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Amedisys Expanding Commitment to End-of-Life Care for VeteransThird Largest Hospice Provider Cared for 5,540 Dying Veterans Last Year

The initiative brings private-sector hospice providers together with the federal agency and national organization to promote veteran-centric education and improve high quality of care for veterans.

November 11, 2019
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Hallura, a Portfolio Company of Alon MedTech Ventures, Closes Its $7M Financing Round

The round was led by a group of US, Europe and Israel-based investors; Proceeds will be used to complete its clinical trials and register its breakthrough proprietary Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Fillers in Europe

November 11, 2019
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Pharm Country

Oticon Xceed and Oticon RemoteCare Receive CES 2020 Innovation Honors for Breakthrough Hearing Technology

For the fourth consecutive year, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has recognized Oticon for their excellence in developing breakthrough hearing technology

November 11, 2019
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Avivagen Issues Shares in Conjunction With Consulting Agreement

Avivagen Inc. (TSXV:VIV) (“Avivagen” or the “Corporation”), announces that it will issue 80,645 common shares pursuant to a previously announced consulting agreement with Shaanxi Jintai Mining Co., Ltd to support Avivagen’s continued efforts in China.

November 11, 2019
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3 min read
Job Trends

NuProbe Launches Ultrasensitive Sanger Assays for Oncology Therapy Selection and Recurrence Monitoring

NuProbe Global announced the launch of the VarTrace™ product line of Sanger assays for ultrasensitive detection and quantification of cancer mutations with variant allele frequencies (VAF) down to 0.1%.

November 11, 2019
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2 min read
Pharm Country

Global Clinical Study Sponsors and Clinical Research Organizations Gather for the “Era of Life Science Transformation” at Medidata NEXT NYC 2019

Medidata NEXT NYC, the premier conference on the digital transformation of life sciences, is set for November 12-13 at Spring Studios in New York City.

November 11, 2019
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2 min read
Business

Survey: More than Half of Male Patients with Lupus Report Feeling Depressed, Receiving Little Support

A national survey of male patients with lupus finds the illness has a significant impact on their physical and emotional health, yet they often do not receive support that could help them cope.

November 11, 2019
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6 min read
Pharm Country

New Analysis Shows Icosapent Ethyl (Vascepa®) Is Cost Effective and Offers Rare Finding of Better Outcomes at Lower Healthcare Costs When Used to Treat High-Risk Patients with Cardiovascular Disease or Diabetes and Other Risk Factors

Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN) announced today a summary of results from a patient-level, cost-effectiveness analysis of icosapent ethyl (Vascepa®)

November 11, 2019
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16 min read
Drug Development

Mallinckrodt Presents Positive Phase 3 Results from its CONFIRM Study of Terlipressin in Patients with Hepatorenal Syndrome Type 1 (HRS-1) at The Liver Meeting® 2019

The CONFIRM abstract was selected by the AASLD Selection Committee for the “Best of the Liver Meeting” educational program in the portal hypertension / cirrhosis category

November 11, 2019
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Business

SI-BONE, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results and Updates Full-Year 2019 Revenue Guidance

SI-BONE, Inc., a medical device company dedicated to solving musculoskeletal disorders of the sacropelvic anatomy, reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.

November 11, 2019
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