BioSpace News Archive

The patent now granted by the Japan Patent Office is valid until 2035. Diamyd Medical recently announced the grant of the corresponding patent in Europe . The patents primarily protect the administration method of Diamyd ® that is now being evaluated in the Phase IIb trial DIAGNODE-2 and which previously showed positive results in t

Northwest Laboratory (NWL), a division of Northwest Pathology P.S., has announced the availability of high-capacity, rapid testing for SARS-CoV-2 (the novel coronavirus causing COVID-19).

Axovant Gene Therapies Ltd. a clinical-stage company developing innovative gene therapies for neurological diseases, today announced that it had prepaid in full its $15.7 million outstanding loan from Hercules Capital, Inc. together with interest, fees and other amounts due. Following the prepayment, the credit facility and loan agreement with Hercules Capital, Inc. was terminated, and all obligations, liens and security inter

Lumos Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ:LUMO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics for rare diseases, announced that Aaron Schuchart will be joining the company as Chief Business Officer starting on May 6, 2020. In this role, Mr. Schuchart will coordinate with Lumos Pharma management and operational teams to identify and advance business development opportunities for the company as part of its strategy to expand its pipeli

Assure Holdings Corp., a provider of intraoperative neuromonitoring services, announced that it has continued to take proactive steps to ensure business stability through the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SGEN) announced today that, due to public health and safety concerns related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, recommendations and orders from federal, state and local authorities, and to support the health and well-being of its shareholders, employees and others, Seattle Genetics is changing its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) to a virtual-only format.

TRACON Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TCON), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel targeted therapeutics for cancer, today announced that it has retained global rights to and has sole responsibility for development and commercialization of TRC253 based on Janssen Pharmaceutica N.V.’s (Janssen’s) decision not to exercise its option to reacquire global rights to TRC253 following a review of the

ThermoGenesis Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: THMO), a market leader in automated cell processing tools and services in the cell and gene therapy field, announced today that it was featured on multiple new outlets, including a FOX40 news segment titled, “Rancho Cordova Company Says It’s Working on Potential Treatment for Coronavir

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that on April 15, 2020, the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors granted inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 39,800 shares of its common stock to nine new employees and 1,320 inducement restricted stock units to one new employee.

HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA), one of the nation’s leading healthcare providers, today announced 172 of its affiliated hospitals are participating in a national study to test whether plasma from convalescent, or recovered, COVID-19 patients may help in the treatment of individuals currently sick from the virus.