News in the Life Sciences Industry

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) issued a statement today following a meeting of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC) and Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee... Read more ››

BOSTON, Jan. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthy.io, the category creator of smartphone urinalysis and the global leader in turning smartphone cameras into clinical-grade medical devices, announced the launch of its second product line, a... Read more ››

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MENLO PARK, Calif., Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Avellino Labs, global biotechnology and precision medicine innovators, announced today that Chris Lehman has joined the company as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Mr. Lehman brings to the role over twenty-five years of financial and transactional... Read more ››

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- GenScript Biotech Corp., a leading global biotechnology group and a pioneer in the field of gene synthesis, today held its inaugural "Global Forum on Cell & Gene Therapy and the Booming China Market," during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference... Read more ››

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Gladstone researchers, in collaboration with Genentech, a member of the Roche group, have shown therapeutic efficacy of a new experimental drug in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease and a rare genetic form of epilepsy known as Dravet syndrome. The... Read more ››

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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The ALS Association today announced a $3 million commitment to the first platform trial for ALS, taking place at the Sean M. Healey & AMG Center for ALS at Mass General in collaboration with the Barrow Neurological Institute and the Northeast ALS... Read more ››

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science announced today that its new Helix 51 incubator has garnered corporate support from Horizon Therapeutics.

HACKENSACK, N.J., Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigators at John Theurer Cancer Center (JTCC) at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey are the first to report poor adherence to genomic profiling guidelines for four biomarkers of metastatic colorectal cancer used to predict response... Read more ››

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SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA), the organ procurement organization that provides organ donation and recovery services in Central and South Texas, announced that in 2019, a record-breaking 207 individuals saved lives through organ donation. This... Read more ››

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Colonel (Ret.) John D. Grabenstein, RPh, Ph.D., of Easton, MD, is the recipient of the 2020 Remington Honor Medal, the highest honor bestowed by the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the profession's highest recognition. Grabenstein,... Read more ››

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: MRTX) today announced the closing of its previously announced underwritten public offering of 3,538,462 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $97.50 per share. This includes the exercise in full by... Read more ››

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HONOLULU, Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardax, Inc. (OTCQB:CDXI) today announced it will effect a 200-for-1 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding common stock. Pursuant to the Certificate of Amendment to the Company's Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State... Read more ››