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Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMS), a company dedicated to developing and delivering medicines that make a meaningful difference to people affected by neurological diseases, today announced it has entered into an agreement to amend certain key terms of its Royalty-Backed Loan agreement (“Royalty-Backed Loan”) with HealthCare Royalty Partners (“HCR”). The key terms amended are summarized as follows:   Revised to provide for rep

Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMS), a company dedicated to developing and delivering medicines that make a meaningful difference to people affected by neurological diseases, today announced it has signed an agreement to settle its ongoing patent litigation with Osmotica Pharmaceutical US LLC, a subsidiary of Osmotica Pharmaceuticals plc. As a result of this agreement, both parties will drop their respective claims relating to the p

Calithera Biosciences, Inc announced that the compensation committee of the company’s board of directors granted three new employees a non-qualified stock option to purchase an aggregate of 53,000 shares of Calithera’s common stock, at a per share exercise price of $4.91, the closing trading price on November 30, 2020.

Sio Gene Therapies Inc. (NASDAQ: SIOX), a clinical-stage company focused on developing gene therapies to radically transform the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the high-dose cohort of the Phase 1/2 (“Stage 1”) study for Type I (infantile) and Type II (late inf

Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pruritus by selectively targeting peripheral kappa opioid receptors, or KORs, today announced that it has completed full enrollment of its KARE Phase 2 dose-ranging clinical trial of Oral KORSUVA™ (difelikefalin tablets) for the treatment o

Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) today announced the election and appointment of Michael A. Kelly to its Board of Directors. Mr. Kelly is a proven leader with more than two decades of executive experience in the life sciences industry serving in various strategic finance and operations positions, including Chief Financial Officer and board member of multiple biotechnology companies. John F. Crowley, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of A

Adamas to acquire global rights to OSMOLEX ER ® for $7.5 million Company to focus on maximizing commercial opportunity for Upnee q™ BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Dec. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Osmotica Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: OSMT) (“Osmotica” or the “Company”), a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company, announced today that its subsidiary Osmotica Pharmaceutical US LLC has entered into an agreement to settle its ongoing patent litigation with Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. r

Todos Medical (OTCQB: TOMDF) , an in vitro diagnostics company focused on distributing comprehensive solutions for COVID-19 screening and diagnosis, and developing blood tests for early detection of cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, today announced $3.2 million in sales for the month of November 2020. This represents a 269% increase in monthly sales as compared with October 2020. The majority o

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc. (GBT) (NASDAQ: GBT) today announced the initiation of an early access program for voxelotor, in Europe and other regions outside the United States, for the treatment of hemolytic anemia in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients ages 12 years and older. “With no currently approved therapies outside the United States to treat hemolytic anemia in sickle cell disease, the unmet need in this devastating di

New data show safety and efficacy of roxadustat in treating anemia secondary to lower-risk myelodysplastic syndrome s (MDS) regardless of ring sideroblast (RS) or baseline e rythro poietin level Multiple analyses evaluate cardiovascular safety and efficacy of roxadustat in patients with anemia of chronic kidney disease (CKD ) regardless of dialysis status