairman of its Board of Directors

Addition of Experienced Executive to Leadership Team

April 3, 2019
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3 min read
Biotech Beach

Inogen Releases Innovative Inogen One G5™ Portable Oxygen Concentrator

At only 4.7 pounds and 6 flow settings, the Inogen One G5 is the most balanced portable oxygen concentrator Inogen has ever created to meet the needs of oxygen therapy patients and home medical equipment providers – for use at home, away, and for travel.

April 3, 2019
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4 min read
BioCapital

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., and Principal Deputy Commissioner Amy Abernethy, M.D., Ph.D., on FDA’s ongoing scientific investigation of potential safety issue related to seizures reported following e-cigarette use

These risks are among the many reasons why we so strongly believe that no child should be using any tobacco product.

April 3, 2019
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6 min read
Correvio Announces Zevtera Abstracts at ECCMID 2019

Seven Data Abstracts Selected for Poster Presentations

April 3, 2019
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8 min read
BioForest

Omeros Corporation Announces EBMT Case Report of Resolution of Gastrointestinal Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy Following Narsoplimab Treatment

Growing Identification of HSCT-TMA a Focus of Recent Annual Meeting of the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation

April 3, 2019
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8 min read
FDA

CSA Medical, Inc. Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation and IDE Approval for its RejuvenAir® System for COPD Patients with Chronic Bronchitis

The RejuvenAir® System utilizes a Metered Cryospray of liquid nitrogen at -196◦C to targeted areas within the lungs.

April 3, 2019
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4 min read
Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announces the establishment of the Canadian Pain Task Force

The Task Force will provide insight on how to better prevent, treat and manage chronic pain

April 3, 2019
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4 min read