FDA approves EYLEA injection for diabetic retinopathy

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has announced that USFDA has approved EYLEA® (aflibercept) Injection to treat all stages of diabetic retinopathy (DR), and thereby reduce the risk of blin...Read more

Pfizer acquires clinical stage biotech Therachon

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Pfizer has recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the shares of Therachon Holding AG, a privately-held clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on rare diseases, wi...Read more

Merck-Pfizer’s combination drug gets FDA nod to treat RCC

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Merck and Pfizer Inc. announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BAVENCIO® (avelumab) in combination with axitinib(Inlyta) for the first-line treatm...Read more

Sekisui pours $1.9 M in microbial biopharma CDMO biz

World |  News | 0 Comment | 15 May, 2019

Sekisui Diagnostics Enzyme business announces the completion of a new BioProcess Innovation Centre at the site in Maidstone, Kent by the end of 2019, following a $1.9 million...Read more

NIH facilitates first Tribal data-sharing agreement with Navajo Nation

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has facilitated a data-sharing and use agreement between the Navajo Nation and NIH grantees of the Environmental influences on Child Health Outc...Read more

IQVIA launches dedicated solutions for medtech, diagnostic industry

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

IQVIA has announced the launch of IQVIA MedTech and its dedicated industry focused solutions and services for the medical device and in vitro diagnostics market, and for companies with comb...Read more

Philips announces collaboration with Medtronic

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

Royal Philips has announced a collaboration with Medtronic to further advance treatment of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF), a common heart rhythm disorder. Through the agreement, Medtr...Read more

Ascension Healthcare announces positive update on its IP portfolio

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

Ascension Healthcare, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company developing and commercialising nano lipid technologies for unmet medical needs has announced that it has received a not...Read more

Brain imaging AI leader icometrix raises $18 m in new funding

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

icometrix, the global expert in brain imaging Artificial Intelligence solutions, has raised $18 million through a partnership led by Forestay Capital alongside Optum Ventures and ...Read more

WHO to establish technical advisory group for digital health

World |  News | 0 Comment | 14 May, 2019

WHO is establishing a global multi-disciplinary technical group to advise on issues related to digital health. WHO’s newly-established Digital Health Department will work to harness ...Read more

ReGenTree commences clinical study for Dry Eye Syndrome

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

ReGenTree, LLC (the Company), a joint venture company between GtreeBNT and RegeneRx Biopharmaceuticals, announced that it initiated a randomized, double masked, placebo-controlled...Read more

Vedanta Biosciences closes extended $45.5 million Series C funding

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

Vedanta Biosciences, a clinical-stage company developing a new category of therapies for immune-mediated diseases based on rationally-defined consortia of human microbiome-derived bacteria,...Read more

Transgene receives FDA IND clearance for Ph1 trial of lead myvac

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

Transgene, a biotech company that designs and develops virus-based immunotherapies for the treatment of solid tumors has announced that it has received Investigational New Drug (I...Read more

Boston Scientific to acquire Vertfilex for $465M

World |  News | 0 Comment | 13 May, 2019

Boston Scientific has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Vertiflex, Inc., a privately-held company which has developed and commercialized the Superion...Read more

FDA approves heart murmur detection device

World |  News | 0 Comment | 10 May, 2019

Canada based medical technology firm eMurmur has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its flagship ‘eMurmur ID’ solution An artificial intelligence (...Read more

BIO continues partnership with NIH for fifth Innovation Zone exhibit

World |  News | 0 Comment | 09 May, 2019

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have announced an agreement to feature Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-f...Read more

WISE enrolls first patient in pivotal clinical study of novel neuro-electrodes for brain monitoring

World |  News | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2019

WISE Srl, a medical device company developing next-generation implantable leads for neuromonitoring and neuromodulation, has enrolled its first patient in the pivotal clinical study of its ...Read more

AstraZeneca’s Calquence phase III ASCEND trial meets positive result

World |  News | 0 Comment | 08 May, 2019

AstraZeneca announced positive results from the phase III ASCEND trial of Calquence (acalabrutinib) in previously-treated patients with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Results showed a...Read more