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Merz Announces New Five-Year FDA Indication for Cellulite Treatment

Merz announced today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Cellfina’s® new indication statement that shows the benefits of Cellfina last for five years, an increase from the previous three-year indication.

October 22, 2019
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Deals

WellBe Senior Medical and Leverage Health Announce Strategic Partnership

WellBe Senior Medical (WellBe) and venture catalyst firm Leverage Health today announced the formation of a strategic partnership wherein Leverage Health will drive growth and customer acquisition activities for WellBe, and become an investor in WellBe.

October 22, 2019
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Transgene Will Participate in the Jefferies 2019 London Healthcare Conference

Transgene (Euronext Paris: TNG), a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapeutics against cancer, will participate in the Jefferies 2019 London Healthcare Conference on November 20 & 21 in London (United Kingdom).

October 22, 2019
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Genetown

Blue Cross offers range of Medicare options, including $0 HMO and $0 PPO plans

Medicare beneficiaries have until Dec. 7 to choose one of Blue Cross’ highly rated, affordable Medicare Advantage plans

October 22, 2019
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Business

Progenity Strengthens Executive Leadership Team with Appointment of Sami Shihabi as Chief Commercial Officer

Progenity, Inc., a privately held biotechnology company developing precision medicine solutions across genomic/epigenomic, proteomic, and microbiomic diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, announced the promotion of Sami Shihabi to chief commercial officer.

October 22, 2019
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Job Trends

Teledyne Photometrics announces new sCMOS camera for scientific imaging – 400 fps and 10 MP resolutionNew Kinetix sCMOS platform delivers an unmatched combination of speed, sensitivity, and field of view for scientific imaging

Teledyne Photometrics, a Teledyne Technologies company and global leader in scientific imaging, announces the release of its Kinetix sCMOS camera which delivers an unmatched combination of speed, sensitivity, field of view, and resolution.

October 22, 2019
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Business

Family Vision Center Grand Opening Celebration Marks Many MilestonesOptometry Practice Honors 56-Year Commitment to Bridgeport

Family Vision Center recently celebrated the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art optometry practice, located at 107 Boston Ave in Bridgeport, just a stone’s throw away from its former location, the original Shamrock diner, which it occupied since 1964.

October 22, 2019
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Drug Development

Disarm Therapeutics Reports Preclinical Data Demonstrating Small Molecule SARM1 Inhibitors Preserve Both Axonal Structure and Function In Vitro and In Vivo

Disarm Therapeutics, a biotechnology company creating a new class of disease-modifying therapeutics for patients with axonal degeneration, today announced preclinical data demonstrating that small molecule inhibitors of SARM1 protect axons in both in vitro and in vivo models of axonal degeneration.

October 22, 2019
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Policy

San Francisco Health Plan Receives 4-Star NCQA Medi-Cal Health Plan Rating

San Francisco Health Plan has earned the highest rating for an NCQA Medicaid HMO in the state of California

October 22, 2019
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Business

Thomas Jefferson University Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine

Wills Eye Hospital Chief Ophthalmologist Julia Haller among 100 new members selected by their peers

October 22, 2019
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