BioSpace News Archive

MINES & Associates (MINES) is seeking partnerships with on-site clinics to help improve behavioral health resources in communities where there is a need to increase access to high-quality care. Currently, access issues, provider scarcity, and long wait times are major barriers to care across the country.

The House Ways and Means Committee is trying to pass the Consumer Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills Act, which it claims will “better shield patients from bankrupting surprise medical bills.” It states that its “approach recognizes the importance of the private market dynamics between insurance plans and providers.”

Feb. 10, 2020 14:55 UTC DUBLIN--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- ERS Genomics Limited, which was formed to provide broad access to the foundational CRISPR/Cas9 intellectual property held by Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, announced today that the European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected arguments filed in opposition to European patent No. EP2800811 jointly held by Dr. Charpentier, the Regents of the University of California, and the University of Vienna, and affirmed the patentability of the inve

Feb. 10, 2020 15:00 UTC ALPHARETTA, Ga.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- DYSIS Medical today announced that John Pedersen has assumed the position of Board Chairman. Pedersen most recently served as CEO of Augmenix, a privately held company that manufactured and sold minimally invasive hydrogel products to improve outcomes following cancer radiotherapy. Augmenix was sold to Boston Scientific in 2018 for $600M. Prior to joining Augmenix, Pedersen served as a Senior Healthcare Advisor for tw

Sirtex Medical US Holdings, Inc. (“Sirtex”), a leading manufacturer of targeted liver cancer therapies, today announced that the shareholders of OncoSec Medical, Inc. (“OncoSec”) have approved, and the parties have closed, the strategic investment by and partnership with Sirtex and Grand Decade Developments Limited, a wholly owne

Today, Health Leads announced the promotion of Carmita Padilla to the position of chief program and sites officer.

Houston hometown hero Mattress Mack of Gallery Furniture partnered with Mayo Clinic trained spine surgeon, Dr Steven Cyr from SASpine to discuss the multiple health benefits of the recently-released Tempur-Pedic Sleeptracker, an integrated smart-monitoring sleep response system.

On February 3, 2020, Québec’s Superior Court granted authorization (or leave) to CalSTRS to pursue a secondary market claim in connection with common shares issued by Bausch Health Companies Inc., formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc. (“Valeant”) (TSX and NYSE: “VRX”) between February 28, 2013 and August 10, 2016 (the “Relevant Period”) under Title VIII, Chapter II, Division II of the Québec Securities Act (“QSA”).

RIST Neurovascular, Inc., a neuro-interventional medtech company, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance to market the RIST Cath Radial Access Long Sheath™ (RIST Cath) for the introduction of interventional devices into the peripheral, coronary, and neurovascular system

Primary efficacy endpoint met with 87.7% response rate at one year; women experienced, on average, an 89.9% reduction in menstrual blood loss Bone mineral density maintained through one year, with no new safety signals Data further strengthen the New Drug Application (NDA) expected to be submitted in April 2020 BASEL, Switzerland, Feb. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myovant Sciences (NYSE: MYOV), a healthcare company focused on developing innovative treatments for women’s health a