BioSpace News Archive

NantKwest Inc. (Nasdaq:NK), a pioneering, next generation, clinical-stage immunotherapy company focused on harnessing the unique power of our immune system using natural killer (NK) cells to treat cancer, infectious diseases and other diseases, today announced that the company’s t-haNK investigational new drug application (IND) has cleared FDA review

Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics announced the presentation of an ongoing trial poster at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting on May 31 - June 4, 2019 at the McCormick Place in Chicago, IL.

ILJIN SNT Co., Ltd. (“ILJIN”) today announced that it has filed an information circular (the “Circular”) and letter to shareholders in connection with the upcoming Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH, TSX: AUP) (“Aurinia” or the “Corporation”) to be held on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a new indication for the previously FDA-approved drug, Zerbaxa (ceftolozane and tazobactam) for the treatment of hospital-acquired bacterial pneumonia and ventilator-associated bacterial pneumonia (HABP/VABP) in patients 18 years and olde

The New York State Department of Health has approved Long Island’s first adult liver transplant program, which will begin listing patients with the greatest need later this month through the Sandra Atlas Bass Center for Liver Diseases at North Shore University Hospital.

Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHV), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global development and commercialization of cytisinicline for smoking cessation, today announced that it entered into an agreement with a single investor to exercise outstanding warrants that will provide an aggregate of $4.2 million in total proceeds

AngioDynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO), a leading provider of innovative, minimally invasive medical devices for vascular access, peripheral vascular disease, and oncology, today announced that it closed the previously announced sale of its NAMIC® fluid management portfolio to Medline Industries, Inc. on May 31, 2019 for $167.5 million.

Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (NYSE: EW), the global leader in patient-focused innovations for structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, today announced that it has received notice of an unsolicited “mini-tender offer” by TRC Capital Corporation to purchase up to 1,000,000 shares, or approximately 0.48 percent of the company’s outstanding shares of common stock as of the date of the offer

AstraZeneca and Merck (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada), today presented full results from the Phase 3 SOLO3 trial which evaluated LYNPARZA, compared to chemotherapy, for the treatment of platinum-sensitive relapsed patients with germline BRCA1/2-mutated (gBRCAm) advanced ovarian cancer, who have received two more prior lines of chemotherapy

Bayer today announced results of a new analysis from clinical trials investigating Vitrakvi® (larotrectinib) in patients with TRK fusion cancer with primary central nervous system (CNS) tumors or brain metastases.