BioSpace News Archive

Cardinal Innovations Healthcare has announced the appointment of John A. Johnson, MD, MBA, FACP as Chief Medical Officer.

PRA Health Sciences (NASDAQ: PRAH) announced today that Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, known in the United States as EMD Serono, selected PRA’s remote patient monitoring platform to work in combination with its human growth hormone (HGH) treatment system.

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- Cara Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CARA), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing new chemical entities designed to alleviate pruritus by selectively targeting peripheral kappa opioid receptors, or KORs, today announced that Derek Chalmers, Ph.D., D.Sc., President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in a fireside chat at the 20th Annual Needham Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 14, 2021 at 2:15 p.m.

Prothena Corporation plc, a late-stage clinical company with expertise in protein dysregulation and a pipeline of investigational therapeutics for rare peripheral amyloid and neurodegenerative diseases, announced that in connection with hiring Dr. Hideki Garren as Prothena’s Chief Medical Officer, the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors granted Dr. Garren, an option to purchase 250,000 ordinary shares of the Company.

Curis, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on the development of innovative therapeutics for the treatment of cancer, announced that on April 1, 2021, the independent Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Curis approved the grant of inducement stock options to purchase a total of 167,300 shares of Curis common stock to five new employees, with a grant date of April 1, 2021.

Blueprint Medicines Corporation announced that, effective on April 1, 2021, the Compensation Committee of Blueprint Medicines’ Board of Directors granted non-qualified stock options to purchase an aggregate of 27,543 shares of its common stock and an aggregate of 13,792 restricted stock units to 14 new employees under Blueprint Medicines’ 2020 Inducement Plan.

Fortress Biotech, Inc. (NASDAQ: FBIO) (“Fortress”), an innovative biopharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing or monetizing promising biopharmaceutical products and product candidates cost-effectively, today announced that Lindsay A. Rosenwald, M.D., Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, will participate in the 20th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference, taking place April 12-15, 2021.

CorMedix Inc. (Nasdaq: CRMD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing therapeutic products for the prevention and treatment of infectious and inflammatory disease, today announced that CorMedix management will present a corporate overview at the 20th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference taking place on April 12 – 15, 2021.

CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading cardiac and vascular surgery company focused on aortic disease, announced today that it will participate in the upcoming 20th Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, April 14, 2021.