Category: Business

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals to Present at Rodman & Renshaw Global Investment Conference

EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NovaBay® Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: NBY), a biopharmaceutical company commercializing and developing novel topical non-antibiotic antimicrobial products for the global eye care market, announces that President and CEO Ron Najafi, Ph.D., will present at the Rodman & Renshaw 17th Annual Global Investment Conference on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:25 p.m. Eastern time (12:25 p.m. Pacific time). The conference is being held at the St. Regis Hotel


Salutaris Medical Devices annonce avoir reçu une homologation 510(k)

BARCELONE, Espagne–(BUSINESS WIRE)–À l’occasion de l’Ophthalmology Futures European Forum 2015, Salutaris Medical Devices (SalutarisMD®) a annoncé que sa source de curiethérapie à radionucléides (SCR) SMD Sr90-1 a obtenu l’homologation 510(k) de l’Agence américaine des produits alimentaires et des médicaments (la « FDA »). La SCR SMD Sr90-1 est indiquée pour la curiethérapie épisclérale des tumeurs et des croissances bénignes, elle est prévue pour une utilisation dans un système applicateur d


Salutaris Medical Devices meldet FDA-510(k)-Zulassung

BARCELONA, Spanien–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Salutaris Medical Devices (SalutarisMD®) gab auf dem Ophthalmology Futures European Forum 2015 bekannt, dass seine SMD Sr90-1-Radionuklid-Brachytherapie-Strahlenquelle (RBS) die Zulassung der US-Gesundheitsbehörde nach dem 510(k)-Verfahren erhalten hat. Die SMD Sr90-1 RBS ist bei der episkleralen Brachytherapie von Tumoren und gutartigen Wucherungen angezeigt und für die Verwendung in einem manuellen Brachytherapie-Applikator-System bestimmt. Dr. Laurence Ma


Riassunto: Salutaris Medical Devices riceve l’approvazione 510(k)

BARCELLONA, Spagna–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nel corso dell’Ophthalmology Futures European Forum 2015, Salutaris Medical Devices (SalutarisMD®) ha annunciato che il suo prodotto SMD Sr90-1 Radionuclide Brachytherapy Source (RBS) ha ricevuto l’approvazione 510(k) dalla Food and Drug Administration (FDA) degli Stati Uniti. SMD Sr90-1 RBS è indicato per la brachiterapia episclerale dei tumori e delle escrescenze benigne e va utilizzato nell’ambito di un sistema con applicatore manuale per brachiterapia. “


Ocata Therapeutics Receives SBIR Grant from the NIH’s National Eye Institute to Develop Proprietary Photoreceptor Progenitor Cell Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Ocata Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCAT), a leader in the field of Regenerative Ophthalmology™, today announced that it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Eye Institute (NEI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to fund Investigational New Drug (IND)-enabling preclinical development of Ocata’s proprietary photoreceptor progenitor product for the treatment of retinal degenerative diseases, such as r


The Optical Society Celebrates Optica’s Successful First Year

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Optica, The Optical Society’s newest journal, dedicated to rapidly disseminating the highest impact peer-reviewed research across the entire spectrum of optics and photonics, has celebrated its one-year anniversary. In its first year, Optica has established itself as a trusted source for some of the best and most exciting work in the optics and photonics field, demonstrated by 45% growth in article downloads in 2015 so far and 1 in 6 articles being featured in mains


International Year of Light Comes to Washington D.C. on September 12th

WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–To promote the progress and promise of light research and education, leading U.S. science organizations will host two events on Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Washington. The events are organized by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in conjunction with The American Institute of Physics, The American Physical Society, The IEEE Photonics Society, The National Academy of Sciences, The Optical Society and the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE).


Dr. George Lasezkay Joins Acucela as Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs

SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Acucela Inc. (TOKYO: 4589) (“Acucela” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company that specializes in discovering and developing novel drug candidates to potentially treat and slow the progression of sight-threatening ophthalmic diseases, announced today that it has hired Dr. George Lasezkay as Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs, effective Aug. 24. Dr. Lasezkay will head up Acucela’s legal team and be the primary legal advisor to CEO Ryo Kubota and t


RapidHIT DNA Profile Uploaded to UK National DNA Database Identifies Dangerous Sex Offender While Suspect in Custody

PLEASANTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The revolutionary RapidHIT® System from IntegenX delivered a stunning arrest in the UK last week. A suspect was arrested for a minor crime and swabbed for a DNA reference sample while in custody. His DNA profile was generated in less than two hours using the RapidHIT System at UK forensic laboratory, Key Forensic Services. Upon upload to the UK’s National DNA Database® (NDNAD), the suspect’s profile immediately matched with a DNA profile recovered from a ser


InSite Vision Determines that an Unsolicited Offer from a Multi-National Pharmaceutical Company to Acquire InSite for $0.25 in Cash Constitutes a “Company Superior Proposal”

ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–InSite Vision Inc. (OTCBB:INSV) today announced that InSite’s Board of Directors determined that the previously announced unsolicited offer from a multi-national pharmaceutical company (the “Bidder”) to acquire InSite for $0.25 per share in an all-cash transaction constitutes a “Company Superior Proposal” as defined in InSite’s previously announced definitive agreement with QLT Inc. dated as of June 8, 2015, as amended (NASDAQ: QLTI) (TSX: QLT). Under the terms