By Len Zehr Forty-five per cent of patients in Dimerix’s (ASX:DXB) successful Phase 2a trial in chronic kidney disease (CKD), on advice from their physician, applied for and were granted access to remain on DMX-200...
By Len Zehr Closely-held Scientus Pharma expects to launch its first cannabis soft gel capsules for the treatment of neuropathic pain at the end of the year, to be followed in early 2018 with a soft gel for epilepsy and...
By Len Zehr Closely-held Appili Therapeutics plans to begin late in the current quarter a Phase 1 bridging, or bioequivalence, study of its lead anti-infective, ATI-1501, a reformulated, taste-masked liquid suspension...
By Len Zehr With eight clinical-stage studies underway, including two pivotal trials expected to readout later this year, PureTech Health (LSE:PRTC) is taking a novel approach to drug development, targeting serious...
By Len Zehr As president and CEO of closely-held Blue Spark Technologies and co-inventor of its newest product, TempTraq, John Gannon’s career has stretched from the aerospace industry to Wall Street, culminating in...
By Len Zehr With franchises in dermatology, wound care and oral health, closely-held Klox Technologies has three near-term milestones this year: launching its oral care business with Colgate Palmolive; expanding the...
By Len Zehr As president and CEO of newly formed Canopy Health Innovations, a spin off of Canopy Group (TSX:WEED), a world leading diversified cannabis company, Marc Wayne is a pioneer of the medical cannabis sector. He...
By Len Zehr Medicure (TSXV:MPH) intends to leverage its unique sales and marketing model, which has fueled the growth of its Aggrastat IV platelet inhibitor, as it brings new generic products into its cardiovascular...
By Len Zehr As the founder and CEO of Buyins.net, Thomas Ronk has created a proprietary database and trading strategy based on short sale timing and sales data that was not accessible to anyone prior to January 2005. As...
By Len Zehr Following a meeting with the FDA last month, Microbix Biosystems (TSX:MBX) is entertaining expressions of interest from potential partners to license or acquire its anti-clotting urokinase drug, which has...
By Len Zehr With a burgeoning pipeline of pharmaceutical oral films, IntelGenx’s (OTCQX:IGXT; TSXV:IGX) business development strategy is focused on partnering its product pipeline along with actively meeting with...
By Len Zehr As CEO of 3D Signatures (OTCQB:TDSGF; TSXV:DXD; FSE:3D0) since last September, Jason Flowerday is putting the diagnostic company on people’s radar. Unlike most diagnostic companies, 3DS’ proprietary imaging...
By Len Zehr After receiving FDA approval last year for its Probuphine implant as a maintenance treatment for opioid addiction, Titan Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:TTNP) is employing its ProNeura drug delivery technology to...
Checkpoint Therapeutics (OTCQX:CKPT) is taking an “aggressive path forward” with its clinical programs and expects to be in registration studies at the end of 2018 with its lead targeted anti-cancer agent, CK-101, and...
By Len Zehr Lion Biotechnologies (NASDAQ:LBIO) is establishing a leading position in immuno-oncology through its tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) technology to deliver personalized oncology therapies to patients with...
By Len Zehr Ortho Regenerative Technologies is developing a “sticky scaffold” biologic that has the potential to be best in class to repair symptomatic lesions in shoulder tendons, knee meniscus and articular cartilage...
By Len Zehr After nearly a decade of R&D, Profound Medical (OTCQX:PRFMF; TSXV:PRN) is now conducting a pilot launch of its TULSA-PRO medical device to ablate tissue in localized prostate cancer within key European...
By Len Zehr Closely-held Vyome Biosciences expects to enroll the final patient next month in a proof-of-concept clinical trial of its lead molecule for drug-resistant acne, VB 1953. “Our product has the potential to be...
By Len Zehr Histogenics (NASDAQ:HSGX) expects to complete enrollment by the end of the second quarter this year in a Phase 3 clinical trial of its NeoCart biologic cell therapy and tissue engineering solution for knee...
By Len Zehr Arch Therapeutics (OTCQB:ARTH) has multiple regulatory filings planned in the U.S. and Europe this year for its AC5 Topical Hemostatic Device as the biopharma company shifts to regulatory-stage footing ahead...
By Len Zehr The proposed merger of Jaguar Animal Health (NASDAQ:JAGX) and closely-held Napo Pharmaceuticals is expected to create a combined company with prescription product revenue, potential line extensions and an...
By Len Zehr As a specialty pharmaceuticals analyst with Cantor Fitzgerald for the past 2 1/2 years, Chiara Russo covers developmental-stage companies that are on the cusp of changing the medical landscape as we know it...