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Developments

Danish trial with CellAegis autoRIC device completes enrollment

Closely-held CellAegis announced completion of patient enrollment in a large investigator sponsored trial to further assess the efficacy of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) using its autoRIC device to deliver the RIC...

May 19, 2018

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Canopy Growth to acquire shares in R&D, animal units it doesn’t already own

Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED) has agreed to acquire the shares it doesn’t already own in Canopy Health Innovations (CHI) and CHI’s subsidiary, Canopy Animal Health, bringing its affiliated research arm fully into the...

May 15, 2018

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Zymeworks, Daiichi Sankyo expand bispecific antibody collaboration

Zymeworks (NYSE, TSX:ZYME) and Daiichi Sankyo entered into a new license agreement, building on their 2016 cross-licensing and collaboration agreement. “With a successful track record and our first bispecific antibody...

May 15, 2018

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IntelGenx settles Suboxone patent litigation

All patent litigation between IntelGenx (TSXV:IGX; OTCQX:IGXT), Par Pharmaceutical, Indivior and Indivior UK, and Aquestive Therapeutics (formerly MonoSol Rx) related to Suboxone film has been settled. The accord...

May 14, 2018

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3DS strengthens IP with new patents

3D Signatures (TSXV:DXD; OTCQB:TDSGF; FSE:3D0) recently received a patent from the Canadian Intellectual Property office, which protects the company’s IP in the area of cognitive diseases in general and...

May 10, 2018

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China approves Profound Medical’s Sonalleve

The Chinese Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has approved Profound Medical’s (TSXV:PRN; OTCQX:PRFMF) Sonalleve for the non-invasive treatment of uterine fibroids. Sonalleve is a therapeutic platform that combines...

May 10, 2018

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NanoSphere and Vertical in pact to launch Evolve products in AZ and CA

NanoSphere Health Sciences (CSE:NSHS; OTC:NSHSF) has joined forces with Vertical Companies, the largest fully integrated company in the legal medical cannabis industry, to launch NanoSphere’s Evolve product line in...

May 2, 2018

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FDA committee gives Achaogen mixed review on plazomicin

Achaogen (NASDAQ:AKAO) received a mixed review from an FDA advisory committee on its antibiotic, plazomicin, with a vote in favor of approval for complicated urinary tract infections but against its use in bloodstream...

May 2, 2018

Developments

FDA releases Theratechnologies from EGRIFTA post-approval commitments

The FDA has released Theratechnologies (TSX:TH) from post-approval commitments related to the approval of EGRIFTA. When the FDA approved EGRIFTA in 2010, the agency requested that the company conduct two large safety...

May 1, 2018

Developments

Saniona moving to second part of Phase 2a study in Prader-Willi Syndrome

Closely-held Saniona of Denmark has obtained approval to initiate the second part of its Phase 2a trial for Tesomet in adolescents with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), the most common genetic cause of life-threatening...

April 26, 2018

Category - Developments

Danish trial with CellAegis autoRIC device completes enrollment

Canopy Growth to acquire shares in R&D, animal units it doesn’t already own

Zymeworks, Daiichi Sankyo expand bispecific antibody collaboration

IntelGenx settles Suboxone patent litigation

3DS strengthens IP with new patents

China approves Profound Medical’s Sonalleve

NanoSphere and Vertical in pact to launch Evolve products in AZ and CA

FDA committee gives Achaogen mixed review on plazomicin

FDA releases Theratechnologies from EGRIFTA post-approval commitments

Saniona moving to second part of Phase 2a study in Prader-Willi Syndrome

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