ST. LOUIS, Dec. 15, 2020 — Centene Corporation (NYSE: CNC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PANTHERx, one of the largest and fastest-growing specialty pharmacies in the United States specializing in orphan drugs and rare diseases. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close by the end of 2020....
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ORANGE, Calif. — Today, the Center for Inherited Blood Disorders (CIBD) announced the successful administration of the first gene therapy infusion in the country to treat hemophilia A outside of the clinical trial setting. The landmark infusion, administered by CIBD’s skilled medical team, is a testament to the center’s commitment...
HOPEWELL, N.J. – Capital Health’s Center for Neuro-Oncology, part of Capital Institute for Neurosciences and the Capital Health Cancer Center, continues to demonstrate nationally the program’s leadership and commitment to clinical excellence. Over the last month, the center’s neurosurgical director, Navid Redjal, MD, FAANS, led publication of guidelines for the treatment...
TAYLOR — Seeking a larger house to accommodate a growing family, nine years ago Chris and Barb Savoie moved from Southgate to Taylor a month after their youngest daughter, Nikki, was born. The house is about 1 1/2 miles from Penrickton Center for Blind Children. At the time, the couple...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROSTOCK and BERLIN, Germany and SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. – Centogene N.V. (Nasdaq: CNTG), a commercial-stage Company focused on generating data-driven insights to diagnose, understand, and treat rare diseases, and Twist Bioscience Corporation (Nasdaq: TWST), a Company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROSTOCK, Germany and BERLIN – Centogene N.V. (Nasdaq: CNTG), a commercial-stage company focused on rare diseases that transforms real-world clinical and genetic data into actionable information for patients, physicians, and pharmaceutical companies, announced today research revealing six novel gene-disease associations for a wide range of genetic disorders...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and BERLIN, Germany — Centogene N.V. (Nasdaq: CNTG), the essential life science partner for data-driven answers in rare and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced the Company reached its initial recruitment and genetic testing milestone in the observational EFRONT Study, being conducted to advance the genetic understanding of frontotemporal dementia...
Rockville, Maryland – A new study found higher levels of neurodegeneration in rats that consumed reused deep fried cooking oils and their offspring compared to rats on a normal diet. Deep frying, which involves completely submerging food in hot oil, is a common method of food preparation around the world....
TORONTO, Canada – CAMH-led pre-clinical studies using a small molecule drug have shown promise as a potential new treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS). The results have been published today in the journal Science Advances. Expanding on Dr. Fang Liu’s earlier work that identified a novel drug target for the treatment...
FRAZER, Pa. — Cephalon, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEPH) today announced results from a pivotal clinical trial of lestaurtinib (CEP-701) in patients with relapsed acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) expressing FLT3 activating mutations. The study was designed to show the benefit of lestaurtinib in this patient population when given in sequence with standard...