BioSpace News Archive

Personalis, Inc. (Nasdaq: PSNL), a leader in advanced genomics for population sequencing and cancer, announces that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program (VA MVP) has exercised its option to extend our existing contract through September 2021. The VA also issued a new task order with an approximate value of up to $31M, and it has the right to issue additional task orders through the duration

QuestDirect™ Active Infection allows individuals to collect a specimen at home or by drive-thru at more than 500 Walmart Neighborhood Market locations Results are interpreted by a physician via telecare and provided digitally through the MyQuest™ patient portal so individuals may share results securely online with friends, family and physicians [17-September-2020]

AI tools are transforming the way hospitals practice, and the operating room is no exception.

ChemoCentryx, Inc., (Nasdaq: CCXI), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted the Company’s New Drug Application (NDA) for avacopan, an orally-administered selective complement 5a receptor inhibitor, for the treatment of ANCA-Associated Vasculitis and has set July 7, 2021 as the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) goal date for the avacopan NDA

CVS Health announced plans to add more than 2,000 new COVID-19 drive-thru test sites at select CVS Pharmacy locations across the country to support the company’s ongoing efforts to increase access to testing and help slow the spread of the virus.

Applied UV, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, SteriLumen, Inc., has installed its Disinfecting System in the first of 17 patient bathrooms at Mount Sinai’s Morningside Hospital adjoining Columbia University in New York, NY in connection with a study to be conducted by Mt.

Debiopharm, (www.debiopharm.com) a biopharmaceutical company based in Switzerland, today announced data releases on 2 investigational oncology programs including xevinapant (Debio 1143) and their selective WEE1 inhibitor (Debio 0123), at the European Society Of Medical Oncology (ESMO) Virtual Congress taking place virtually from September 19th – 21st.

Riverside Radiology and Interventional Associates (RRIA), A LucidHealth Company, provides teleradiology physician services to veteran beneficiaries at the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Cleveland . The practice’s board-certified radiologists have been providing diagnostic imaging interpretation and opera

Kannalife, Inc., a biopharmaceutical medicinal chemistry company specializing in the research and development of potent novel monotherapeutics, announced that it has appointed pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry veteran Dr. Tage Honoré as the Chairman of the Company’s Board of Advisors.

Panasonic, a leading provider of ventilation and indoor air solutions to the building industry, today announced its next generation Intelli-Balance™ 100 Energy Recovery Ventilator (ERV) with an occupant-controlled Boost function.