News in the Life Sciences Industry

NEW YORK, Aug. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunic, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMUX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing best-in-class, oral therapies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, today announced positive top-line data from its phase... Read more ››

RADNOR, Pa. and GENEVA, Aug. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- NeuroRx, Inc. and Relief Therapeutics Holdings AG (SIX:RLF, OTC:RLFTF) "Relief" today announced that RLF-100 (aviptadil) showed rapid recovery from respiratory failure in the most critically ill patients with COVID-19. At the same time, independent... Read more ››

CARLSBAD, Calif., Aug. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualigen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLGN) ("Qualigen" or the "Company"), today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with a single institutional investor for the purchase and sale for $10,000,000 of (i) 1,717,106 Common Shares and... Read more ››

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Varian (NYSE: VAR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to combine with Siemens Healthineers AG (Frankfurt: SHL) in an all-cash transaction valued at $16.4 billion on a fully diluted basis. Under the terms of the agreement,... Read more ››

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SILVER SPRING, Md., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The following quote is attributed to Frank Yiannas, Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response:

NEW YORK, July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Halper Sadeh LLP, a global investor rights law firm, is investigating whether Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBPH) and its board of directors violated the federal securities laws and/or breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders in connection... Read more ››

SILVER SPRING, Md., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Epidiolex (cannabidiol) [CBD] oral solution for the treatment of seizures associated with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in patients one year of age and older. Epidiolex was previously approved... Read more ››

SILVER SPRING, Md., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance (TS Alliance) lauds the U.S.... Read more ››

SILVER SPRING, Md., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first two COVID-19 serology tests that display an estimated quantity of antibodies present in the individual's blood. Both tests from Siemens, the ADVIA Centaur COV2G and Attelica COV2G,... Read more ››

DUBLIN, July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Read more ››

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Synlogic, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYBX), a clinical stage company bringing the transformative potential of synthetic biology to medicine, today announced that Aoife Brennan, M.B. Ch.B., Synlogic's president and chief executive officer, and other members of... Read more ››

BOSTON, July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Ginkgo Bioworks announced it has been awarded a contract from the NIH Rapid... Read more ››

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: VTGN), a biopharmaceutical company developing new generation medicines for anxiety, depression and other central nervous system (CNS) disorders, today announced it has commenced an underwritten public... Read more ››