Alcon pulls eye micro-stent from market after new 5-year safety data |…
Novartis’ Alcon eye care division has withdrawn all versions of its CyPass micro-stent from the global market following new data from a long-term safety study.…
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Auxly Cannabis to acquire CRO KGK for $12.3M in cash, stock deal | Digital…
Auxly Cannabis Group reached an agreement to acquire KGK, a Canadian CRO focused on health and wellness, in a cash and stock deal worth $12.3 million. Auxly,…
Hesperos gains NIH funding for Alzheimer’s ‘human-on-a-chip’ trials |…
It’s a devastating memory-wasting disease that has continually seen failure after failure in the clinic, but now a Florida medtech company is hoping it can…
Sutro Biopharma eyes $75M IPO to push antibody-drug conjugates | Digital…
Sutro Biopharma is at it again—on the heels of an $85 million private round, the oncology player has filed to raise up to $75 million in its IPO. The funding…
Vertex taps Genomics for target discovery help, makes investment | Digital…
Vertex has joined with Genomics to use genetics and machine learning to improve target discovery. The partnership will leverage a platform that collates and…
FDA starts pilot to help sponsors use novel trial designs | Digital Science
The FDA has initiated a pilot program (PDF) to help drug developers use complex innovative trial designs (CID). Sponsors accepted into the four-year pilot will…
Malaysia on track to realise smart cities vision, says ICT leader | Feature
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 1): Malaysia is on the right track to realise its smart cities vision under the 11th Malaysia Plan 2016-2020 (11MP),…
Researchers are turning to deadly venoms in their quests for life-saving…
Venomous reptiles, bugs and marine life have notorious reputations as dangerous, sometimes life-threatening creatures. But in a paper in the current issue of…
Bigger proteins, stronger threads: Synthetic spider silk | Digital Science
Spider silk is among the strongest and toughest materials in the natural world, as strong as some steel alloys with a toughness even greater than bulletproof…
What Happens When A Farmer Attends a Food Science Convention? | Digital…
The story could start with a farmer and a food scientist walk into a bar…or a restaurant…or a grocery store…or the Food Expo at IFT18: A Matter of Science and…