Medical/Pharmaceuticals

CSL Behring Delivers on its Promise to Advance Bleeding Disorder Treatment Research by Supporting 16 Data Presentations at ISTH 2019

Novel real world evidence for AFSTYLA® and IDELVION® to be highlighted MELBOURNE, Australia, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global biotherapeutics leaderCSL Behring announced today that the company will support the presentation of new data from its recombinant coagulation factor programs at this ...

2019-07-02 06:15 7768

Cardiac Dimensions Reaches 1,000 Implants Of Carillon® System, A Minimally Invasive Treatment For Functional Mitral Regurgitation

KIRKLAND, Washington, July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --  Cardiac Dimensions®, a leader in the development of innovative, minimally invasive treatments for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients with heart failure, today announced the Carillon Mitral Contour System® has been implanted in 1,0...

2019-07-01 19:10 1400

WuXi AppTec Named One of MIT Technology Review's 50 Smartest Companies

SHANGHAI, June 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- WuXi AppTec, a leading global pharmaceutical and medical device open-access capability and technology platform company, announces that it has been selected as one of MIT Technology Review's 50 Smartest Companies (TR50) for 2019. WuXi was chosen for its ded...

2019-06-29 13:26 10055

Saluda Medical Raises $75 Million Equity Financing from Boston Scientific and Redmile Group

ARTARMON, Australia, June 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Saluda Medical Pty Limited ("Saluda Medical") today announced that it has secured$75 million in equity financing from Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) and Redmile Group LLC to fund the final stages of development through commercializatio...

2019-06-28 16:00 15578

Saluda Medical Secures Debt Financing From Medtronic

Proceeds to Fund Continued Development of Evoke® ECAP-Controlled, Closed-Loop Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System Evoke Trial Validates Level I Evidence Achieved Through First Double-Blind Randomized U.S. Pivotal Study in SCS ARTARMON, Australia, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Saluda Medical Pty...

2019-06-27 16:00 1733

Medical Travel Companions (MTC), the Leading Travel Assistance Provider, Joins the HERE Mobility Marketplace

Partnership to provide B2B ground transportation solutions for customers in need of non-medical travel assistance from transportation hubs across the world SYDNEY, June 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- HERE Mobility , announced today that Medical Travel Companions (MTC), a le...

2019-06-27 11:00 1924

I-Mab Announces Dosing of First Patient in a Phase I Clinical Trial of TJC4, a Potentially Differentiated CD47 Antibody, for the Treatment of Cancers in the United States

GAITHERSBURG, Md., June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab Biopharma ("I-Mab"), a clinical stage biotech company exclusively focusing on discovery and development of innovative biologics in immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases, announces onJune 24, 2019, that the first patient has been dosed in a ...

2019-06-25 22:01 1904

Education Resources, Inc. Unveils New Website And Brand Identity

Improved Website and Updated Brand Logo Highlights Company's Continued Commitment to the Therapy Community BOSTON, June 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Education Resources, Inc. (ERI), a leading provider of continuing education courses for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech-langua...

2019-06-25 06:07 1837

Target Health and dMed Biopharmaceuticals Join Forces to Help Western and Chinese Biopharma and Device Companies

SHANGHAI and NEW YORK, June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Target Health Inc. and dMed Biopharmaceuticals Company Limited have joined forces to help Western and Chinese biopharma and device companies capitalize on the rapid internationalization of clinical trials between the US andChina while maintain...

2019-06-25 04:00 2108

Shionogi Concludes Licensing Agreements with Eddingpharm for Lusutrombopag, a Thrombopoietin Receptor Agonist

OSAKA, Japan, June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (hereafter "Shionogi" or "the Company") announces that the Company has concluded an agreement with Eddingpharm (hereafter "Eddingpharm") to license-out lusutrombopag, a thrombopoietin receptor agonist (brand name inJapan: MULPLETA® ...

2019-06-24 22:00 1870

China Jo-Jo Drugstores Enters into Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement with Zhejiang Medical Insurance Bureau

HANGZHOU, China, June 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Jo-Jo Drugstores, Inc. (NASDAQ: CJJD) ("Jo-Jo Drugstores" or the "Company"), a leading online and offline retailer and wholesale distributor of pharmaceutical and other healthcare products and a healthcare provider inChina, announced today that...

2019-06-24 20:30 7337

Concord Medical will hold online Q&A session on June 25th 2019

BEIJING, June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Concord Medical Services Holdings Limited ("Concord Medical" or the "Company") (NYSE: CCM), a leading specialty hospital management solutions provider and an operator of the network of radiotherapy and diagnostic imaging centers inChina, today announced that...

2019-06-22 11:19 6511

United Imaging Makes SNMMI Debut with Revolutionary Digital Imaging Portfolio

HOUSTON, June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, announced its first exhibition at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting inAnaheim, California, June 22–25. With four digital high-...

2019-06-21 20:00 1834

Seegene Highlights Clinical Automated Nucleic Acid Extraction System at ASM Microbe 2019

SEOUL, South Korea, June 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Seegene Inc. (096530.KQ), a leading developer of multiplex PCR technologies headquartered inSouth Korea, announced that it has completed the FDA registration of its nucleic acid extraction instrument, the Seegene STARlet, and will begin offering t...

2019-06-21 20:00 2122

CARsgen Therapeutics Receives IND Clearance for BCMA-CAR-T Cells from the U.S. FDA

SHANGHAI, June 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CARsgen Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company committed to developing Chimeric Antigen Receptor T cell therapies for cancer, today announced that one of its leading drug candidates, CT053 fully human BCMA (B-Cell Maturation Antigen)-CAR-T cell for the trea...

2019-06-19 18:00 4839

Reistone Announces First Patient Dosed in Two Phase II Global Studies of SHR0302 JAK Inhibitor for Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease

SHANGHAI, June 14, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Reistone Biopharma Company Limited (Reistone) announced today dosing of the first patient in their Phase II global clinical trials (RSJ10101 and RSJ10201) of SHR0302 in patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's disease respectively. The Phase II studies ...

2019-06-14 20:30 2027

New Data Shows The Carillon Mitral Contour System® Is Associated With Improvement In Regurgitant Volume In Patients With Increased Mitral Valve Tenting

Data Presentation & Lunch Symposium at TVT2019 Structural Heart Summit CHICAGO, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardiac Dimensions, a leader in the development of minimally invasive treatments for functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) in patients with heart failure, presented data at the TVT2019 S...

2019-06-13 21:10 5785

Lumosa to Initiate Phase 2 Human Clinical Trial in the US and Taiwan for Its LT3001, A Novel Drug for the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke

TAIPEI, , June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Lumosa Therapeutics (Lumosa; code: 6535.TWO) announced that the company is ready to commence the Phase 2 proof of concept (PoC) study for its LT3001, a novel drug for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) that showed good safety, tolerability and ...

2019-06-13 20:00 4385

ISTH President Claire McLintock Receives Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit on Queen's Birthday Honours List

Award Underscores McLintock's Service to the Fields of Haematology & Obstetrics CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, June 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) today announced that ISTH President Claire McLintock, MD, has received the award of Officer of t...

2019-06-13 02:00 1987

CartiHeal Enrolls the 200th Patient in Its Pivotal Clinical Study in San Diego, CA

KFAR SABA, Israel, June 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CartiHeal, developer of the Agili-C™ implant for treating cartilage and osteochondral defects in traumatic and osteoarthritic joints, successfully enrolled the 200th patient in the Agili-C™ IDE pivotal clinical study. Surgery was performed byScott ...

2019-06-12 20:38 2696