News in the Life Sciences Industry

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AMCP Foundation is pleased to announce that a team of student pharmacists from University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy took top honors in the 20th Annual National Student Pharmacy & Therapeutics (P&T) Competition.

SAN DIEGO, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Tocagen Inc. (Nasdaq: TOCA), historically a clinical-stage, cancer-selective gene therapy company, announced today that, due to public health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 global pandemic, recommendations and orders from federal, state and... Read more ››

SAN DIEGO, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Viracta Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company"), a precision oncology company targeting virus-associated malignancies, today announced that it will host a key opinion leader (KOL) call discussing the treatment of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated lymphoma... Read more ››

CARLSBAD, Calif., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IONS) today announced that management will conduct its 2020 virtual Annual Meeting of Stockholders and provide a general corporate update on Thursday, June 4, 2020. This event will be webcast live on the internet... Read more ››

BOSTON, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Haemonetics Corporation (NYSE: HAE), a global medical technology company focused on delivering innovative hematology solutions to drive better patient outcomes, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell certain blood donor management... Read more ››

TUCSON, Ariz., May 28, 2020 In what appears to be an escalating war against the use of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) to protect against COVID-19, permitting over-the-counter (OTC) use under an emergency Executive Order may be the only way to allow patients to protect themselves, states the Association... Read more ››

DALLAS, May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Members of the Plaintiffs Steering Committee in the Texas Opioid MDL are lauding a landmark agreement announced by the Texas Attorney General's office today that outlines how future legal settlements will be structured to assure that funds are fairly apportioned... Read more ››

-- Net sales increased 34% quarter-over-quarter and 139% year-over-year

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ: AMGN) will present at the Jefferies 2020 Virtual Healthcare Conference at 4:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development at Amgen, will be leading the presentation.... Read more ››

SILVER SPRING, Md., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Tauvid (flortaucipir F18) for intravenous injection, the first drug used to help image a distinctive characteristic of Alzheimer's disease in the brain called tau pathology. Tauvid is a radioactive... Read more ››

WOODBRIDGE, N.J., May 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Fusion Health announced that it has completed its acquisition of 100% voting and non-voting shares of Kalos, Inc. Kalos, a leader in pharmacy management solutions, is located in Topeka, Kansas. The company is nationally recognized for its proven... Read more ››

LAVAL, QC, and CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, May 28, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - Liminal BioSciences Inc. (NASDAQ: LMNL) (TSX: LMNL) ("Liminal BioSciences" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company today announced that Kenneth Galbraith, Chief Executive Officer at Liminal BioSciences... Read more ››