Pharmaceutical Industry News

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, with its National Medical Center in Los Angeles ranked among the nation’s top 5 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after damage in preclinical studies.

Vaxxas, a clinical-stage biotechnology company commercializing a novel high-density microarray patch (HD-MAP) vaccination platform, has been named a Concept Stage winner of the United States Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority’s (BARDA’s) $50 million Patch Forward Prize.

Viralgen and two labs based in the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University have partnered to develop and manufacture an innovative approach to gene therapy for prion disease. This partnership aims to deliver life-changing treatment to patients at risk or suffering from this rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder.

The Biomedical Division of PHC Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan; President: Nobuaki Nakamura), has received a 2024 Innovation Award from The Analytical Scientist1 for its live cell metabolic analyzer, LiCellMoTM. LiCellMo, launched for research use in Japan in September and the United States, UK, EU, China and other Asian select geographies in October2.

Stock up your family's medicine cabinet this Black Friday and Cyber Monday. WELLlife, a leading innovator in medical diagnostic and testing solutions, is increasing accessibility to respiratory illness testing in preparation for the year-end holidays.

Nevro Corp. a global medical device company that is delivering comprehensive, life-changing solutions for the treatment of chronic pain, today announced that it has received CE Mark Certification in Europe for its HFX iQ™ spinal cord stimulation (SCS) system. The CE marking allows Nevro to market HFX iQ in all countries that recognize this certification.

TB Alliance is honored to join today's High-Level Meeting hosted by the Indonesian Ministry of Health. Leaders and experts in tuberculosis (TB) have convened to discuss strategies, innovations, and achievements in the global fight to end TB. The full-day session will bring together a distinguished group of global stakeholders dedicated to addressing and eliminating the TB pandemic.

Trinity Life Sciences, the leader in strategy, insights and analytics for the life sciences industry, delivers life science companies industry-specific data orchestration with TrinityEDGE, Commercial Data Foundations.

Traditionally, kidney health has been monitored by measuring blood creatinine levels, which indicate muscle breakdown. High creatinine levels can suggest that the kidneys are not filtering waste efficiently. However, creatinine levels can be affected by a person's muscle mass and only rise significantly after more than 75% of kidney function is lost.

A drug commonly used to treat breast cancer might be able to help people living with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) – a rare genetic bleeding condition that causes enlargements and tangles of veins and arteries, as well as other malformations of the blood vessels – according to new research from The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research.