BioSpace News Archive

Kyocera Corporation announced it will begin construction of a new research and development center in January 2021 at its Kokubu campus in Kirishima City, Kagoshima, Japan.

CANbridge Pharmaceuticals Inc., a company developing and commercializing innovative drugs to treat rare diseases and targeted cancers, announced that its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for CAN106, a recombinant human monoclonal antibody targeting complement C5 of the complement system, has been approved by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) in Singapore for the treatment of complement dysregulation diseases

Moderna, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines to create a new generation of transformative medicines for patients, today announced that the European Commission has exercised its option to purchase an additional 80 million doses of mRNA-1273, Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, bringing its confirmed order commitment to 160 million doses.

Occlutech, a privately-held company, announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the company a Breakthrough Device designation for its first-in-class, implantable Atrial Flow Regulator (AFR) for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH).

Zoetis Inc. (NYSE:ZTS) will participate in the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference on Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Y-mAbs”) (Nasdaq: YMAB) a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel, antibody-based therapeutic products for the treatment of cancer announced today that it has entered into a distribution agreement with Swixx BioPharma AG (“Swixx”) to be the exclusive distributor of the Company’s antibodies, DANYELZA®

Natera, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTRA), a pioneer and global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, is pleased that the United States Patent Office granted Natera a significant win when it denied a patentability challenge from a multi-national sequencing company against Natera’s U.S. Patent No. 8,682,592 (‘592 Patent) upholding all claims.

Inogen, Inc. (NASDAQ: INGN), a medical technology company offering innovative respiratory products for use in the homecare setting, today announced that the Company’s management will be participating in the 39th Annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference

DxTerity Diagnostics is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Amazon to distribute its SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic tests to U.S. small businesses and customers at home

Centogene N.V. (Nasdaq: CNTG) (“CENTOGENE” or the “Company”), a commercial-stage company focused on rare diseases that transforms real-world clinical and genetic data into actionable information for patients, physicians and pharmaceutical companies, today announced the voting results of the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting. The shareholders of the Company voted in favor of all proposals, which included t