BioSpace News Archive

Core One Labs Inc. is pleased to announce that, further to its press release of December 24, 2020, it has completed the acquisition of all of the outstanding share capital of Vocan Biotechnologies Inc. effective December 31, 2020.

Biocept, Inc., a leading commercial provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services designed to provide physicians with clinically actionable information to improve patient outcomes, announced that it has granted inducement stock options to purchase an aggregate of 83,120 shares of its common stock to 14 new employees.

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc., the leader in precision genetic medicine for rare diseases, granted equity awards on December 31, 2020 that were previously approved by the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors under Sarepta’s 2014 Employment Commencement Incentive Plan, as a material inducement to employment to 11 individuals hired by Sarepta in December 2020.

As healthcare workers and residents of long-term care facilities in the United States start receiving their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, Creche Innovations, along with a Covid-19 vaccine focus group comprised of physicians, nurses and pharmacists from across the country, have developed the Pandemic Mobile Command Center with built-in MicroCool® Refrigeration to ensure the vaccine cold chain is properly maintained.

Aravive, Inc., a clinical-stage oncology company developing transformative therapeutics, announced that Dr. Ray Tabibiazar will be stepping down from the Aravive Board of Directors but will remain an advisor to the company, effective December 31, 2020.