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Ocuphire Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: OCUP), today announced that the Compensation Committee of its Board of Directors, which is composed entirely of independent directors, approved an equity award under Ocuphire’s Inducement Plan, as a material inducement to Erik Sims in connection with his employment with the Company as Controller of the Company effective on April 1, 2021.

Aveanna Healthcare Holdings Inc. (“Aveanna”) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the proposed offering have not yet been determined. Aveanna intends to list its common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol

Moderna, Inc., a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA therapeutics and vaccines, announced that based on submitted stability data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to be kept at room temperature conditions once removed from the refrigerator for administration for 24 hours, an increase from the previous 12 hours.

Sinovac Biotech Ltd., a leading provider of biopharmaceutical products in China, announced that the third production line of CoronaVac®, its COVID-19 vaccine, was completed and put into commercial production.

Takara Bio USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Takara Bio Inc., is collaborating with Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP), and Indiana Regional Medical Center (IRMC) to enable better and faster COVID-19 testing for rural communities in the United States and around the world.

CE marked assay based on well-established ELISA technology expands EUROIMMUN’s offerings for labs that seek to understand immune response to COVID-19

Pear Therapeutics and Prescryptive Health Announce Formulary Coverage for Prescription Digital Therapeutics reSET ® & reSET-O ® for the Treatment of Substance and Opioid Use Disorders

Presenters include Dr. Amir Azadi of Barrow Neurological Institute, Dr. Nicholas Blondin of Yale University and Dr. Priya U. Kumthekar of Northwestern University

10x Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXG) today announced the launch of its Chromium Single Cell Gene Expression Low Throughput (LT) Kit, a new offering designed to put the power of single cell analysis within the reach of more scientists than ever before.

Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, FACC, begins her term as president of the American College of Cardiology.