BioSpace News Archive

Harris Williams, a global investment bank specializing in M&A advisory services, announces that it advised Longs Pharmacy Solutions (Longs), a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital (Tailwind), on its sale to PharMedQuest, a portfolio company of Kinderhook Industries, LLC (Kinderhook).

Imbed Biosciences Inc. (Imbed), a privately-held biotech company emerging as a leader in the development of advanced therapies for burns, chronic ulcers, and surgical wounds, announced today the launch of its new corporate and product brand identities, redesigned logos, and websites.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Liveyon Labs Inc. (Liveyon Labs) and Liveyon LLC, of Yorba Linda, California, and their presidents and chief executive officers, Roya Panah and John W. Kosolcharoen, for processing and distributing unapproved products derived from umbilical cord blood.

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 that the Compensation Committee of Cara’s Board of Directors has approved the grant of non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 47,500 shares of common stock,

ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq: VRAY), maker of the MRIdian, which combines MRI and external-beam radiation therapy to simultaneously image and treat cancer patients, today announced the completion of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 47,782,500 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $3.13 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $149.6 million

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR) today announced that on December 6, 2019 it closed the previously announced underwritten public offering of 4,600,000 shares of its common stock, which included shares issued upon the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase 600,000 additional shares.

The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for JNJ-68284528 (JNJ-4528), an investigational B cell maturation antigen (BCMA)-directed chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) therapy in previously treated patients with multiple myeloma.

United Health Products (UHP) (OTC: UEEC) today announced that it had completed a safety and efficacy animal study for its HemoStyp hydrocolloid product, for which it filed a patent application in August 2019.

Ra Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: RMED), a medical device company focusing on commercializing excimer laser systems to treat vascular and dermatological diseases, today announced that on December 4, 2019, it received a notice from the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”)

Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FLXN) today announced equity inducement grants to six new employees consisting of an aggregate of 25,300 stock options and 4,150 restricted stock units.