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Medtronic plc, the global leader in medical technology, announced a successful conclusion to the 12th International Conference on Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes, which took place in Berlin from February 20 - 23, 2019.
Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report.
Medigene AG reported that the European Patent Office intends to grant a European Patent for the patent application EP3303591A1 covering a T cell receptor building block library that is suitable for rapid reconstruction and testing of newly discovered TCR sequences against classical antigens as well as neoantigens.
Pharming Group N.V. announced that an abstract was presented this week at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting in San Francisco, CA.
Lonza announced the internal alignment of its business structure to accelerate growth along the Healthcare Continuum® and strengthen the Microbial Control business.
Months after Akcea Therapeutics unveiled positive mid-stage data that showed its therapy reduced elevated levels of lipoprotein(a) in patients with cardiovascular disease (CVD), Swiss pharma giant Novartis exercised its option to take license the therapy and take it through late-stage studies.
This morning, Ipsen said it entered into an agreement with Clementia will help the company continue its transformation that is part of a key strategic objective to accelerate its rare disease pipeline.
Jeffrey D. Marrazzo, chief executive officer of Spark Therapeutics, said his company is the only biotech company that has successfully commercialized a gene therapy for a genetic disease in the United States.
DBV Technologies Announces Publication of Detailed Phase III Trial Results Evaluating Viaskin Peanut as a Novel Treatment for Peanut Allergy in The Journal of the American Medical Association
One third of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases in Finland are caused by one of the four major mutations, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital shows.
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