BioSpace News Archive

Genetown

Orfit® Aerial® Couch Top for Proton Therapy Validated by Mevion Medical Systems

Mevion Medical Systems and Orfit Industries are pleased to announce that the Aerial® Couch Top is validated for use on the MEVION S250® Series Proton Therapy Systems.

June 22, 2020
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Imagia Partners with Illumina to Scale Discoveries Across Genomic and Clinical Data

Advanced AI-discovery platform Imagia EVIDENS™ to link analysis of genomic data to patient outcomes for reproducible data-driven precision medicine research

June 22, 2020
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Pharm Country

Teleflex Announces Publication of Early Patient Experience Data Highlighting the UroLift® System as a Superior Treatment to Rezum™ Steam Injection in Patients with Enlarged Prostate

Data Shows Minimally Invasive Treatment Provides Rapid Symptom Relief, Allowing Men to Return to Daily Activities Quickly

June 22, 2020
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Drug Development

Merck Announces That V114, Its Investigational 15-valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine, Met Safety and Immunogenicity Objectives in Initial Phase 3 Studies in Adults

Merck, known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced results from two initial Phase 3 studies evaluating the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of V114, the company’s investigational 15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.

June 22, 2020
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Biotech Bay

New Kidney360 Publication Highlights CareDx’s AlloSure is Differentiated as the dd-cfDNA Test of ChoiceHead to head data shows that not all dd-cfDNA is the same

CareDx, Inc. announces that the journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney360, published a study evaluating AlloSure simultaneously with a different donor-derived cell-free DNA monitoring tool for allograft rejection.

June 22, 2020
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BioCapital

MaxCyte to Present at 2020 European Biotech Investor Day

MaxCyte, a global cell-based therapies and life sciences company, announced that CEO Doug Doerfler plans to present an overview of the company and provide a business update at the 2020 European Biotech Investor Day, co-hosted by Solebury Trout with Nasdaq, Deutsche Bank and Goodwin.

June 22, 2020
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Business

Soligenix to Join Russell Microcap® Index

Soligenix, Inc. announced that the Company is set to join the Russell Microcap® Index at the conclusion of the 2020 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 29th, according to a final list of additions posted June 15th.

June 22, 2020
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Business

Seres Therapeutics Appoints Terri Young, Ph.D., R.Ph., Experienced Commercial Leader, as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial and Strategy Officer

Dr. Young to strengthen commercial expertise ahead of SER-109 Phase 3 data readout, and to maximize the potential of Seres’ microbiome therapeutic pipeline

June 22, 2020
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Deals

Invitae and ArcherDX to create a global leader in comprehensive cancer genetics and precision oncology

Combination to bring germline and somatic testing, liquid biopsy and tissue genomic profiling onto a single platform to offer patients a full suite of cancer testing for risk, therapy optimization and personalized cancer monitoring

June 22, 2020
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Deals

Lantheus Completes Merger with Progenics

Lantheus Holdings, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced merger with Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an oncology company developing innovative medicines and artificial intelligence to find, fight and follow cancer.

June 22, 2020
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