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Business

Incyte Reports 2020 First Quarter Financial Results and Provides Updates on Key Clinical Programs

Total product and royalty revenues of $569 million (+24% vs Q1 2019) for the quarter ended March 31, 2020; Jakafi® (ruxolitinib) revenues of $459 million in Q1 2020 (+22% vs Q1 2019)

May 5, 2020
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23 min read
BioMidwest

Exicure to Present AST-008 Updates at 2020 AACR Virtual Annual Meeting

Exicure, Inc., the pioneer in gene regulatory and immunotherapeutic drugs utilizing spherical nucleic acid constructs, will present at the American Association of Cancer Research Virtual Annual Meeting II, occurring June 22 – 24, 2020.

May 5, 2020
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Drug Development

Vifor Pharma Announces Akebia’s Positive Top-Line Results From Global Phase-III Program of vadadustat for Treatment of Anaemia Due to Chronic Kidney Disease in Adult Dialysis-Dependent Patients

Akebia’s vadadustat, an investigational oral HIF-PHI, achieves primary efficacy and cardiovascular safety endpoints

May 5, 2020
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4 min read
Business

Roswell Biotechnologies and Imec to Develop First Molecular Electronics Biosensor Chips for Infectious Disease Surveillance, Precision Medicine and DNA Storage

Roswell Biotechnologies, Inc., the leader in molecular electronics sensor chips, and imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, announced a partnership to develop the first commercially available molecular electronics biosensor chips.

May 5, 2020
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5 min read
BioForest

InMed and Almac Group Developing Improved Cannabinoid Production Methods

InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc., a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing medications targeting diseases with high unmet medical need and leading the way in the clinical development of cannabinol, announced that it is working with the Almac Group on a proprietary approach to augment current biosynthesis-based methods for cannabinoid production.

May 5, 2020
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5 min read
Pharm Country

Oramed Pharmaceuticals to Present at the 80th American Diabetes Association Scientific Session, to be Held Virtually This Year in June

Oramed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ORMP) (TASE: ORMP) ( www.oramed.com ), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development of oral drug delivery systems, today announced it will present during the 80 th American Diabe

May 5, 2020
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4 min read
Business

Guardant Health and Patient Advocacy Groups Join Forces to Raise Awareness of the Importance of Complete Biomarker Testing for Patients with Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Incomplete testing fails to meet current medical guideline standards, placing more than 80 percent1 of patients at increased risk of receiving a less effective treatment

May 5, 2020
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8 min read
Pharm Country

AzurRx BioPharma Receives Approximately $721,000 for its 2019 CIR (French Research Tax Credit)

Received ~$2.52 million in aggregate CIR payments in 2020 CIR to be used to fund on-going MS1819 Phase 2 clinical studies in Europe

May 5, 2020
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3 min read
Genetown

Psychemedics Announces a “Vaping Panel” to Detect and Deter the Use of Marijuana, CBD and NicotineA New and Cost-Effective Tool to Combat the E-cigarette Epidemic Among Youth

Psychemedics Corporation (NASDAQ: PMD ), the world leader and pioneer in detecting drugs of abuse using hair analysis, today introduced a Vaping Panel to detect the use of Marijuana, CBD and Nicotine. This test provides a way for schools and businesses to detect the ingestion of these drugs by all methods including electronic cigarettes or smoking. Hair testing provides several significant advantages over other methods of testing including a 90

May 5, 2020
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4 min read
FDA

Galderma Receives FDA Approval For Restylane® Kysse, A New Hyaluronic Acid (HA) Filler Specifically Designed And Indicated To Add Fullness To The Lips And Help Smooth The Wrinkles Above The Mouth

Galderma announces that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Restylane ® Kysse for lip augmentation and the correction of upper perioral rhytids (wrinkles around upper lips) in adults over the age of 21.

May 5, 2020
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7 min read