BioSpace News Archive

FDA

CooperCompanies Announces CooperVision Has Received FDA Approval of MiSight® for the Treatment of Myopia in ChildrenBecomes the First and Only FDA Approved Contact Lens of its Kind in the U.S.

CooperCompanies, announced that CooperVision has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of its MiSight® 1 day contact lens1, indicated to slow the progression of myopia when initially prescribed for children 8-12 years old.

November 18, 2019
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Deals

Pillar Marketing Group, Inc., Announces Acquisition Purchase of Controlling interest in Select-TV Solutions, Inc., Changing their name to BioQuest Corp. and Appoints Thomas Hemingway as Chairman and CEO.

BioQuest Corp,, a provider of High-End CBD products to the retail, direct and internet markets, announced that it has purchased controlling interest in SELT and appoints Thomas Hemingway as Chairman and CEO.

November 18, 2019
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Biotech Beach

Artelo Biosciences Announces Publication of Positive Non-Clinical Fatty Acid Binding Protein 5 Inhibitor Data in Peer-Reviewed Journal

Combination of FABP5 inhibitors with taxanes resulted in complete prostate cell death demonstrating more efficacious antitumor activity and more limited side‐effects than standard-of-care taxane therapy alone

November 18, 2019
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Drug Development

Enlivex Therapeutics Completes Recruitment In Phase Ib Trial Evaluating Safety And Efficacy Of Universal Off-The-Shelf Allocetra In Patients With Severe Sepsis

Enlivex Therapeutics Ltd., a clinical-stage immunotherapy company, reported completion of patient recruitment into the Company’s Phase Ib clinical trial in patients with severe sepsis.

November 18, 2019
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Business

Theranica Announces U.S. Recycling Partnership in Commitment to Sustainable Medical Device Production

Partnership Advances Circular Economy by Making Nerivio™, a Prescribed Wearable for Acute Treatment of Migraine, Recyclable

November 18, 2019
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Business

Summit Diagnostics Announces Release of a New Automated Quantitative Urinalysis Solution that Greatly Improves Critical Diagnostic Results

Summit Diagnostics, an international supplier to the medical industry, announced that they are launching AutoUA, a revolutionary and one of a kind Quantitative urine chemistry reagent.

November 18, 2019
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Biotech Beach

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Fever Effect Pilot Study Completed

AVACEN Medical, Inc. announced that its sponsored and independently conducted 12-family double blinded, double placebo-controlled, multi-phase pilot study of ASD children ages 4-17* has been completed..

November 18, 2019
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Business

ZEISS and Oak Ridge National Laboratory Partner for Advancement of Powder Bed Additive Manufacturing

Fast recipe development combined with improved mass production yield and methodology for quality certification of AM parts, existing and new materials and processes, will be defined and demonstrated.

November 18, 2019
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Genetown

Nexcelom Supports Biotech Startups with a Donation of Five Cellometer Auto 2000, an Automated Cell Viability Counter, to LabCentral

The rise of immune-oncology and adoptive cell therapy is driving the boom of several biotech startup organizations that use the types of protocols and methods developed on Cellometer instruments by Nexcelom.

November 18, 2019
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Business

World’s First “Artificial Meniscus” Available in Israel

Active Implants LLC, a company that develops orthopedic implant solutions, announced that two patients in Israel have undergone knee surgery for the company’s NUsurface® Meniscus Implant – the first “artificial meniscus” to be marketed in the Middle East.

November 18, 2019
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