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XTL hopes to begin major lupus trial next year

By Len Zehr XTL Biopharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:XTLB; TASE:XTL) is aiming to begin a Phase 2b clinical trial in the first half of 2015 with its hCDR1 peptide to treat patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). “We are...

July 22, 2014
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Medifocus readies marketing expansion of Prolieve

By Len Zehr Medifocus (OTCQX:MDFZF; TSX-V:MFS) is raising $6-million to $10-million to expand the sales and marketing of its minimally invasive Prolieve device as a treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or...

July 8, 2014
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Response Biomedical charting turnaround story

By Len Zehr The new management team of Response Biomedical (OTCBB:RPBIF; TSX:RBM), with the strong support of its controlling shareholder, OrbiMed Advisors, has adopted an aggressive plan to drive sales and achieve...

July 1, 2014
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Enrollment in Athersys stroke trial nears completion

By Len Zehr Athersys (NASDAQ:ATHX) expects to complete enrollment by the end of the summer in a Phase 2 clinical trial of its MultiStem cell therapy in about 140 moderate to moderately-severe ischemic stroke patients...

May 27, 2014
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Knight won’t rest til it bests Paladin

By Len Zehr “It is entirely the goal of Knight Therapeutics (TSX:GUD) to duplicate the success of Paladin Labs,” says president and CEO, Jonathan Ross Goodman, who turned Paladin into a premier distributor of specialty...

May 13, 2014
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In conversation with Alistair Duncan

By Len Zehr As a co-founder, president and CEO of closely held viDA Therapeutics, a tissue repair company, Alistair Duncan has developed an affinity for doing biotech startups. From 1998 to 2008, he was president and...

May 6, 2014