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A study of 21,848 non-emergent, high-risk patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with percutaneous ventricular assist devices (PVADs), including Impella, demonstrates the PVAD patients had a lower rate of mortality and complications than patients who underwent PCI with intra-aortic balloon pumps (IABPs).

Vir and Alnylam Expand Collaboration to Advance RNAi Therapeutics for the Treatment of Coronavirus Infection, Including COVID-19

NanoString Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:NSTG), a leading provider of life science tools for translational research, today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $175 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2025 in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)

Cytokinetics, Incorporated (Nasdaq: CYTK) today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has granted orphan medicinal product designation to reldesemtiv for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Previously reldesemtiv was granted orphan drug designation for the treatment of ALS by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration.

Arcturus Therapeutics (the “Company”, NASDAQ: ARCT), a leading messenger RNA medicines company, and Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS), a research intensive, graduate entry medical school, today announced their partnership to develop a Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine for Singapore.

Moleculin Biotech, Inc., (Nasdaq: MBRX) (“Moleculin” or the “Company”), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company with a broad portfolio of drug candidates targeting highly resistant tumors, today issued a video letter to its shareholders from Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Walter Klemp , which includes an update on its current activities.

Inflammatix, a pioneering molecular diagnostics company delivering precision medicine at the point of care, announced findings from a new study published today in Nature Communications that demonstrate its ability to identify patients with bacterial versus viral infections using a data-driven approach that measures the immune system response.

Legion Healthcare Partners is pleased to announce the addition of Ritsuko Komaki, M.D., FACR, FASTRO to its Scientific Advisory Board

The Alzheimer’s Association and the Rainwater Charitable Foundation have joined forces again to fund drug discovery research towards finding therapies for Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal degeneration, and other tauopathies

Organizations collaborate for National Kidney Month to raise awareness about the deadly disease