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UPDATE— Taconic Biosciences Becomes the First Animal Model Provider on General Services Administration Contract Schedule

RENSSELAER, N.Y., Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Taconic Biosciences, a global leader in providing genetically engineered rodent model solutions, announces a new relationship with Government Scientific Source (GSS). GSS is a leading dedicated distributor of laboratory equipment to federal, state, and local governments on contract with the GSA (General Services Administration). By having Taconic’s products [...]

Nanobiotix: Update on Head and Neck Phase I/II Trial with NBTXR3 and Other Program Data Presented at ImmunoRad 2018

PARIS / CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – NANOBIOTIX (Euronext: NANO – ISIN: FR0011341205), a late clinical-stage nanomedicine company pioneering new approaches to the treatment of cancer, today announces it will present an update on and data from its NBTXR3 development program at the International Conference on Immunotherapy Radiotherapy Combinations that will take place from [...]

Father’s Personal Experience Drives Hospitals to Improve Patient Communication

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — After experiencing the challenges that come with communicating with friends and family from during his daughter’s chemotherapy treatment for a rare disease, Nathan Loding, 34, of Grand Rapids thought there had to be a better way to keep friends and family updated on his daughter’s condition and [...]

Inovio Develops Novel H3N2 Influenza DNA Vaccine That Generates Cross-Reactive Responses and Provides Complete Protection Against Lethal Preclinical Challenges

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) announced today that its SynCon® vaccine approach using a collection of DNA antigens generated broadly protective antibody responses against the most deadly strains of the H3N2 influenza viruses from the past 50 years and provided complete protection against heterologous lethal challenge in a [...]

Checkpoint Therapeutics Announces Encouraging Safety and Efficacy Data from Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial of EGFR Inhibitor CK-101

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Checkpoint Therapeutics, Inc. (“Checkpoint”) (NASDAQ: CKPT), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology biopharmaceutical company focused on the acquisition, development and commercialization of novel treatments for patients with solid tumor cancers, today announced positive preliminary safety and efficacy data from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical trial of CK-101 (also known as RX518), [...]

BRAND’S Essence of Chicken Improves Memory Function: Clinical Study Supports

Singapore, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Researchers from Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand recently conducted the largest ever clinical study on BRAND’S Essence of Chicken (BEC). In this study, BEC was compared against a placebo protein drink. The study, published in Nutrients*, a peer-reviewed open access journal of human nutrition, concluded that consumption of BEC improves [...]

Everest Partners with KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital of Singapore to Modernize Access to Neonatal and Maternity Healthcare

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Everest, a biometry based, value transfer company, announced today that it will partner with Singapore-based KK Hospital (KKH), a regional leader in maternal and child care, in an effort to elevate neonatal and maternal care through the design and implementation of blockchain for healthcare. Through this partnership Everest [...]

Inovio Doses 1st Subject in Phase 1/2 Clinical Trial for Vaccine Against Deadly MERS Infection

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: INO) announced today announced the dosing of the first subject with its vaccine to prevent infection from the deadly MERS virus (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) in a Phase 1/2a study to evaluate INO-4700 (or GLS-5300). The trial is ongoing in South Korea sponsored [...]

Inovio and Korean Partner Dose 1st Subject in Trial to Develop World’s First Vaccine to Prevent Hepatitis C Infection

PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., and SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:INO) and GeneOne Life Science (KSE: 011000) today announced they have dosed the first patient in a Phase 1 study designed to evaluate a preventive vaccine against hepatitis C infection. Recruitment has already begun in South Korea, where GeneOne is responsible [...]

Ascom Announces Partnership with Stryker to Deliver Stryker iBed Wireless Notifications to Clinicians to Target Fall Prevention

BAAR, Switzerland, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Ascom (SWX:ASCN.SW), the global solutions provider focused on healthcare ICT and mobile workflow solutions, announced a new North American strategic alliance with Stryker, a leading medical technology company, to integrate Ascom Unite software with Stryker’s iBed Wireless Smartbed system. This clinical integration can help prevent patient falls by [...]