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With a $30 million carrot dangling, Phase 3 trials underway in Japan for...
Phase 3 trials are underway for Cempra’s pneumonia drug solithromycin in Japan. The trials are being completed by Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation. To date, the...
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Heat Biologics stock active on heels of lung, bladder cancer results
Durham-based Heat Biologics’ (Nasdaq: HTBX) stock has remained active over the last week as the company announced positive lung cancer results Tuesday after disappointing bladder cancer results Nov....
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Obamacare architect details why Republican replacement won't work
Jonathan Gruber has been critical of Republican replacements to the Affordable Care Act, but with the appointment of Tom Price as secretary of Health and Human Services, his criticisms have gotten more...
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Coloradans over age 55 have greater well-being than most other states
American ages 55 and older report significantly higher levels of well-being as compares to the younger population. They have more money, worry less and enjoy their standard of living to a greater...
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HEB Grocery gets accreditation to expand pharmacy services across Texas
San Antonio-based HEB Grocery Co. has received the green light from two accreditation commissions that could significantly impact its pharmacy business across Texas. The Utilization Review...
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Merkley slams 21st Century Cures Act
The 21st Century Cures Act cleared its last procedural hurdle Monday in the U.S. Senate, paving the way for final approval today and President Barack Obama’s signature. The bill, which the House...
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D.C. Council approves new version of universal paid leave legislation
Employers in D.C. will be required to offer eight weeks paid family leave, six weeks to care for a sick family member and two weeks of medical leave under universal paid leave legislation approved by...
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Obamacare Blue Cross adjustment could cause higher premiums for other insurers
Millions of dollars will change hands amongst the state’s insurers next year as a result of a reconfigured Obamacare program, an adjustment that may cause premium rates to go up for several insurers in...
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Robert Kraft's company is reportedly a Theranos investor
Theranos, the troubled California blood-testing startup that faces a federal criminal investigation, has had its share of troubles. Now the company has accidentally found itself smack dab in the middle...
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Denver philanthropist dies suddenly
A funeral service honoring the life of Sheila Bugdanowitz, president and CEO of the Rose Community Foundation, will be held in Denver on Tuesday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at Temple Emanuel, 51 Grape St....
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SA biotech company changing name and expanding business
Cytocentrics is gone. The San Antonio-based company has changed its name and is expanding its operational strategy to grab a larger share of bioscience business in the United States and abroad. The...
View ArticleCambridge gene therapy firm Voyager gets positive results on Parkinson's...
A Parkinson’s treatment developed by Cambridge gene therapy firm Voyager Therapeutics helped patients improve motor function in a small, early-stage study, the company said Wednesday. Voyager (Nasdaq:...
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Cardiac Insight raises $2M for heart-monitoring devices
Cardiac Insight has raised $2 million to ramp up sales of its CardeaScreen handheld device and complete Food and Drug Administration approval for upcoming products. Cardiologists and college and...
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How this big South S.F. tower landed its 1st biotech tenant
Soon after she joined Achaogen Inc., Marisol Samperio was charged with a task that in the best of times is a tough one in the Bay Area: find a new home for the antibacterial drug developer. These,...
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Three ways Trump could destroy the three-legged stool of Obamacare
With President-elect Donald Trump heading to Washington in about five weeks and a Republican-controlled Congress, one thing is certain: Obamacare’s days are numbered. That doesn’t mean that come Jan....
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Governor's budget taps Oregon hospitals, insurers and CCOs to help plug...
Oregon hospitals, insurance companies and Coordinated Care Organizations will all bear an increased financial burden to help close the Oregon Health Authority’s $1 billion budget hole, under Gov. Kate...
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Knox Nursery shares hiring details, challenges for budding medical marijuana biz
Bruce Knox will have a busy 2017, thanks to his plans to have five medical marijuana dispensaries spread throughout Florida. After giving a media tour of Winter Garden-based Knox Nursery— one of the...
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TouchCare exec: Telemedicine fills a void in behavioral health care
While a number of individual behavioral health providers have adopted Durham-based TouchCare’s telemedicine platform, securing a large scale provider in the field has been a primary objective of the...
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Pfizer fined $107M because of epilepsy drug price hike
While escalating drug prices continues to a hot-button topic in the United States, Pfizer Inc. has run into trouble over the pricing of an epilepsy medicine in Europe. On Wednesday, the United...
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How to strengthen the future of health care systems
Health care is evolving rapidly and being affected by numerous compounding factors — changes in reimbursement, emerging technologies, new care-delivery models, merger and acquisitions, to name a few —...
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