BioSpace News Archive

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a New Drug Application (NDA) for DIFICID® (fidaxomicin) for oral suspension, and a supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for DIFICID tablets for the treatment of Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in children aged six months and older.1

Anavex Life Sciences Corp. (“Anavex” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: AVXL), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing differentiated therapeutics for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Rett syndrome and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced that it has met its enrollment target for the ANAVEX®2-73 (blarcamesine) Phase 2 study in Parkinson’s Disease Dementia (PDD).

Antares Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATRS) (The Company) today announced 2020 full-year net revenue guidance of $135 to $155 million, which includes a range of potential revenue scenarios for AMAG’s Makena.

NeuroMetrix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NURO) today reported financial and business highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019.

Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE, “Sorrento”), announced the positive results of multiple resiniferatoxin (RTX) pre-pivotal (phase 1b/2) clinical studies, which will be presented at two upcoming prestigious pain conferences

Canonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Evogene Ltd. (NASDAQ: EVGN) and (TASE: EVGN) focused on the development of medical cannabis products, announces today an agreement with Hadasit, Hadassah Medical Center Technology Transfer Company, for pre-clinical studies to support the development of anti-inflammatory medical Cannabis products as part of its Precise product program

Intact Vascular, Inc., a developer of medical devices for minimally invasive peripheral vascular procedures, today announced the schedule of presentations to be featured at the annual Leipzig Interventional Course (LINC) in Leipzig, Germany on Tuesday, January 28th and Wednesday, January 29th.

AVEO Oncology (NASDAQ: AVEO) and Biodesix, Inc. today announced the presentation of results from an investigator-sponsored Phase 1b trial of ficlatuzumab, AVEO’s potent hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) inhibitory antibody product candidate, in combination with nab-paclitaxel and gemcitabine in patients with previously untreated metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).

Opentrons Labworks, Inc. (“Opentrons”) and Swift Biosciences, Inc. (“Swift”) announce the launch of the most affordable fully-automated workstation for next-generation sequencing (NGS) library preparation ever put on the market.

Catalyst Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBIO), today announced one oral and three poster presentations at the 13th Annual Congress of the European Association for Haemophilia and Allied Disorders (EAHAD) being held in The Hague, Netherlands on February 5 - 7, 2020.