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December 19, 2024
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Here’s how Utah earned its No. 1 ranking for innovation

A new report from the U.’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute uncovers the wide-ranging mechanisms driving Utah’s high performance when it comes to innovation output

December 19, 2024
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Teva Announces New Patient Access Program with Direct Relief to Provide Access to Inhalers for Uninsured Patients

Teva to provide two generic inhaler products to Direct Relief for its network of free and charitable clinics. The program, launching this month, will run for a minimum of three years.

December 19, 2024
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Myriad Genetics’ RiskScore Study Named One of the Top 10 Significant Advances in Genomic Medicine in American Journal of Human Genetics

Study Demonstrates RiskScore as a More Accurate Predictor of Breast Cancer Risk, Doubling Accuracy Compared to the Tyrer-Cuzick Model

December 19, 2024
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Human Forms and Body Parts Trigger Strong Reactions in the Brain

Human Forms and Body Parts Trigger Strong Reactions in the Brain

December 19, 2024
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Canary Speech and Prism Care Announce Partnership to Enhance Extended Care Through Vocal Biomarker Technology

Partnership aims to set new industry standards for managing mental health and cognitive conditions

December 19, 2024
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SINTX TECHNOLOGIES SECURES PATENT ALLOWANCE FOR WIDE-RANGING SILICON NITRIDE BIOMATERIAL APPLICATIONS

SINTX TECHNOLOGIES SECURES PATENT ALLOWANCE FOR WIDE-RANGING SILICON NITRIDE BIOMATERIAL APPLICATIONS

December 19, 2024
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BD Resolves Previously Disclosed SEC Investigation

BD has reached an agreement with the U.S. SEC to resolve the previously disclosed investigation related to prior public disclosures.

December 12, 2024
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NUSANO NAMES MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPES ADVISORY BOARD

VALENCIA, Calif. – Dec. 3, 2024 – Nusano, a physics company transforming the production of radioisotopes, today announced the creation of a Medical Radioisotopes Advisory Board. This panel of internationally recognized leaders in nuclear medicine will provide strategic guidance to Nusano, ensuring its product development aligns with emerging trends and with the needs of cancer […]

December 12, 2024
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Co-Diagnostics, Inc. and CoSara Diagnostics to Inaugurate New Oligo Facility

SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Co-Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq: CODX) (the “Company” or “Co-Dx”), a molecular diagnostics company with a unique, patented platform for the development of molecular diagnostic tests, today announced that the inauguration of CoSara Diagnostics Pvt. Ltd.’s oligonucleotide synthesis facility will take place December 11, 2024, in Ranoli, India. In support of the “Make […]

December 12, 2024
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Halia Therapeutics Announces Positive Topline Data and Advances to Second Stage of Phase 2 Clinical Trial for HT-6184 in Patients with Low-Risk Myelodysplastic Syndromes (LR-MDS)

LEHI, Utah, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Halia Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company at the forefront of developing treatments for chronic inflammation and related disorders, announced today promising topline data resulting in the advancement to the second stage of its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating HT-6184, a first-in-class allosteric NEK7/NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor given orally, in patients with lower-risk […]

December 12, 2024
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Recursion Reports Interim Phase 1 Clinical Data for REC-617 Monotherapy, a Potential Best-in-Class CDK7 Inhibitor, With Encouraging Patient Response and Favorable Tolerability

Recursion reported initial monotherapy dose-escalation data from the Phase 1/2 study (ELUCIDATE) of REC-617, a selective CDK7 inhibitor, in advanced solid tumors.

December 12, 2024
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CancerVax Targets Hard to Treat Pancreatic Cancer

With limited options available to treat Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), the Company’s Universal Cancer Treatment Platform may provide hope for patients and doctors

December 12, 2024
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BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Tropical Fever Panel, a syndromic PCR test targeting causes of tropical fever infections, receives U.S. FDA Special 510(k) clearance

BIOFIRE® FILMARRAY® Tropical Fever Panel, a syndromic PCR test targeting causes of tropical fever infections, receives U.S. FDA Special 510(k) clearance

December 12, 2024
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Myriad Genetics’ Portfolio Elevated by Updated NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines

Prolaris, MyRisk, and Precise Tumor Testing Validated Across Cancer Stages, Elevating Company’s Comprehensive Patient-Centric Solutions

December 12, 2024
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Myriad Genetics to Present New Data at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

Presentations include analytical validation of Myriad’s high-definition tumor informed MRD assay for breast cancer and its Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool MyRisk® with RiskScore®

December 5, 2024
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PhotoPharmics to Present Patient Interest Findings from Groundbreaking Remote Parkinson’s Trial at PSG Annual Meeting

Presentation to Highlight Feasibility and Interest in Decentralized Home-Based Phase 3 Trial Salt Lake City, Utah — December 5, 2024 — PhotoPharmics, a pioneer in non-invasive phototherapy for neurological disorders, today announced it will present a poster titled “An Entirely Remote, Home-based Phase 3 Clinical Trial of a Specialized Light Therapy Device for Parkinson’s Disease […]

December 5, 2024
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Fluidx Medical Begins Multinational Trial of GPX Embolic Device

November 27, 2024—Fluidx Medical Technology, Inc. announced that the first patient has been treated in the prospective, multinational, clinical trial of the company’s GPX embolic device. The device was successfully used in a portal vein embolization procedure in preparation for hepatic resection. According to the company, the safety and effectiveness trial includes leading medical centers […]

December 5, 2024
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Denali Therapeutics Announces First Participant Dosed in Phase 2a Study of LRRK2 Inhibitor, BIIB122, in LRRK2-Associated Parkinson’s Disease

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Dec. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Denali Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: DNLI) today announced initiation of dosing in a global Phase 2a clinical study, BEACON, of the investigational drug leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) inhibitor BIIB122 (DNL151) in participants with LRRK2-associated Parkinson’s disease (LRRK2-PD). LRRK2 inhibition is a potential therapeutic approach that […]

December 5, 2024
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Canary Speech Named to the 2024 CB Insights’ List of the 50 Most Innovative Digital Health Startups

Canary Speech recognized for achievements in non-invasive diagnostics in the most promising private digital health companies across the globe.

December 5, 2024
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Recursion announces first patient dosed in Phase 1/2 clinical study of REC-1245, a potential first-in-class, RBM39 degrader for Biomarker-Enriched Solid Tumors and Lymphoma

First program to result from end-to-end use of OS to identify a novel target and new chemical matter, which moved from target ID to IND enabling studies in under 18 months with ~200 compounds synthesized

November 27, 2024
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Fluidx Medical Announces First Tumor Patient Treated in Prospective, Multinational Trial

Embolic device designed for improved preparation, delivery, and deep vessel filling for treating tumors and other interventional oncology uses.

November 26, 2024
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EDWARDS’ SAPIEN 3 ULTRA RESILIA VALVE DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED EXCELLENT OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS IN REAL WORLD DATA

EDWARDS’ SAPIEN 3 ULTRA RESILIA VALVE DEMONSTRATES CONTINUED EXCELLENT OUTCOMES FOR PATIENTS IN REAL WORLD DATA

November 26, 2024
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Merit Medical’s WRAPSODY WAVE Trial Exceeds Performance Goals for Arteriovenous Graft (AVG) Patients

WRAPSODY achieves 82% target lesion primary patency at six months in the single-arm cohort of the US pivotal trial

November 21, 2024
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BioUtah Award Winners and Utah Rare Disease Advisory Council Take Center Stage at Utah Life Sciences Innovation Caucus

More than a dozen Utah legislators on Wednesday, November 20, held a breakfast meeting of the Utah Life Sciences Innovation Caucus (ULSIC) at the state capitol.