Category - Developments

Stryker (NYSE:SYK) has agreed to acquire Novadaq Technologies (NASDAQ:NVDQ; TSX:NDQ) for $11.75 a share, implying a total equity value of approximately $701-million. The transaction price represents a premium of...

Knight Therapeutics’ (TSX:GUD) New Drug Submission (NDS) for Probuphine, a subdermal implant of buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid drug dependence, has been accepted for review by Health Canada. Knight and...

The clinical trial component of 3D Signatures’ (OTCQB:TDSGF; TSXV:DXD; FSE:3D0) Hodgkin’s lymphoma test (Telo-HL) validation program is under way. This process is referred to as Stage 3 of the validation program...

IntelGenx Technologies (OTCQX:IGXT; TSXV:IGX) has received a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office entitled, “Film dosage form with extended release mucoadhesive particles.” The patent...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a Notice of Allowance for closely held Blue Spark Technologies’ patent application referred to as, “body temperature logging patch,” or its brand name, TempTraq. The wearable...

Closely held Implandata Ophthalmic Products of Germany has received CE Mark for its EYEMATE system, making it available for commercial use within the EU. The EYEMATE system provides intraocular pressure (IOP) readings...

Quidel (NASDAQ:QDEL) has acquired the InflammaDry and AdenoPlus diagnostic businesses from RPS Diagnostics for about $14-million. InflammaDry is the only point-of-care test that detects elevated levels of MMP-9, a key...

An article on the Alzaforum website highlights IntelGenx (OTCQX:IGXT; TSXV:IGX) and its montelukast oral film candidate for the treatment of brain degenerative diseases, such as early-stage dementia. Alzaforum is a news...

An article in the latest issue of the weekly peer-reviewed journal, The BMJ, about arthroscopic surgery for degenerative knee arthritis and meniscal tears appears to dovetail with an approach by Ortho Regenerative...

Titan Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:TTNP) Probuphine implant of buprenorphine was featured in an article about new developments in managing opioid addiction that was published in the peer-reviewed journal, Drug, Design...