BioSpace News Archive

Business

McDermott Recognized as Top Law Firm for Healthcare

Legal 500 awards McDermott Tier 1 ranking in healthcare for eighth consecutive year

June 24, 2019
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Policy

Walgreens Implements Safe Drug Disposal Options for Customers in All of Its Pharmacies

Walgreens announced it has delivered on the expansion of its safe drug disposal program announced last fall to provide year-round drug disposal options in all of its pharmacies nationwide, at no cost to customers.

June 24, 2019
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3 min read
FDA

Minerva Biotechnologies Announces FDA Acceptance of IND Application for huMNC2-CAR44 T cells to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancer

Unlike the normal full-length MUC1, MUC1* is a potent growth factor receptor that is rendered constitutively active when onco-embryonic growth factor NME7AB binds to and dimerizes its truncated extracellular domain.

June 24, 2019
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Business

Proteintech Announces Completion of Its New GMP Laboratory

The facility is located at Proteintech’s headquarters in Rosemont, IL.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

The Medicines Company Announces Launch of Public Offering of Common Stock

The Company expects to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund its development of inclisiran and for general corporate purposes.

June 24, 2019
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3 min read
Business

Gilead and Carna Biosciences Announce Research and Development Collaboration to Develop Novel Immuno-Oncology Therapies

Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Carna Biosciences Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a research and development collaboration to develop and commercialize small molecule compounds in immuno-oncology and to access Carna’s proprietary lipid kinase drug discovery platform.

June 24, 2019
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4 min read
Shionogi Concludes Licensing Agreements with Eddingpharm for Lusutrombopag, a Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonist

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (hereafter “Shionogi” or “the Company”) announces that the Company has concluded an agreement with Eddingpharm (hereafter “Eddingpharm”) to license-out lusutrombopag, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (brand name in Japan: MULPLETA®).

June 24, 2019
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6 min read
Job Trends

League Introduces Category-Defining Health Benefits Experience, HBX™, Empowering Employers To Transform Their Employee Experience

League Inc., North America’s leading Health Benefits Experience platform, today introduced HBX™, a next-generation digital platform designed to provide a single access hub for employees to engage with their health, lifestyle and benefit programs.

June 24, 2019
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4 min read
BioMidwest

Memory Bridge Documentary Airs on Amazon PRIME that Reveals New Way to Communicate With People Who Have Dementia

A new documentary “Love Is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness” was released on Amazon PRIME on June 26.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read
International Vet Health Businesses Converge in Charlottetown

For the next three days, industry leaders in veterinary health and nutrition will meet in Charlottetown for the seventh biennial VetHealth Global™, North America’s foremost business conference for this industry.

June 24, 2019
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2 min read