BioSpace News Archive

Simplify Medical Pty Ltd. announced that data from three sites in the Company’s single-level Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) clinical trial evaluating the Simplify® Disc for total cervical disc replacement was selected as a Podium Presentation during the 2019 North American Spine Society (NASS) Annual Meeting, being held September 25-28 in Chicago, IL.

Oncoceutics, a clinical-stage drug discovery and development company, commemorates National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September and reiterates its support for children and all those affected by childhood cancer.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals will present data on the therapeutic effects of long-term treatment with Puldysa® in Duchenne muscular dystrophy at the forthcoming medical conferences of the European Paediatric Neurology Society, European Respiratory Society and World Muscle Society.

CARB-X is awarding Procarta Biosystems, a UK-based biotech company, up to US$2.2 million in non-dilutive funding with the possibility of $7.0 million more if certain project milestones are met, to develop a new class of antibiotics to treat Gram-negative ESKAPE pathogens.

Polyganics, a medical technology company developing, manufacturing and commercializing bioresorbable medical devices, has announced positive data from its ENCASE I* clinical trial.

Surfcath eliminates need for Magill forceps during Less Invasive Surfactant Administration (LISA) method in preterm babies

The dermatological drug maker will use Chapter 11 protection to restructure the company, including a possible sale of assets, and will delay development of its Phase III-ready psoriasis treatment.

Scott Gottlieb, the former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has joined the board of directors of health-tech company Aetion. This marks the second board of directors the former FDA head has joined this week.

The Award recognizes Patient Entrepreneurs demonstrating outstanding innovations which advance solutions in the prevention, management or care of cancer

BANYAN Medical Systems announced that MarinHealth, located just north of San Francisco, California, recently went live with its AURA Fall Prevention solution, which is designed to help prevent patient falls and reduce patient interruptions by providing real-time patient monitoring with cameras and microphones.