BioSpace News Archive

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration publicly posted test performance data from four more antibody, or serology, test kits on open.fda.gov from its independent performance validation study effort with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI).

A patient-reported symptom tracking method used for patients with cancer has now been adapted for patients with COVID-19.

Atara Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATRA), a pioneer in T-cell immunotherapy leveraging its novel allogeneic EBV T-cell platform to develop treatments for patients with severe diseases including solid tumors, hematologic cancers and autoimmune disease, today announced that Pascal Touchon, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate at two upcoming virtual conferences in June.

Alkermes plc (Nasdaq: ALKS) announced today that management will participate in a fireside chat at the 41st Annual Goldman Sachs Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:40 a.m. ET (2:40 p.m. BST).

FUJIFILM Sonosite, Inc., the world leader in point-of-care ultrasound, has announced the election of Rich Fabian, the company’s President and Chief Operating Officer, to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Life Science Washington,

AACC has issued a new guidance document detailing best practices that hospitals and other healthcare institutions should follow when running a point-of-care testing program.

DLA Piper represented Iovance Biotherapeutics, a late-stage biotechnology company developing novel T cell-based cancer immunotherapies (tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte, TIL, and peripheral-blood lymphocyte, PBL), in a US$603.7 million underwritten public offering of 19,475,806 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $31.00 per share,

Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVAX), a late-stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that the company has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for the manufacturing of NVX‑CoV2373,

Vapotherm, Inc., a global medical technology company focused on the development and commercialization of its proprietary Hi-VNI® Technology products that are used to treat patients suffering from respiratory distress, announced a major expansion in its capital equipment manufacturing capabilities.

Former Head of Oncology Cell Therapy Research Unit at GSK to lead clinical development at Immatics