BioSpace News Archive

Deals

BRG, Prism Healthcare Partners set to join forces to help healthcare providers improve financial and operating performance, manage consolidation and deliver high-quality, cost-effective care

BRG has agreed to acquire the equity ownership of Prism Healthcare Partners, subject to the completion of due diligence and documentation.

May 14, 2019
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5 min read
BioMidwest

Scioto Biosciences to Present at Microbiome Movement - Maternal & Infant Health Summit in Boston

Dr. Mark Heiman, Chief Scientific Officer of Scioto will give a talk on May 24th at 9:30 a.m., titled “Spontaneous Weaning of Rat Pups is Stimulated by SB-121 - mediated Gut Development,”

May 14, 2019
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2 min read
Drug Development

Allegro Ophthalmics Announces Positive Results of Ex-U.S. Proof-of-Concept Trial with Integrin Inhibitor ALG-1007 for Dry Eye Disease

Results of the Trial Suggest that ALG-1007 is Well-Tolerated and Demonstrates a Dose Response with Improvement as Early as Two Weeks

May 14, 2019
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4 min read
Policy

Vizient Endorses Legislation to Empower the FTC to Challenge Prescription Drug Patent Abuses

This bipartisan Senate legislation targets “patent thickets” and other patent abuses that brand name pharmaceutical manufacturers utilize to delay market competition from generic and biosimilar drugs.

May 14, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

Advaxis Announces Two Poster Presentations at the Frontiers in Cancer Immunotherapy Conference

Updated data from Phase 1/2 ADXS-PSA study combination arm show prolonged survival in heavily pretreated prostate cancer patients with microsatellite-stable (MSS) disease

May 14, 2019
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10 min read
Deals

Investment Plan for Europe: Mobidiag Secures EUR 25 Million from EIB

Funds will be used to accelerate the development and commercialisation of in vitro diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases.

May 14, 2019
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5 min read
Policy

Newly Introduced Good Samaritan Legislation Supported by Health Coalition

The Health Coalition on Liability and Access announced its support for the Good Samaritan Health Professionals Act, introduced as S. 1350 by Senator Bill Cassidy, in order to better facilitate access to care when it is needed most.

May 14, 2019
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1 min read
Lone Star Bio

CITGO Raises More Than $2.2 Million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association

Continues Historic Partnership as MDA’s Largest Corporate Sponsor

May 14, 2019
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3 min read
Pharm Country

AJMC® Study Finds Removing Cost Sharing in Primary Care Reduces Cost, Emergency Visits

When a large national employer removed cost sharing for primary care visits, medical utilization fell, as did monthly costs, driven mostly by reduced emergency department (ED) visits.

May 14, 2019
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3 min read
Biotech Beach

LifeNet Health unveils Center of Excellence for research in San Diego

LifeNet Health, the world’s leading provider of regenerative medicine solutions, today announced the opening of a San Diego facility that stands as a Center of Excellence for its life sciences and tissue-engineering programs, as well as a logistical hub for hospital and surgeon clients on the West Coast.

May 14, 2019
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2 min read