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Respivant Sciences Announces Dosing of First Patient in Phase 2b Trial of RVT-1601 for the Treatment of Persistent Cough Due to Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

May 20, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

RVT-1601 previously demonstrated a statistically significant and clinically meaningful reduction in IPF-related cough in a Phase 2a studyRespivant also launches new website – IPFCough.com – as educational resource for patients and to increase awareness… […]

Reneo Pharmaceuticals Raises $50 Million to Develop Therapeutics to Treat Genetic Mitochondrial Diseases

May 20, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

SAN DIEGO, May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Reneo Pharmaceuticals, a clinical stage pharmaceutical company, today announced that it has completed a $50 million Series A financing to develop therapies for diseases associated with deficits in cellular met… […]

DelMar Pharmaceuticals Announces Expansion of Scientific Advisory Board

May 20, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Appoint Drs. David Reardon, Timothy Cloughesy, and Nicholas Butowski

VANCOUVER, British Columbia and MENLO PARK, Calif., May 20, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — DelMar Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DMPI) (“DelMar” or the “Company”), a biopharmaceutical company… […]

Would you eat lab-created fish? This San Diego startup is carving new path in ‘alt-meat’ industry

May 19, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Local startup BlueNalu is developing seafood products like fish, crustaceans and mollusks — all designed in labs and grown in bioreactors […]

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals to Present Phase 2 CLARITY Results for Pimavanserin as an Adjunctive Treatment in Major Depressive Disorder at the 2019 American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting

May 18, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACADIA Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative medicines to address unmet medical needs in central nervous system disorders, today annou… […]

San Diego Life Sciences Roundup: MedCrypt, LunaDNA, Dynacure & More

May 17, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Let’s catch up with the latest life sciences news in San Diego. — Cybersecurity company MedCrypt, which makes software to protect medical devices, raised a $5.3 million Series A funding round. The company says it will use the new funds to hire new sale… […]

DIA 2019 Keynote Speaker Gary H. Gibbons Will Set the Stage for an Inspiring and Informative Event for San Diego Life Science Researchers and Professionals

May 17, 2019 Mary Canady 0

This content is sponsored by Drug Information Association, Inc. You may have seen a recent blog post in which Scripps Research graduate Sudip Parikh, now Senior Vice President of the Drug Information Association (DIA), talks […]

Wearable Cooling and Heating Patch Could Serve as Personal Thermostat and Save Energy

May 17, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

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Microbiota Restoration Takes the Podium at DDW 2019: Investigational Microbiota-Based Therapies for Recurrent C. diff Highlighted

May 17, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

ROSEVILLE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cdiff?src=hash" target="_blank"gt;#Cdifflt;/agt;–Rebiotix to present research data on current microbiome trials at DDW 2019 in San Diego, CA (May 18-21). […]

Exact Sciences Presents New Data Reinforcing Performance of Cologuard®

May 17, 2019 sandiegobiotech Comments Off

Researchers to Present Real-World Findings at Digestive Disease Week® 2019

SAN DIEGO, May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — New research from Exact Sciences and Mayo Clinic demonstrates the ability of Cologuard to both screen large patient populations and con… […]