BioSpace News Archive

Artificial intelligence provides an automated and accurate tool to measure a common marker of heart disease in patients getting chest CT scans for lung cancer screening, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Focused ultrasound is a safe and effective way to target and open areas of the blood-brain barrier, potentially allowing for new treatment approaches to Alzheimer’s disease, according to initial study results presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), today announced the publication of a collaborative study with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard entitled “A rapid and accurate method to determine antibiotic susceptibilities based on simultaneous detection of genotype and phenotype” that demonstrates the potential for the Hyb & Seq™ technology to transform infectious disease testing.

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: AUPH / TSX:AUP) (“Aurinia” or the “Company”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company focused on advancing voclosporin across multiple inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, today announced that an abstract has been accepted for presentation at the Keystone Symposia Conference on Islet Biology: From Gene to Cell to Micro-Organ in Santa Fe, New Mexico from January 27-31, 2020.

Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. (NASDAQ: AXGT), a clinical-stage company developing innovative gene therapies, today announced the completion of an amendment to its loan and security agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc. (“Hercules”)

BioXcel Therapeutics (“BTI” or “Company”) (Nasdaq: BTAI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company utilizing artificial intelligence approaches to identify and advance the next wave of medicines in neuroscience and immuno-oncology, today announced it has reached a general agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the key elements of the designs for its SERENITY (Sub-Lingual DExmedetomidine in Agitation Associated With SchizophRENIa and Bipolar Disorder STudY) program,

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pruritus by selectively targeting peripheral kappa opioid receptors, today announced positive topline results from its Phase 2 dose-ranging trial of Oral KORSUVA

Multinational study in the U.S., Israel and Europe targeting to be the first product candidate supporting muscle regeneration after significant trauma such as hip fracture

Decipher Biosciences, a leader in the field of urologic cancer genomics, today announced that Palmetto GBA, a Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC), issued a final local coverage determination (LCD) for use of Decipher® Prostate Biopsy in men diagnosed with favorable and unfavorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer.

Adona Medical, a newly formed Shifamed portfolio company, announced today the closing of its seed financing round, raising a total of $2.5M