Medical/Pharmaceuticals

SoClean Continues Global Expansion with Appointment of Francis Choi as Vice President of Asia-Pacific Market

Former Vice President of Strategy & Business Development, Enterprise Solutions for Siemens Healthineers Greater China Joins SoClean PETERBOROUGH, N. H., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- SoClean, the creator of SoClean 2, announced today that it has engagedFrancis Choi as its Vice President ofAsia P...

2019-12-11 21:01 1999

Tenth Record-Breaking Year in a Row for ZEISS

STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The ZEISS Group continued its growth trajectory, with revenue and earnings reaching new heights in fiscal year 2018/19, which ended30 September 2019. Revenue grew by 11 percent, reaching 6.428 billion euros (previous year: 5.817 billion euros). Adj...

2019-12-11 20:59 2340

GemVax announced phase II results of GV1001 for Alzheimer's disease treatment at CTAD 2019

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The 12th Clinical Trials on Alzheimer's Disease (CTAD) 2019 was held inSan Diego, USA, from December 4-7. At the CTAD, the results of various Alzheimer's disease clinical trials were shared, and it provided a glimpse into the possibility of treati...

2019-12-11 18:40 1373

Xinhua Silk Road: E. China Nanjing Jiangbei New Area aims to develop life and health industry

BEIJING, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, a state-level new area in East China'sJiangsu Province, is committed to building a 100 billion-yuan level life and health industrial cluster and becoming a gene city inChina. The news was announced by Luo Qun, a member of the Stan...

2019-12-11 16:52 3307

CStone announces enrollment target reached in the global Phase III VOYAGER trial of avapritinib in Chinese patients with third-line GIST

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone" or the "Company", HKEX: 2616) today announced that the on-going, global Phase III VOYAGER clinical trial of avapritinib, an investigational drug discovered by CStone's partner, Blueprint Medicines, has completed target ...

2019-12-11 11:00 2913

AGC Biologics Expands Plasmid DNA Offering

SEATTLE, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- AGC Biologics, a global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for Biopharmaceuticals, is significantly expanding its CDMO services with plasmid DNA (pDNA) offerings from itsHeidelberg site in Germany. With the demand for pDNA growing rap...

2019-12-11 09:06 2169

Kazia Initiates Preparatory Activities to Bring GDC-0084 into GBM AGILE, an International Phase II / III Study in Glioblastoma

SYDNEY, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Kazia Therapeutics Limited (ASX: KZA; NASDAQ: KZIA), an Australian oncology-focused biotechnology company, is pleased to announce that it's lead program, GDC-0084, has been selected to join GBM AGILE, an international, academic-led, multi-drug adaptive phase ...

2019-12-11 08:41 6485

Ascentage Pharma Releases Updated Data of its Novel BCR-ABL Inhibitor, HQP1351, in an Oral Presentation Nominated for "Best of ASH"

SUZHOU, China and ROCKVILLE, Md., Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascentage Pharma (6855.HK), a globally-focused, clinical-stage biotechnology company engaged in developing novel therapies for cancers, chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and age-related diseases, today announced that the updated results ...

2019-12-11 08:00 12318

Vision Impact Institute: New Reports on State of Vision Will Renew Global Focus on the Societal Impact of Poor Vision

First WHO World Health Report on Vision and Essilor Report on Eliminating Poor Vision underscore need to include vision health in global public health agenda DALLAS, Dec. 11, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Vision Impact Institute welcomes the release of two new complementary and aligned reports on t...

2019-12-11 03:42 1717

Results of Fully-human BCMA CAR-T for the Treatment of Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma Co-developed by Innovent and IASO BIO Presented at the 2019 ASH Annual Meeting

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic and other major diseases, today announced that th...

2019-12-10 16:00 4133

CStone's anti-PD-L1 antibody demonstrates promising antitumor activity with a complete response rate of 33.3% and a good safety profile in patients with relapsed or refractory extranodal natural killer/T-cell lymphoma

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone" or the "Company", HKEX: 2616) updated results from the CS1001-201 trial in a poster presentation at the 2019 American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting. CS1001-201 trial is a single-arm, multicenter Phase II c...

2019-12-10 11:38 2672

Farrer Park Hospital Implements Non-Invasive Treatment for Prostate Cancer Patients in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Farrer Park Hospital is pleased to announce that it is the first inSouth East Asia to have implemented the Focal One® High-Intensity Frequency Ultrasound (HIFU) Robotic Technology, a non-invasive prostate cancer treatment, for patients with early-stage pro...

2019-12-10 08:15 3271

Townsville Hospital Treats First Australian Patient With Elekta Unity MR-Linac, a Transformative Approach to Precision Radiation Therapy

Ability to adapt daily treatment based on real-time MR imaging enables new approach to hard-to-treat cancers TOWNSVILLE, Australia, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today announced that Townsville Hospital inQueensland has treated the first patient in Australia using Elekta Unity ...

2019-12-10 08:13 6272

TechMah Medical & LimaCorporate Receive First 510k Approval for Smart SPACE Digital Technology

UDINE, Italy, Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- LimaCorporate is pleased to announce the FDA510K approval for Smart SPACE Shoulder 3D Planner & 3D Positioner. Smart SPACE is an innovative digital platform developed by TechMah Medical thanks to collaboration with LimaCorporate, who entered into a mil...

2019-12-10 02:08 2283

Publication of First In-Human Data Reveals Safety & Efficacy of Tigilanol Tiglate in Solid Tumours

* First in-human Clinical Phase I study of intratumoural tigilanol tiglate (EBC-46) has been published in The Lancet's EBioMedicine journal; * An efficacious dose was achieved and a Maximum Tolerated Dose (MTD) was not reached, indicating tigilanol tiglate tolerability in humans; * Promising...

2019-12-09 21:01 1452

LPG SYSTEMS Unveils a Major Advancement: Irradiated Mastectomy Patients Can Benefit From Minimally Invasive Breast Reconstruction

NICE, France, Dec. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A pilot study published in the Breast Journal shows the benefits of using Endermologie - a trademark of LPG SYSTEMS - in breast reconstruction after mastectomy and radiotherapy. This study included 65 women that had breast reconstruction with lipofilling...

2019-12-09 17:00 1679

PRC NHC Issues New Policy on Cord Blood Banks, Implementation Rules To Be Provided

HONG KONG, Dec. 6, 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 reported thatChina's National Health Commission ("NHC") ...

2019-12-06 20:00 15362

CStone appoints seasoned pharmaceutical executive Shirley Zhao as the General Manager for Greater China and Head of Commercial

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone" or the "Company", HKEX: 2616) today announced the appointment of Ms.Shirley Zhao to the position of General Manager forGreater China and Head of Commercial. In this position, Ms. Zhao will be responsible for the commerci...

2019-12-06 18:53 3779

CNN's 'Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta' explores Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Dec. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- There are few places in the world where modern and traditional intersect quite likeHong Kong, so what better place to explore the world of Traditional Chinese Medicine and ancient lifestyle practices. This month on CNN's 'Vital Signs' Dr.Sanjay Gupta travel...

2019-12-06 11:02 3364

Innovent Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase I Clinical Trial of Anti-LAG-3 Monoclonal Antibody in China

SUZHOU, China, Dec. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovent Biologics, Inc. ("Innovent" or "the Company") (HKEX: 01801), a world-class biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes high quality medicines for the treatment of oncology, autoimmune, metabolic and other major diseases, today a...

2019-12-06 08:00 12230