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WuXi Vaccines to Build a $240 Million Manufacturing Facility in Ireland

DUNDALK, Ireland, Nov. 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi Biologics ("WuXi Bio") (2269.HK), a leading global open-access biologics technology platform company offering end-to-end solutions for biologics discovery, development, and manufacturing, announced that its subsidiary WuXi Vaccines, engaged in ...

2019-11-23 01:55 5547

Patient Enrollment Completed in Phase III Clinical Study of Adapalene-Clindamycin Combination Gel in China

BEIJING, Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Ophthalmology Focus Limited ("COPFL") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zhaoke (Guangzhou) Ophthalmology Pharmaceutical Limited ("ZKO") has successfully completed patient enrollment of the Phase III study of Adapalene-Clindamycin Combin...

2019-11-22 23:50 3476

Guardant Health AMEA wins this year's Growth Excellence Leadership Award by Frost & Sullivan

SINGAPORE, Nov. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Guardant Health AMEA has won Frost & Sullivan's Growth Excellence Leadership Award under the Best Practices Category for 2019 Asia-Pacific Liquid Biopsy for Precision Oncology. "We are delighted to receive this prestigious award from Frost & Sullivan. T...

2019-11-22 15:37 1684

Analytical Wizards secures Series A funding from Sopris Capital

EDISON, New Jersey, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Analytical Wizards, a New Jersey-based global healthcare analytics firm, has announced that it has secured Series A funding from Sopris Capital. Founded in 2015 Analytical Wizards leverages the power of AI/ML, technology, and domain expertis...

2019-11-22 02:11 2263

Thrombosis Research Institute (TRI) Launches Innovative Risk Calculator for Predicting Stroke, Major Bleeding and Mortality in Atrial Fibrillation Over Two Years

- Rapidly predicts differences in risk when treated with different anticoagulants or not treated  - Crucially, risk is calculated using patient-specific measurements rather than standardised measures, providing personalised results  - Underscored by data of 52,000 AF patients and externally vali...

2019-11-21 23:05 2795

Initiation of a Phase 2 Multicenter Study of 18F-APN-1607, a Novel Diagnostic PET Imaging Tracer for the Characterization of Tau Burden in Alzheimer's Disease

TAIPEI, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- APRINOIA Therapeutics, Inc. announced today that it has initiated a Phase 2 multicenter, multinational study of18F -APN-1607 in the US for its lead tau positron emission tomography (PET) tracer in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). The study (NCT number: NCT04141150) w...

2019-11-21 23:00 1548

Seed Health Announces Research Partnership with Atmo Biosciences to Evaluate Impact of Probiotics With First Ingestible Gas Sensor Technology

First tech-enabled clinical trial will use new biomarkers to measure effect of Seed's Daily Synbiotic on gut microbiome after antibiotic use LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seed Health, a microbial sciences company, today announced a research partnership with digital health company, At...

2019-11-21 21:00 1304

Global Cord Blood Corporation to Report Second Quarter and First Half Fiscal 2020 Financial Results

HONG KONG, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) (the "Company"),China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services, today announced that it plans to release unaudited financia...

2019-11-21 20:00 5944

Synbiotic Health signs licensing agreement to enable development of unique synergistic synbiotics

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Synbiotics -- combinations of probiotics and prebiotics -- are a rapidly growing category of natural health products. However, researchers are only now beginning to study how synbiotics should be optimally formulated. Recently, Synbiotic Health ann...

2019-11-21 19:00 1240

AnaPath Services Acquires Envigo CRS S.A.U. in Barcelona to provide full services in non-clinical safety assessment for chemical and pharmaceutical industries

GENEVA, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AnaPath Services GmbH, the Swiss CRO specialized in histopathology, has acquired legacy Envigo CRS S.A.U. a CRO for non-clinical safety assessment onNovember 5th, 2019. With this step Envigo CRS was renamed to AnaPath Research S.A.U. Furthermore JorgeZapate...

2019-11-21 17:32 1215

The 2nd East Tech West Forum Kicked off in Guangzhou's Nansha

GUANGZHOU, China, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Over 300 most influential global industry leaders convened in the Nansha district ofGuangzhou, China from November 18 to 20 for the second East Tech West, a global forum organized by CNBC. Its focus is on the innovation and development of such indus...

2019-11-21 14:33 2126

Cosmoprof & Cosmopack Asia Awards

HONG KONG, Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cosmoprof Asia 2019, the leading B2B event for the beauty industry in theAsia-Pacific region, announced the winners of Cosmopack and Cosmoprof Asia Awards last night during the Awards Ceremony at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre attended by s...

2019-11-21 12:50 4130

Ascentage Pharma Breaks Ground on its Global Headquarters, R&D Center and Manufacturing Facility in the Suzhou Industrial Park

SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally-focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies, announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for the Company's global headquarters, R&D center, and manufacturi...

2019-11-21 11:30 1702

Global Cord Blood Corp Comments on New Regulation

HONG KONG, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Cord Blood Corporation (NYSE: CO) (the "Company"),China's leading provider of cord blood collection, laboratory testing, hematopoietic stem cell processing and stem cell storage services, today commented on a new regulation related to companies in ...

2019-11-20 20:00 5619

NeuroVive Pharmaceutical AB Interim Report January - September 2019

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Important events July - September * NeuroVive initiates second part of its ongoing KL1333 Phase Ia/b clinical study * NeuroSTAT receives Fast Track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration. Financial information third quarter (July-Septem...

2019-11-20 16:38 3939

Covance Receives 2019 Global CRO Customer Value Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan

SINGAPORE, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Covance was honored with the 2019 Global CRO Customer Value Leadership award from Frost & Sullivan at the annual Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific Best Practices Awards banquet held inSingapore on 14 November 2019. Frost & Sullivan firmly believes Covance's e...

2019-11-20 15:52 1072

Merck Announces Orphan Drug Designation for Investigational Therapy Tepotinib in Patients with NSCLC Harboring MET Gene Alterations

- Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare grants orphan drug designation for diseases that affect fewer than 50,000 patients inJapan, and for which significant unmet medical need exists - MET exon 14 (METex14) skipping alterations and MET amplifications are present in 3-5% of non-small c...

2019-11-20 15:00 2312

Cambridge Quantum Computing Achieves Groundbreaking Results in Quantum Chemistry

CQC gets VQE "off the ground" and provides an efficient route towards simulating excited molecules using quantum computers CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambridge Quantum Computing ("CQC") today announced an important breakthrough in quantum chemistry that will enhance and ac...

2019-11-20 15:00 2347

Two Prominent Researchers of WPI-MANA and University of Washington Discuss Development of Smart Polymers and Biomaterials

TSUKUBA, Japan, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (WPI-MANA), a unit of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), had a visit from Prof.Allan S. Hoffman from the University of Washington, a pioneer in smart polymers and biomaterials...

2019-11-20 14:00 958

CStone announces first patient dosed in the Phase I bridging registrational study of ivosidenib

SUZHOU, China, Nov. 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone" or the "Company", HKEX: 2616) today announced that the first patient has been dosed in the Phase I bridging registrational study of ivosidenib (TIBSOVO®) in China. This stand-alone trial is designed to validate the effi...

2019-11-20 11:41 2304