News in the Life Sciences Industry

DAVIS, Calif., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Evolve BioSystems announced today that Dr. Minhthy Nguyen, PhD, has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Research & Development. Dr. Nguyen joins the company in anticipation of the pending announcement of positive results from several large... Read more ››

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sciton Inc., a leading manufacturer of medical and aesthetic lasers and light source technologies, today announced that it was awarded the Great Place to Work Certification. Using validated employee feedback gathered with Great Place to Work's... Read more ››

CHICAGO, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A simple blood test for Alzheimer's would be a great advance for individuals with -- and at risk for -- the disease, families, doctors and researchers.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bettermeant Health was awarded a contract through AFWERX, a group of United States Air Force innovators connecting service members to solutions, for continuing to build personalization capabilities using AI/ML for existing mental healthcare infrastructure.

ATLANTA, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Black or African-American patients only have a 23% chance of finding a match compared to a 77% chance for White patients.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study on Lilly's blood test for Alzheimer's disease (AD), P-tau217 (phosphorylated tau at threonine-217), was published today in Read more ››

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- PathogenDx, Inc., an Arizona based technology company which has developed an ultra-accurate... Read more ››

LOUISVILLE, Colo., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Roy J. Bostock, former Chairman of Yahoo!, Vice Chairman of Delta Airlines and a director of Morgan Stanley, has joined the cellular medicine startup GID BIO that has a potentially break-through treatment for osteoarthritis in late-stage regulatory... Read more ››

WASHINGTON, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new survey of U.S. clinical laboratories conducted by AACC has found that nearly half of all responding labs still do not have the supplies they need to run COVID-19 tests. AACC presented these findings to the White House Coronavirus Task Force today... Read more ››

ARLINGTON, Va., July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- March of Dimes, the nation's leader in the fight for the health of all moms and babies, and The Humana Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Read more ››

- EUR23M Series A Financing to Advance Lead Novel Llama-derived Antibody into Clinical Trials

KANAZAWA, Japan, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Kanazawa University report in ACS Nano a high-speed atomic-force microscopy study of the formation of protein fibrils (amyloids) associated with pathologies in collaborated research with Showa University. Mixing different variants... Read more ››

- Presentations will showcase the activity of first-in-class METTL3 inhibitors in a range of solid tumours, building on prior POC data in AML

SAN FRANCISCO, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The global spinal... Read more ››

SEATTLE and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 28, 2020 /CNW/ -- Achieve Life Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACHV), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company committed to the global development and commercialization of cytisinicline for smoking cessation and nicotine addiction, today announced that it... Read more ››

IRVINE, Calif. and HONG KONG, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IACTA Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("IACTA" or the "Company") and Zhaoke (Hong Kong) Ophthalmology Pharmaceutical Limited ("ZKO"), a leading Hong Kong-based pharmaceutical company, today announces they have entered into a definitive license... Read more ››

BOSTON, July 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakthrough Properties announced that leading gene editing company, CRISPR Therapeutics, has signed a 263,500-square-foot lease agreement for the development referred to as "The 105," located at 105 West First Street and scheduled for completion in early... Read more ››