BioSpace News Archive

On July 12, 2019, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland ordered the FDA to require manufacturers of e-cigarettes, cigars and other deemed new tobacco products that were on the market as of Aug. 8, 2016 to submit applications for premarket review by May 12, 2020.

Herzing University, an accredited, private nonprofit institution, today announced a new online Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences (BSHS) degree.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to two companies for illegally selling unapproved products containing cannabidiol in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

Newly invented and U.S. Food and Drug Administration-authorized devices will help provide relief to impacted patients and enhance clinical capacity

Wellpoint Health Ltd. announced the launch of its Telephonic COVID-19 Return-To-Work Screening Program.

N8 Medical, LLC (N8) today announced that Health Canada has granted emergency use access marketing approval of the company’s CeraShield™ Endotracheal Tube for all Canadian mechanically-ventilated COVID-19 patients.

Gravity Diagnostics, a privately held CLIA laboratory headquartered in Covington, Kentucky, is working with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and Kroger as the laboratory processing the COVID-19 samples for the newly launched COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites.

The board of directors of Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today declared a 38-cent second-quarter 2020 dividend on the company’s common stock, payable June 5, 2020 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 8, 2020.

Affinity Health Partners, a rural health system owner and operator announced it has successfully completed a transaction to purchase Washington Regional Medical Center formally Washington County Hospital in Plymouth North Carolina.

Kroger Health, the healthcare division of The Kroger Co., announced the expansion of free COVID-19 testing sites to Colorado, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, joining existing sites in Kentucky and Tennessee, for all priority groups, including healthcare workers, first responders and symptomatic groups.