The blood-brain barrier is nearly impenetrable to most drugs and contrast agents, making it difficult to diagnose and treat diseases afflicting the brain. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research have now developed a way of using nanodiamonds coated with a biopolymer to penetrate through the blood-brain barrier and deliver thera (Read more...)
Values over value: what the new workforce wants
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — One remarkable difference between younger aged workers and their baby boomer counterparts is that Generation Z and millennial workers will quit a job if their personal values do not align with that of the company they work for.Be…
Sonavex Secures NIH Grant to Pursue New Vascular Surgery Applications
Last week, Sonavex, a Baltimore-based medical device company, announced receipt of a $3M Phase IIB Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for prospective clinical studies and ongoing research and development of its EchoMark and EchoSure devices. This grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will specifically allow Sonavex (Read more...)
NovaBay net loss increases in second quarter
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals reported a second quarter net loss of $2.5 million, or $0.14 per share, compared with a net loss of $1.6 million, or $0.09 per share, in the same period of 2018, according to a press release.Net sales in the second quarter total…
Allegro Ophthalmics to Present the Results of Its Phase 2 Risuteganib Intermediate Dry Age-Related Macular Degeneration Study at the 19th EURETINA Congress and The Retina Society 2019 Annual Meeting
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DME?src=hash" target="_blank">#DME</a>–Allegro Ophthalmics announced that results of its risuteganib US Phase 2 dry AMD study will be pr…
Lineage Cell Therapeutics Announces Data From Vision Restoration Program Published in Stem Cells and Development Journal
CARLSBAD, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–<a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%24LCTX&src=ctag" target="_blank">$LCTX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AMD?src=hash" target="_blank">#AMD&l…