Alcon to Acquire Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Enhancing its Ophthalmic Pharmaceutical Portfolio

Builds on Alcon’s existing commercial expertise in the estimated $20 billion global ophthalmic pharmaceutical segment1 Adds Rocklatan® and Rhopressa®, and a pipeline of several clinical and preclinical ophthalmic pharmaceutical product candidates Transaction values Aerie at approximately $770 million in equity value and is expected to be accretive to Alcon’s core diluted EPS in 2024 Ad … [Read more…]

Afya Limited Announces Second-Quarter and First Half 2022 Financial Results

High and Predictable Growth Strong Net Income Results NOVA LIMA, Brazil–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Afya Limited (Nasdaq: AFYA) (“Afya” or the “Company”), the leading medical education group and digital health services provider in Brazil, reported today financial and operating results for the three and six-month period ended June 30, 2022 (second quarter 2022). Financial results are expressed in … [Read more…]

Prana Thoracic Announces That Its Subsidiary Receives $3 Million CPRIT Grant to Develop a Minimally Invasive Device for Early Interception of Lung Cancer

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Prana Thoracic, Inc., today announced that Nucore Medical, Inc., the company’s wholly owned subsidiary has been awarded a $3M grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (“CPRIT”). Prana Thoracic is a medical device company developing the first minimally invasive lung tissue excision tool for early interception of lung cancer. The CPRIT … [Read more…]

Voran Group Obtains Health Canada Authorization on Disinfectant With 30-Second COVID Kill Claim

New label reflects a commitment to delivering an internationally recognized standard of cleanliness and efficacy EDMONTON, Alberta–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Voran Group Ventures Ltd (“Voran Group”) announces the receipt of market authorization from Health Canada on new efficacy claims for its made-in-Canada disinfectant solution, Bacoban™ (106) Cleaner & Disinfectant. The new label reflects Voran’s commitment to supply … [Read more…]

Geron Announces First Patient Dosed in IMproveMF Phase 1 Combination Study in Frontline Myelofibrosis

– Preclinical data showed synergistic and additive effects of combination imetelstat and ruxolitinib – Study intended to explore potential for disease modification with imetelstat in earlier, frontline myelofibrosis setting – Single-agent imetelstat currently being studied in a separate Phase 3 trial designed to confirm clinically meaningful benefits observed in relapsed/refractory MF patients in Phase 2 … [Read more…]

Biocept Announces Receipt of Deficiency Notice from Nasdaq Regarding Requirement to Timely Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Biocept, Inc. (Nasdaq: BIOC), a leading provider of molecular diagnostic assays, products and services, announces that it received a notice (the “Notice”) on August 17, 2022 from the Listing Qualifications Department of The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) advising Biocept that it was not in compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements under the … [Read more…]

Invacare Corporation Announces Cooperation Agreement With Azurite Management

Adds two independent directors with business transformation expertise ELYRIA, Ohio–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Invacare Corporation (NYSE: IVC) today announced that it has entered into a cooperation agreement with its largest shareholder, Azurite Management LLC (“Azurite”), which currently owns approximately 10.3% of the company’s outstanding shares as of June 30, 2022. As part of the agreement, Invacare appointed two … [Read more…]

Tandem Diabetes Care Announces Upcoming Conference Presentations

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$TNDM #TNDM–Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNDM), a leading insulin delivery and diabetes technology company, today announced that management will present a company update at the following investor conferences: 2022 Wells Fargo Healthcare Conference on Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 1:55pm Eastern Time (10:55am Pacific Time); and Baird’s 2022 Global Healthcare Conference on … [Read more…]

AHF Launches Two New HIV/STD Prevention Campaigns

‘Ready To Play’ and ‘Just A Prick’ Billboard placements began the week of August 1st starting in Los Angeles and will continue to be placed nationwide through the end of August in the 17 states AHF services are located Prevention campaigns come at a time when STD infection rates continue to increase while HIV infection … [Read more…]

Pediatrix Medical Group Comments on No Surprises Act Final Rule

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$MD–Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (NYSE: MD) today provided commentary on the final rule issued on August 19, 2022 by the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services related to the No Surprises Act. The final rule states that a qualifying payment amount (QPA), described as a calculation of a … [Read more…]