BioSpace News Archive

Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), a software-based monitoring and analytics company, opened a new office in November in Houston’s Texas Medical Center.

J.H. Whitney Capital Partners, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, is pleased to announce the sale of its portfolio company Accupac, Inc. to Palladium Equity Partners..

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRWD) and Allergan plc (NYSE: AGN) announced today that the companies have reached an agreement with Teva Pharmaceuticals, USA (Teva) resolving patent litigation brought in response to Teva’s abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) seeking approval to market generic versions of 145 mcg and 290 mcg LINZESS (linaclotide) prior to the expiration of the companies’ applicable patents.

Kroger Health pharmacies in Idaho and Michigan are expanding their service offerings. Effective immediately, patients can see a pharmacist at a Kroger Health pharmacy for rapid strep throat and flu testing.

Cynosure, LLC, a leader in medical aesthetics systems and technologies, today announced new leadership appointments to accelerate the company’s business transformation and growth plans.

Dimer UVC Innovations is offering its GermFalcon®, a germ-killing robot that sanitizes airplanes, to assist airlines and federal agencies disrupt the spread of a new pneumonia-like illness originating in the Wuhan region of China

Celavie Biosciences, LLC, a company working to improve lives and restore hope by advancing innovations in CNS diseases with regenerative stem cell-based therapies, today announced their presentation of a poster, titled “Five year follow-up on the first-in-human transplantation of undifferentiated stem cells into Parkinsonian patients reveals no adverse effects with improvement in motor function or arrest of the disease progression in five out of seven patients,”

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first U.S. case of a mysterious coronavirus that has already killed several people and sickened hundreds of others in China.

During National Non-Smoking Week, the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health wants to highlight that smoking continues to pose a significant risk to the health of Canadians with over 45,000 people dying from smoking-related causes each year.

The former American Association of Diabetes Educators is now the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists.