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Neovasc shares jump on Tiara update

Neovasc (NASDAQ:NVCN) provided an update on the clinical experience with its Tiara transcatheter mitral valve, sending the shares up 50% to $2.14 at midday Dec 6. Tiara is a novel transcatheter device designed to treat...

MaRS and KHIDI in commercialization deal

MaRS Innovation and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) signed a five-year global partnership agreement to commercialize the latest advances in biomedical and healthcare innovations, which is...

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IntelGenx, Chemo Group expand partnership

IntelGenx (OTCQX:IGXT; TSX-V:IGX) strengthened its relationship with Chemo Group by signing a term sheet for co-development and commercialization of a generic tablet for the central nervous system (CNS) on a worldwide...

oramed

Oramed GLP-1 analog found safe in study

Oramed Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:ORMP) has successfully concluded a Phase 1b study of ORMD-0901, its oral GLP-1 analog, in Type 2 diabetes patients. The study showed ORMD-0901 to be safe and well tolerated, having no...

Avivagen

Avivagen in JV for OxC-beta in China

Avivagen (TSX-V:VIV) has signed an agreement with Shaanxi Jintai Mining, a widely diversified Chinese company, to form a joint venture company to commercialize OxC-beta Livestock in China. The JV will initially target...

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Aurinia to begin Phase 3 voclosporin trial in Q2

After an end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA, Aurinia Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:AUPH) plans to begin a single Phase 3 clinical trial for voclosporin in the treatment of lupus nephritis (LN). Aurinia believes the Phase 3...

Turnstone Biologics

Turnstone Biologics in $41.4-million financing

Closely-held Turnstone Biologics has completed a $41.4-million series B financing led by new investor, OrbiMed, with participation from another new investor, F-Prime Capital Partners, and existing investors, FACIT and...

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Titan’s Probuphine featured at ISAM meeting

Titan Pharmaceuticals’ (NASDAQ:TTNP) Probuphine implant was featured in three presentations at the International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) annual meeting in Montreal last week. Probuphine, a subdermal implant...

Mati Therapeutics

New U.S. patent expands Mati’s IP portfolio

Closely-held Mati Therapeutics has been granted a U.S. patent covering a method of providing a sustained drug release to an eye using a proprietary punctal plug design placed in the punctum (tear duct) over a treatment...

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals

Dipexium updates availability of Phase 3 data

Dipexium Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:DPRX) updated the status of results from two pivotal Phase 3 clinical trials – OneStep-1 and OneStep-2- of its topical antimicrobial peptide, Locilex, for the treatment of diabetic...

Avivagen

Avivagen in OxC-beta pact with UNAHCO

Avivagen (TSX-V:VIV) has agreed to supply OxC-beta Livestock to UNAHCO for sales and distribution in the Republic of the Philippines. OxC-beta has been shown to be effective and economic in replacing the antibiotics...

microbix

Microbix Q4 preliminary revenue up 57%

Microbix Biosystems (TSX:MBX) expects to report revenue in the range of $3.3-million for the fiscal fourth quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016, an increase of 57% from $2.1-million in the year earlier quarter. Fourth quarter...

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Profound Medical in $17.4-million bought deal

Profound Medical (TSX-V:PRN) has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by GMP Securities, for a bought deal of 15.82 million common shares at a price of $1.10 each for gross proceeds of $17.4...