BioSpace News Archive

Cricket Health released results from its first year of deployment of its StageSmart™ proprietary machine learning disease identification model and MyCricket™, its comprehensive patient support program.

The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented demand in Canada and around the world for key drugs used in the treatment of patients critically ill with COVID-19, and the Government is committed to working with its partners to provide Canadians with access to the drugs and treatments they need.

Lumos Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: LUMO), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on therapeutics for rare diseases, announced today that it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) webinar on LUM-201 on Tuesday, April 27, 2021, at 10:30am ET. LUM-201 is the Company’s orally administered therapeutic candidate for the treatment of pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD).

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: NBIX) announced today that it will report first quarter 2021 financial results after the Nasdaq market closes on Wednesday, May 5, 2021 .

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Pristine™ Long-Term Hemodialysis Catheter, a new hemodialysis catheter with a unique side-hole free symmetric Y-Tip™ distal lumen design.

Conference call and webcast to begin at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET)

Medicenna Therapeutics Corp. (“Medicenna” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: MDNA TSX: MDNA), a clinical stage immuno-oncology company, today announced that Dr. Fahar Merchant, President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Medicenna, will present a corporate overview at the Bloom Burton & Co. Healthcare Investor Conference

Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. (NASDAQ: PRAX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders (CNS) characterized by neuronal imbalance, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation for PRAX-562 for the treatment of SCN8A development and epileptic encephalopathy (SCN8A-DEE).

Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today introduced in select European countries the Medtronic Extended infusion set — the first and only infusion set that can be worn for up to 7 days

BERG, a clinical-stage biotech that employs patient biology and artificial intelligence (AI) to research diseases and develop innovative treatments, today announced four presentations at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Virtual Annual Meeting, being held from April 9-14th, 2021.