BioSpace News Archive

Deals

Genome BC Invests $1M in Breakthrough Solution for Detecting Chronic Liver Disease, Closing Off Sonic Incytes’ $3.5M Financing Round

Genome BC is pleased to announce $1 million in funding to Sonic Incytes Medical Corp., completing the company’s seed financing round of over CDN$3.5 million supported by institutional investors, angel funds and private individuals.

May 28, 2020
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4 min read
BioForest

The Michael J. Fox Foundation Collaborates with ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen to Champion Engagement of Newly Diagnosed Parkinson’s Patients in Research

The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) announced that Bill Rasmussen has joined its team to help speed a cure for Parkinson’s disease.

May 28, 2020
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5 min read
Business

Catalytic Data Science Joins the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance to Combat COVID-19

Catalytic Data Science, a leading provider of life sciences R&D workflow solutions, announced that it has joined the XPRIZE Pandemic Alliance to help develop new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that mitigate COVID-19.

May 28, 2020
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3 min read
BioMidwest

FDA Lists Beckman Coulter Life Sciences RNA Extraction Kit For Use In EUA-Authorized COVID-19 Test

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences today announced RNAdvance Viral XP has been added to the list of acceptable extraction methods for use in the Centers for Disease Control’s EUA-authorized COVID-19 test referenced in the FDA’s FAQ on testing for SARS-CoV-2

May 28, 2020
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2 min read
Biotech Beach

COVID-19: Precision Diagnostics Offers a Virtual Waiting Room for Providers to Safely Treat Patients

Precision UpNEXT is a virtual waiting room for healthcare providers to safely & efficiently treat patients due to the pandemic

May 28, 2020
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2 min read
Genetown

Haemonetics Announces Sale Of U.S. Blood Donor Management Software Solution Assets To The GPI Group

Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global medical technology company focused on delivering innovative hematology solutions to drive better patient outcomes, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain blood donor management software solution assets within its Blood Center business unit to the GPI Group (GPI: IM).

May 28, 2020
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4 min read
Biotech Beach

Amgen To Present At The Jefferies 2020 Virtual Healthcare Conference

Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) will present at the Jefferies 2020 Virtual Healthcare Conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 2, 2020.

May 28, 2020
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1 min read
Business

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Moncef Slaoui and Top COVID-19 Thought Leaders Take Stage During BIO Digital Week

Convening national experts at the epicenter of vaccine development for COVID-19 while presenting critical conversations on the state of the biopharma industry amid the pandemic

May 28, 2020
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4 min read
BioCapital

FDA Alerts Patients and Health Care Professionals to Nitrosamine Impurity Findings in Certain Metformin Extended-Release Products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing today that agency laboratory testing has revealed levels of the nitrosamine impurity N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) above the agency’s acceptable intake limit in several lots of the extended-release (ER) formulation of metformin, a prescription drug used to control high blood sugar in patients with type 2 diabetes

May 28, 2020
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6 min read
Policy

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Daily Roundup - May 29, 2020

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration continued to take action in the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic

May 28, 2020
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2 min read