BioSpace News Archive

AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV) will participate in the 10th Annual SVB Leerink Global Healthcare Conference on Friday, February 26. Michael Severino, M.D., vice chairman and president, Robert A. Michael, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Jeffrey R. Stewart, executive vice president, commercial operations, will present virtually at 9:40 a.m. Central time.

Pulse Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: PLSE), a novel bioelectric medicine company progressing Nano-Pulse Stimulation™ (NPS™) technology, announced today it will report financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2020 after market close on Monday, February 22, 2021.

Ocular Therapeutix™, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, announced its intention to present data from its Phase 1 clinical trial of OTX-TKI,

Vericel Corporation, a leader in advanced therapies for the sports medicine and severe burn care markets, announced that its Board of Directors unanimously approved the termination of the Company’s shareholder rights agreement, commonly referred to as a “poison pill”, which was originally scheduled to expire on August 15, 2021.

Aspen Laser Systems, a privately held U.S.-based medical device company specializing in photomedicine, announced that it was recently named to be a Space Certification Partner by the Space Foundation, a nonprofit advocate organization.

Seagen Inc. (Nasdaq:SGEN) and Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503, President and CEO: Kenji Yasukawa, Ph.D., “Astellas”) today announced results from the second cohort (cohort 2) of patients in the pivotal phase 2 single-arm EV-201 trial. In the trial, 52 percent of patients who received PADCEV®

Equillium, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQ), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing itolizumab to treat severe autoimmune and inflammatory disorders, presented interim data from the EQUATE clinical trial supporting itolizumab’s potential as a first-line treatment for acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD).

Heat Biologics, Inc. ) (Nasdaq:HTBX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing first-in-class therapies to modulate the immune system, including multiple oncology product candidates and a novel COVID-19 vaccine, today announced that it will be presenting at the 2021 BIO CEO & Investor Digital Conference being held virtually between February 16-18, 2021.

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Vallon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: VLON) (“Vallon” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company primarily focused on the development of novel drugs that are designed to deter abuse in the treatment of CNS disorders, today announced the closing of its initial public offering of 2,250,000 shares of common stock at a public price offering of $8.00 per share.