Category - Developments

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) has reported long-term follow-up data from its pivotal Phase 2 PACE clinical trial of Iclusig, its approved BCR-ABL inhibitor, in heavily pretreated patients with resistant or...

Closely-held Vital Connect, a leader in medical-grade wearable biosensor systems, has closed a term loan facility of $17.5-million with Perceptive Advisors, of which $10-million was funded at the initial closing today...

A Phase 2 clinical trial of Fibrocell Science’s (NASDAQ:FCSC) azficel-T for the treatment of vocal cord scarring resulting in chronic or severe dysphonia failed to meet its primary endpoints. Fibrocell intends to focus...

Anavex Life Sciences (NASDAQ:AVXL) has reported positive data for ANAVEX 2-73 in an exploratory study in a Fragile X syndrome model presented at the Gordon Research Conference for Fragile X and Autism-Related Disorder...

Ocular Therapeutix’s (NASDAQ:OCUL) results from its second Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of DEXTENZA, a bioresorbable intracanalicular depot, for the treatment of ocular itching associated...

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) has reported updated clinical data for brigatinib, its investigational anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitor, from the pivotal ALTA trial in patients who had experienced disease...

Avivagen (TSX-V:VIV) has completed a private placement of brokered and non-brokered components, selling 60 million units for gross proceeds of $3.6-million. Each unit consists of one common share and one-half of a...

ARIAD Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ARIA) has initiated a Phase 1/2 clinical trial of AP32788, an investigational tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI) designed as a targeted therapy for patients with non-small cell lung cancer...

ContraVir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CTRV) has entered into a definitive merger agreement with closely-held Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals. Under the accord, ContraVir will acquire all of the outstanding equity interests in...

The merger of ContraVir Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:CTRV) with closely-held Ciclofilin Pharmaceuticals strengthens ContraVir’s position in the hepatitis B virus (HBV) space, according to a new report from Maxim Group...