Health

New Drug for Diabetes-Induced Vision Loss TGA-Approved for Australian Patients

MELBOURNE, Australia and ATLANTA, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Australian patients with diabetes-induced eye disease can now access a new treatment option that provides consistent and continuous treatment with long-lasting effect. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has now approved the drug IL...

2019-08-05 20:00 2056

Chemist Warehouse And Smile Direct Club Team Up To Offer Customers A Straighter, More Affordable Smile

SmileShop in-store pilot offers Chemist Warehouse customers increased access to safe and convenient teeth straightening solutions SYDNEY, Aug. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemist Warehouse today announced its partnership with SmileDirectClub, the US-based teledentistry pioneer, to expand access to a...

2019-08-05 06:00 2350

I-Mab Biopharma and TRACON Pharmaceuticals Announce Dosing of the First Patient in a Phase 1 Trial of the CD73 Antibody TJD5 in the U.S. in Patients with Advanced Solid Tumors

SHANGHAI and SAN DIEGO, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- I-Mab Biopharma (I-Mab), a China and U.S.-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company exclusively focused on the discovery and development of potential first-in-class and best-in-class biologics in immuno-oncology and autoimmune diseases, an...

2019-08-01 20:06 2335

New Texas Imaging Center Utilizing United Imaging Equipment, Demonstrating the Innovation of Cutting-Edge Portfolio in the U.S.

HOUSTON, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- United Imaging, a global leader in advanced medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment, today announced that Baaxten Imaging Center has opened a new facility inBrownsville, TX, which will feature United Imaging's equipment, including X-ray, MR and CT scanners...

2019-08-01 20:00 2080

111 to Announce Second Quarter 2019 Unaudited Financial Results on August 15, 2019

SHANGHAI, Aug. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company"), a leading integrated online and offline healthcare platform inChina , today announced that it will report its unaudited financial results for the second quarter endedJune 30, 2019, before U.S. markets open o...

2019-08-01 20:00 6354

Samsung BioLogics and UCB Sign Third Drug Manufacturing Deal

INCHEON, South Korea, July 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Samsung BioLogics (SBL) and UCB have agreed to an additional drug substance manufacturing deal under which SBL will also produce UCB's anti-tau candidate to treat progressive supranuclear palsy, pending regulatory approvals. UCB's anti-tau candi...

2019-07-31 19:00 1686

GC Pharma Reports Q2 2019 Results

YONGIN, South Korea, July 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- GC Pharma (formerly known as Green Cross Corporation) (KRX: 006280), a South Korean biopharmaceutical company, today announced unaudited results for the three months endedJune 30, 2019. Key Figures Q2 2019(1) Growth(1) Total revenues KRW 35...

2019-07-30 22:31 7891

Alvotech and Cipla Gulf Enter Into a Partnership for the Commercialization of Key Biosimilar in Select Emerging Markets

REYKJAVIK, Iceland and MUMBAI, India, July 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Biopharmaceutical company Alvotech and Cipla Gulf FZ LLC ("Cipla Gulf"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the leading global pharmaceutical company Cipla Limited (BSE: 500087) (NSE: CIPLA EQ; hereafter referred to as "Cipla"), today ...

2019-07-29 12:00 5594

China Biologic Products to Report Second Quarter 2019 Financial Results

BEIJING, July 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO) ("China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China, today announced that the Company plans to release its second quarter 2019 financial resu...

2019-07-27 04:30 10364

LISCure Biosciences Has Completed Seed Funding of USD 5 Million for Bacteria-mediated Immunotherapy R&D Enhancement

SEOUL, South Korea, July 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- LISCure Biosciences, a biotech company that researches and develops bacteria-mediated immunotherapy, has succeeded in attracting5 million USD of seed funding investment. NHN Investment, Shinhan Investment, and KB Securities have participated in th...

2019-07-25 21:00 2228

Volition Announces Exercise of Warrant to Purchase $4.8 Million in Common Stock

AUSTIN, Texas, July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") today announced a further strengthening of its balance sheet with an existing investor exercising the balance of its warrant to purchase$4.8 million in aggregate amount of shares of our common stock...

2019-07-25 04:05 9664

NanoCellect Biomedical Expands Distribution to Australia and New Zealand

Company enters exclusive agreement with Millennium Science Pty Ltd SAN DIEGO, California, July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NanoCellect Biomedical Inc., a leader in the development and manufacture of microfluidic cell sorting solutions for cell-based assays, today announced an exclusive agreement wit...

2019-07-24 21:57 1772

111 Signs Strategic Cooperation with Harbin Pharmaceutical Group

SHANGHAI, July 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company"), a leading integrated online and offline healthcare platform, today announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Holding Co., Ltd. (HPGC, SHSE: 600664), which has...

2019-07-24 20:00 8236

111 Wins Recognition as Pioneer of New Healthtech

"Growth Champion" Award for "1 Drugstore" SHANGHAI, June 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- 111, Inc. (NASDAQ: YI) ("111" or the "Company"), a leading integrated online and offline healthcare platform, today announced that its online retail pharmacy "1 Drugstore" has won two prestigious industry awards. B...

2019-07-23 21:53 7029

Shanghai Concord Medical Cancer Center has Accepted Medical Insurance Settlement from Patients from certain Yangtze River Delta Regions

BEIJING, July 23, 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...

2019-07-23 18:03 9721

Innopresso launches Indiegogo campaign for its touchpad-keyboard Mokibo

SEOUL, South Korea, July 23, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Innopresso, a member company of theBorn2Global Centre, successfully launched its smart keyboard "Mokibo" on Indiegogo (https://igg.me/at/mokibo/x#/).   Mokibo is a smart keyboard that combines the functions of a keyboard with t...

2019-07-23 15:30 2365

CStone receives approval in China to initiate ivosidenib Phase I bridging registrational study for the treatment of IDH1 mutant relapsed or refractory AML

SUZHOU, China, July 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CStone Pharmaceuticals ("CStone"; HKEX: 2616) announced today that it has received approval from China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) to initiate a Phase I bridging registrational study of ivosidenib (TIBSOVO) for the treatment of rela...

2019-07-22 12:17 7266

VolitionRx Limited Commences Lung Cancer Clinical Study with Fosun Long March in China

AUSTIN, Texas, July 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition") has executed a contract under the previously announced Memorandum of Understanding, with Shanghai Fosun Long March Medical Science Co., Ltd. ("Fosun Long March") to help introduce the Nu.Q(TM) platf...

2019-07-18 20:30 12314

Yuyu Pharma Receives Recognition for Outstanding Company Culture in Korea

SEOUL, South Korea, July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Yuyu Pharma has received recognition as a Great Place to Work from the mayor of Jechoen city. The company also supported a recent HeForShe movement sponsored by the city of Jechoen. HeforShe is an UN-led gender equality movement that focuses on th...

2019-07-17 21:00 2618

Kazia calls for greater awareness of the deadliest brain cancer in the US

SYDNEY, July 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- This Glioblastoma Awareness Day, Australian oncology-focused biotech company, Kazia Therapeutics Ltd (ASX: KZA, NASDAQ: KZIA), calls for greater awareness of the most lethal brain cancer in the US. Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common, complex, treatment ...

2019-07-17 20:00 7794