BioSpace News Archive

BioForest

Red Cross Volunteers Install 120,000 Free Smoke Alarms Nationwide to Exceed Sound the Alarm Goal

Family of Four Survives Home Fire Because of Smoke Alarms Installed by Volunteers

May 21, 2019
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2 min read
NantHealth Discusses the Importance of Medical Device Integration at Vitalis 2019

NantHealth, Inc. (NASDAQ: NH), a next-generation, evidence-based, personalized healthcare company, will showcase high-impact content throughout this year’s Vitalis, the largest e-health event in Scandinavia.

May 21, 2019
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3 min read
BioMidwest

Digital Therapeutic Innovator NightWare Granted “Breakthrough Status” by U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Today, healthcare innovation startup, NightWare, Inc., a privately-held digital therapeutics for mental health company, has received Breakthrough Status designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

May 21, 2019
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3 min read
Genetown

FDA Confirms Impella RP is Safe and Effective; Only Right-Sided Device with FDA Approval

In a letter sent to healthcare providers today, the U.S. FDA validates that Abiomed’s (NASDAQ: ABMD) Impella RP heart pump is safe and effective for treatment of right heart failure.

May 21, 2019
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6 min read
Business

Jack Davis of Hospital for Special Surgery Named President of National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses

Jack Davis, RN, ONC, manager of Patient Education and Research at Hospital for Special Surgery, has been named president of the National Association of Orthopaedic Nurses (NAON).

May 21, 2019
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6 min read
Business

Preston W. Campbell, President and CEO of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to Retire; Michael P. Boyle, MD, Appointed as Successor Effective January 2020

Today the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation announced that President and CEO Preston W. Campbell, MD, plans to retire at the end of 2019.

May 21, 2019
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3 min read
Drug Development

Lilly’s Mirikizumab Met Primary Endpoint and Key Secondary Endpoints in Phase 2 Study, Including Reductions of Gastrointestinal Lesions

In an oral presentation from the Digestive Disease Week medical conference in San Diego, California today, Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced new safety and efficacy data for mirikizumab in patients with moderately- to severely active Crohn’s disease.

May 21, 2019
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7 min read
Business

HMC HealthWorks™ White Paper Highlights the Human Touch Benefits for Patients’ Health and the Bottom Line

Today, when accessing your healthcare information, it’s easy to feel like just a number. It is vital for patients to feel comfortable with and supported by their entire healthcare team, particularly those who may have a mental or behavioral health conditions as well as a chronic condition.

May 21, 2019
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2 min read
ACTO Named One of the 2019 PM360 ELITE 100

PM360, the premier information resource for marketing decision makers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostics, and medical device sectors, has named Parth Khanna, Kapil Kalra, and Kumar Erramilli as one of the 2019 PM360 ELITE 100 in the Entrepreneurs category.

May 21, 2019
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4 min read
Pharm Country

Vascular Interventions of Tampa acquires new name and logo

Vascular Interventions of Tampa announced today that it will rebrand and now be known as Azura Vascular Care Tampa, a leading provider of outpatient vascular care in Hillsborough County

May 21, 2019
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2 min read