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SoniVie | June 20, 2022

SoniVie, an Israeli company developing a novel proprietary Therapeutic Intra-Vascular Ultrasound System to treat a variety of hypertensive disorders, announced that on May 5th 2022 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted IDE approval for its "REDUCED1" Pilot study to treat Resistant Hypertension Patients with Renal Artery Denervation using TIVUS™, its innovative Ultra-Sound Ablation System. Resistant hypertension is defined as blood pressure higher than...

fiercepharma | August 12, 2020

Some of the world’s largest biopharma companies are working to deliver safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, but at the same time, a much smaller biotech has laid out its own big ambitions in the field. Novavax will have billions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine capacity next year and could single-handedly meet U.S. demand, executives say. On a conference call Monday, chief medical officer Filip Dubovsky said the Gaithersburg, MD-based biotech expects to be able to make "well over a coupl...

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Athira Pharma, Inc. | October 18, 2022

Athira Pharma, Inc. a late clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing small molecules to restore neuronal health and slow neurodegeneration, today announced that following an unblinded interim efficacy and futility analysis, an independent data monitoring committee recommended continuation of the LIFT-AD study of fosgonimeton in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer’s disease. The committee also determined that, with the additional enrollment of fewer than 150 patien...

Smh | June 01, 2020

Retail giant Amazon has intensified its push into Australia's highly competitive pharmaceuticals sector, brushing off industry opposition with a fresh trademark application for a range of private-label over-the-counter medications. Amazon filed the application for the 'BasicCare' trademark on Friday and refers to Amazon-branded medication which shoppers can buy directly from the e-commerce giant. The move comes as Amazon faces a fight with the Pharmacy Guild of Australia over a previ...