News in the Life Sciences Industry

LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The CDC recently confirmed that a new potentially deadly inflammatory syndrome has been linked to COVID-19 within children. So, as communities throughout the US are easing stay at home measures and re-opening parks, movie theaters, stores, shopping malls,... Read more ››

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. and IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Encompass Health Corp. (NYSE: EHC) and the University of Iowa Health Care announce the opening of their inpatient rehabilitation hospital, the University of Iowa Health Network Rehabilitation Hospital, a venture with Encompass... Read more ››

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, today announced that it has submitted applications for a new indication to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) for RINVOQ(TM) (upadacitinib;... Read more ››

NEW YORK, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- First launched in 2013, the Translational... Read more ››

FREDERICTON, NB, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- LuminUltra, the Canadian biotechnology leader and developer of the GeneCount qPCR system, and Florida-based Source Molecular, a leader in pathogen testing, today announced a strategic partnership designed to increase environmental testing for SARS-CoV-2... Read more ››

IRVINE, Calif., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IBH Population Health Solutions (Integrated Behavioral Health,... Read more ››

REDDING, Calif., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A new peer-reviewed study in the journal SAGE Open Medicine detailing... Read more ››

PITTSBURGH, Penn., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oncology Nursing Foundation has committed $420,000 over the next two years to support three major research grants that will be led by oncology nurse scientists. The three projects beginning this summer are two-year studies funded at $120,000... Read more ››

GREENVILLE, S.C., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- South Carolina-based Hoowaki LLC has developed an innovative one-piece injection molded design for a COVID-19 swab to help close the gap in U.S. and global COVID-19 testing supplies. The 12-year old micro surface engineering and product solutions... Read more ››

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Healogics, the nation's leading provider of advanced wound care services, is proud to sponsor the seventh annual Wound Care Awareness Week from June 1 to June 5, 2020. Healogics team members across the U.S. will raise awareness of chronic wounds... Read more ››

NORTH CHICAGO, Ill. and BEIJING, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV), a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, and Jacobio Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company, today announced a global, strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize SHP2 inhibitors,... Read more ››

SHANGHAI, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Henlius Biotech, Inc. (2696.HK) and Accord Healthcare Limited (Accord) jointly announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has adopted a positive opinion, recommending marketing... Read more ››

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Synlogic, Inc., (Nasdaq: SYBX) a clinical stage company applying synthetic biology to beneficial microbes to develop novel, living medicines, today announced the publication in Nature Communications of preclinical data supporting its first... Read more ››

MOSCOW, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), Russia's sovereign wealth fund, and the ChemRar Group will deliver 60,000 courses of Avifavir to Russian hospitals in June. Avifavir is Russia's first COVID-19 drug and has shown high efficacy in... Read more ››

MILTON KEYNES, England, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- IrisGuard are delighted to announce that they have received their final certification and notice of compliance for Presentation Attack Detection to internationally recognised ISO 30107-3 standards from independent test house specialists, iBeta... Read more ››

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --The global... Read more ››

RESTON, Va., June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- As scientists around the globe continue the race to develop a safe and effective vaccine for COVID-19, the world's leading birth defects scientists present the latest research pertaining to the infection during pregnancy. The free webinar on June 11 from... Read more ››

SUZHOU, China, May 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic and other major diseases, announced... Read more ››

SUZHOU, China, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. (Innovent) (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes high quality medicines, jointly announced with Eli Lilly and Company (Lilly) (NYSE: LLY) the results of TYVYT(R)... Read more ››