BioSpace News Archive

EverHeart Systems – developer of fully implanted mechanical circulatory support devices – announced today that it has changed its corporate name to Corvion, Inc.

Dynavax Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: DVAX), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel vaccines, today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has issued a positive opinion on the company’s Marketing Authorization Application, recommending the granting of marketing authorization for HEPLISAV-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)

Creatv MicroTech, a privately-held biotechnology company has pioneered a blood test to predict treatment response in patients with newly diagnosed Stage I-III esophageal cancer (EC) treated with chemoradiation therapy (CRT).

Neovasc, Inc. (“Neovasc” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ, TSX: NVCN) announced today that it has closed its previously announced registered direct offering (the “Offering”) priced at-the-market under the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) rules of an aggregate of 6,230,803 common shares at a price of US$0.9801 per common share.

CenExel Clinical Research (“CenExel”) has joined an alliance of fifty life sciences and healthcare organizations that seeks to accelerate the broad adoption of patient-focused, decentralized clinical trials and research.

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) is presenting new data from the Phase 3 ASCENT trial of Trodelvy® (sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC) at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium being held virtually December 8-11, 2020.

Ocugen, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCGN), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing transformative therapies to cure blindness diseases, today announced that it will postpone its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to December 23, 2020 to provide its stockholders additional time to vote on the proposals submitted for stockholder approval at the meeting. The record date for determining stockholders eligible to vo

FDA expected to make a decision on Emergency Use Authorization in the coming days Positive vote based on totality of scientific evidence presented by the companies, including Phase 3 efficacy and safety data If authorized, BNT162b2 would be the first COVID-19 vaccine available in the U.S.

Mirum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIRM), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of a late-stage pipeline of novel therapies for debilitating liver diseases, today announced that the Compensation Committee of Mirum’s Board of Directors granted a non-qualified stock option award to purchase an aggregate of 11,300 shares of common stock to one new employee under Mirum’s 2020 Indu

AbCellera Biologics Inc., a technology company that aims to become the centralized operating system for next-generation antibody discovery, announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 24,150,000 common shares at a price to the public of $20.00 per share.