BioSpace News Archive

In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Direct Relief is going beyond its longstanding U.S. focus on nonprofit safety-net health centers and has begun donating urgently-needed medical aid to U.S. hospitals, including N95 masks and other personal protective equipment, as well as oxygen concentrators.

New saliva test helps address current national sample collection and personal protective equipment supply chain shortages

At the request of IIROC, Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada, Covalon Technologies Ltd., an advanced medical technologies company, has been asked to clarify the press release issued earlier.

Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a developer of therapeutic products that modulate the gut microbiome to treat gastrointestinal diseases, reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2019.

MedMira Inc., reported on its financial results for the quarter ended January 31, 2020.

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, granted equity awards on March 31, 2020 that were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors under Sarepta’s 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, as a material inducement to employment to thirteen individuals hired by Sarepta in March 2020.

Providers Implement National Contingency Plan in Partnership to Protect Patients and Staff

Organovo Holdings, Inc. convened, on March 26, 2020, the special meeting of stockholders and then adjourned the Special Meeting until Tuesday, April 7, 2020 10:00 A.M. Pacific Time at www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/ONVO2020 to solicit additional proxies for Organovo Proposals Nos. 1 and 4.

Face masks have become the first line of defense for health care professionals around the globe battling COVID-19. Yet through prolonged use, that same protective equipment may be putting them at further risk.

Zymo Research announced a partnership with Tecan to launch a ready-to-go processing solution to streamline viral DNA/RNA extraction from nasopharyngeal swabs, oropharyngeal swabs, saliva, sputum, plasma, and serum.