BioSpace News Archive

Please check out the biopharma industry coronavirus (COVID-19) stories that are trending for August 21, 2020.

Byondis B.V. (formerly Synthon Biopharmaceuticals B.V.) is pleased to announce the appointment of Robbert Van Heekeren as chief financial officer. Mr. Van Heekeren will assume this role on September 1, operating out of Byondis’ headquarters in Nijmegen.

To give hospitals greater flexibility in their ongoing response to COVID-19, Capsule Technologies announced today the availability of the cloud deployed and managed version of its Ventilated Patient Surveillance (VPS) workstation powered by Microsoft Azur

ATAI Life Sciences announced a Feasibility Agreement with IntelGenx Corp. for the development of novel formulations of pharmaceutical-grade psychedelics based on IntelGenx’s polymeric film technologies.

Alta Schutte, Ph.D., an expert researcher in hypertension and cardiovascular disease has joined George Clinical, a global scientifically-backed clinical research organization, as a member of the organization’s scientific leadership team.

Following its participation at the Needham Virtual Med Tech & Diagnostic conference, as well as the overwhelming interest generated since its recent announcement which included the outcome of a feasibility animal study with respect to the LIBERTYTM Robotic System, Microbot Medical Inc.

The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in collaboration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics released today the 2020 Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (KDOQI) Clinical Practice Guideline on Nutrition in Chronic Kidney Disease that will guide health care practitioners who treat people with all stages of kidney disease.

ELITE Study Designed to Confirm Long-Term Safety, Efficacy and Patient Benefit of Sacral Neuromodulation with the InterStim™ Micro System for Treatment of Overactive Bladder, Fecal Incontinence and Non-Obstructive Urinary Retention DUBLIN, Aug. 20, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced it has begun recruitment of the prospective, multicenter, global, post-market study of the InterStim™ Micro system for sacral neuromodula

Wolters Kluwer Adds AI to Clinical Surveillance for Faster C. Difficile Infection Prediction Sentri7’s predictive C. diff infection risk score helps hospitals identify at-risk patients sooner and proactively address modifiable risk factors to prevent infection and improve outcomes WALTHAM, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Wolters Kluwer, Health has announced that its Sentri7 clinical surveillance solution has been enhanced with artificial intelligenc

Foundation Patient Council Member and veteran broadcaster Larry Gifford tapped to host monthly conversations on the latest advances in Parkinson’s disease research and care [20-August-2020] NEW YORK and VANCOUVER, BC , Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF) announces the re-launch of its Parkinson’s Podcast — a mo