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Policy

Advisory - Stockpiling drugs can lead to local shortages: Canadians urged not to buy more medication than usual during the COVID-19 pandemic

Summary Products: Various medications Issue: Increased demand and stockpiling of medications in response to COVID-19. What to do: Do not buy more medication than usual to help ensure that all Canadians continue to have access to the medications they need and to help prevent drug shortages.

March 30, 2020
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Biotech Beach

QT Medical Launches $30 Home ECG Test

QT Medical, a MedTech company focusing on cardiac care with personal electrocardiogram (ECG), announced today a limited time offer of $30 per ECG test to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) and telehealth services.

March 30, 2020
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Pharm Country

MassHealth Partners with Maven to Offer Immediate Free Access to Telemedicine During COVID-19 Public Health Crisis

The Largest Women’s and Family Telemedicine Provider Provides Access to 24/7 On-demand Care for 1.8 Million Massachusetts Residents

March 30, 2020
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BioCapital

Inova Schar Cancer Institute Treats First Patient using Proton Therapy in Northern Virginia

On March 26, a local cancer patient was the first to complete proton therapy treatment in Northern Virginia at the Inova Mather Proton Therapy Center in Fairfax.

March 30, 2020
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Drug Development

Regeneron Announces American College of Cardiology Presentation of Positive Phase 3 Evinacumab Results in Patients with Severe Inherited Form of High Cholesterol

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGN) announced that detailed Phase 3 results of evinacumab were presented today as a late-breaking presentation at the American College of Cardiology’s Annual Scientific Session together with World Congress of Cardiology (ACC.20).

March 30, 2020
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Sun Life to donate $1 million to support communities impacted by COVID-19 pandemic

Sun Life is donating an initial C$1 million to support communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

March 30, 2020
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Job Trends

Eyevance Pharmaceuticals Launches ZERVIATE™ in the United States

Eyevance Pharmaceuticals, committed to developing and commercializing innovative and impactful ophthalmic products, is pleased to announce the United States launch of ZERVIATE™ (cetirizine ophthalmic solution) 0.24% for the treatment of ocular itching associated with allergic conjunctivitis

March 30, 2020
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Business

Junshi Biosciences Announces Full-Year 2019 Financial Results and Business Updates

Junshi Biosciences announced its audited consolidated annual results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the full-year ended December 31, 2019.

March 30, 2020
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SpendEdge Unveils the Best Ways to Identify Suppliers in the Global Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients Market That Can Help Minimize the Impact of COVID-19 Outbreak

SpendEdge, a leading provider of procurement market intelligence solutions, has announced the completion of their latest article on the ways to identify suppliers in the global active pharmaceutical ingredients market.

March 30, 2020
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Genetown

Droplet Microfluidic Screening and Sequencing Can Vastly Expand the Universe of New Antibody Therapeutics

Research published in Nature Biotechnology shows how single-cell microfluidic technology can rapidly reveal previously hidden immune responses, with potential applications in multiple disease areas including COVID-19

March 30, 2020
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