BioSpace News Archive

Policy

Promega GoTaq® Probe 1-Step RT-qPCR System Approved for Use in CDC’s COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization Diagnostic Panel

Promega amplification reagent added to EUA list for laboratories that follow CDC’s testing protocols

April 1, 2020
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3 min read
Deals

OpGen and Curetis Successfully Close their Business Combination Transaction

OpGen, Inc., a precision medicine company harnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and informatics to help combat infectious disease, announced that the business combination between Curetis and OpGen has successfully closed on April 1, 2020.

April 1, 2020
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7 min read
Biotech Beach

Arena Pharmaceuticals Announces Positive Topline Data for New Development Program - Etrasimod Controlled-Release (CR)

Etrasimod CR profile designed to retain etrasimod’s rapid onset of action while further improving its potentially best-in-class, non-titrated, low intrinsic first-dose heart rate effect

April 1, 2020
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6 min read
Business

Company Profile for Kubota Vision Inc. (dba of Acucela Inc.)

Kubota Vision Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kubota Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. committed to translating innovation into a diverse portfolio of drugs and devices to preserve and restore vision for millions of people worldwide.

April 1, 2020
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1 min read
Deals

Invitae Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Stock - April 1, 2020

Invitae Corporation announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of $125.0 million of shares of its common stock, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses.

April 1, 2020
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3 min read
Business

Nevro Provides First Quarter and FY2020 Update

Nevro Corp. announced preliminary unaudited worldwide revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the withdrawal of its full year 2020 financial guidance issued on February 25, 2020.

April 1, 2020
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9 min read
Pharm Country

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society And Partners Commit $4.5 Million For Blood Cancer Patients Impacted By COVID-19

LLS Sets Goal of Raising $10 Million from Partners and Donors for New LLS COVID-19 Patient Financial Aid Program Launching April 1

April 1, 2020
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11 min read
Deals

Microbix Announces Annual and Special Meeting Voting Results

Microbix Biosystems Inc., a life sciences innovator making critical ingredients that enable the production of clinical diagnostics and creating medical devices that help ensure test accuracy, announces the voting results from the Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders which was held on March 31, 2020.

April 1, 2020
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4 min read
Deals

Mesa Labs Declares Quarterly Dividend payable on June 15, 2020

Mesa Laboratories, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.16 per share of common stock.

April 1, 2020
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2 min read
Deals

Seneca Biopharma Announces Inducement Grant under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) - April 1, 2020

Seneca Biopharma, Inc. announced, that the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Seneca approved the issuance of non-qualified inducement stock options to Matthew W. Kalnik, Ph.D. and Dane R. Saglio pursuant to their respective employment agreements with the Company.

April 1, 2020
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3 min read