BioSpace News Archive

Patients with lung blood clots who smoke are more likely to be readmitted for lung blood clots than nonsmokers, according to Kam Sing Ho, MD, from Mount Sinai St. Luke’s and Mount Sinai West in New York City, who will present the study findings at the CHEST Annual Meeting 2019 in New Orleans.

COPD affects 6% of Americans and is projected to cost $49 billion annually by 2020.

James E. Wagner Cultivation Corporation (JWC) (TSX VENTURE: JWCA, OTCQX: JWCAF), a licensed cannabis cultivator and manufacturer focused on producing clean, consistent cannabis, has been invited to present at the MjMicro Conference being held at the Sofitel Beverly Hills Hotel on October 16.

Cadent Therapeutics announced that Jodie Morrison, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 5th Annual BMO Private Company Showcase on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 9:00 am ET in New York City.

Exicure, Inc., a pioneer in gene regulatory and immunotherapeutic drugs utilizing spherical nucleic acid constructs, announced that its CEO, David Giljohann, PhD, will present clinical data from the company’s Phase 1 study of its drug candidate XCUR17 in psoriasis.

Nephros, Inc. (Nasdaq: NEPH), a commercial stage company that develops and sells high performance water purification products to the medical device and commercial markets, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square

BridgeBio Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: BBIO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on genetic diseases, announced today that it was unable to come to an agreement with the Special Committee formed by its subsidiary Eidos Therapeutics (NASDAQ

Predictive Laboratories, a wholly owned molecular and genetic diagnostics company of Predictive Technology Group (OTC Pink: PRED) focused on hard-to-detect diseases, women’s health and infertility, announces the launch of FertilityDX™, a comprehensive genetic testing service that identifies barriers to healthy pregnancy and birth, allowing doctors to tailor fertility treatments.

cbdMD, Inc. (NYSE American: YCBD), a nationally recognized consumer cannabidiol (CBD) brand, will be auctioning off Team cbdMD Athlete and Americas Rallycross (ARX) driver Steve Arpin’s pink fire suit, with 100 percent of the proceeds going toward supporting those affected by breast cancer.

BioLife Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLFS), a leading developer and supplier of best-in-class bioproduction tools for cell and gene therapies, today announced three new patents for inventions related to cryopreservation, thawing and cold chain transport technologies