BioSpace News Archive

Gary LeRoy, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Dayton, Ohio, today assumes the role of president of the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Kaiser Permanente and the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions have reached a Tentative Agreement on a national, 4-year collective bargaining agreement that covers 85,000 unionized Kaiser Permanente health care workers in 11 local unions.

The American Academy of Family Physicians held elections for its board of directors this week at its annual Congress of Delegates, the organization’s governing body.

The 2015 outbreak of the Zika virus in South America, Central America, and the United States galvanized countries to increase vector control measures to quickly reduce mosquito populations.

Spherix Incorporated (Nasdaq: SPEX) President and CEO, Anthony Hayes, today released a letter to shareholders outlining the Company’s plans for its previously disclosed dividend distribution.

Evgen Pharma (AIM: EVG) a clinical stage drug development company focused on the treatment of cancer and neurological conditions, announces that five patients who participated in the STEM trial (“STEM”) received SFX-01 treatment for over one year, with two of these five patients continuing to be treated with SFX-01.

4WEB Medical, an orthopedic device company focused on developing innovative implants utilizing its proprietary Truss Implant Technology™ announced today the completion of Phase I in vitro testing that demonstrates the surface roughness on its truss implants stimulates a superior osteogenic response when compared to smooth titanium and PEEK.

Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), one of the most common blood cancers, has very few treatment options.

The first CAR T cell therapy targeting the B cell-activating factor receptor on cancerous cells eradicated CD19-targeted therapy-resistant human leukemia and lymphoma cells in animal models, according to City of Hope research published today in Science Translational Medicine.

NASA Johnson Space Center will provide its unique, advanced risk-management services as part of a Space Act Agreement with BiVACOR Inc., Houston, in the company’s efforts to improve the robustness and reliability of its Total Artificial Heart (TAH) system – an implantable rotary bi-ventricular blood pump and associated external electronics.