One Drop said today that its wireless blood glucose monitoring system can now connect directly to Apple Watch, making it the first diabetes company’s system to do so. One Drop was also the first such company to launch a companion Apple Watch app, but until now, users had to manually log blood glucose, food, medication, […]
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PCI Pharma Services to buy Sherpa Clinical Packaging
PCI Pharma Services has agreed to acquire clinical supply services provider Sherpa Clinical Packaging, the companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. San Diego–based Sherpa is a provider of clinical trial material management services for clinical studies phases I through IV, with expertise in packaging, labeling, distribution, storage and returns and […]
Cook, AcuityBio ink deal for lung cancer drug technology
Cook Biotech will collaborate with drug-delivery maker AcuityBio on Acuity’s lead lung cancer product, the companies said today. Acuity’s ABC103 will use Cook Biotech’s proprietary extracellular matrix (ECM) technology. ABC103 is a platform technology designed for localized, sustained drug delivery to prevent post-surgical lung cancer recurrence. It combines approved/ cleared surgical staple-line buttress, drug-eluting polymers and […]
Fujifilm backs therapeutic administration dev Suono Bio
Suono Bio said today that Fujifilm (TSE:4901) made an undisclosed investment in the company to support its next-gen technology intended for the rapid, formulation-independent administration of therapeutics. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company, formed last year by researchers out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham & Women’s Hospital, is developing technology intended for the rapid local administration of […]
Livongo adds compatibility with Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre Pro
Livongo Health said today it will integrate continuous glucose data from Abbott‘s (NYSE:ABT) FreeStyle Libre Pro system into its Livongo for Diabetes system, touting it as the first such system to integrate data from Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre Pro. With the integration, users of the FreeStyle Libre Pro will be able to see a visual snapshot of […]
Exosome therapeutics dev Evox raises $45m in Series B
Exosome therapeutics company Evox Therapeutics said today that it raised $45.4 million (GBP £35.5 million) in a Series B round of financing. The funding round was led by Redmile Group, new investments from GV, formerly known as Google Ventures, and Cowen Healthcare Investments, the Oxford, U.K.-based company said. The round was joined by Panacea Healthcare […]
Otsuka inks collab deal to bring Abilify Mycite drug-device combo to US
Otsuka Pharmaceutical (TYO:4578) said today it inked a collaborative deal with health management group Magellan Health to distribute its drug-device combo Abilify Mycite in the US. The Tokyo-based pharmaceutical company touted the Abilify Mycite system as the first FDA-approved drug-device combo designed to track drug ingestion, and said that the tracking data will be integrated into […]
BD inks UAE insulin pen distro deal with Julphar
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Julphar said yesterday it inked a deal with BD (NYSE: BDX) to supply disposable insulin pens to the United Arab Emirates. Through the deal, individuals will be able to purchase BD’s Vystra disposable pens featuring Julphar’s human insulin formulations, including its Jusline R, Jusline N and Jusline 30/70. The same system is slated to be […]
GlucoMe, Merck ink Vietnamese diabetes study deal
GlucoMe said last week it inked a pilot collaboration deal with Merck (NYSE:MRK) looking to evaluate GlucoMe’s digital diabetes platform at several hospitals in Vietnam. Israel-based GlucoMe said that the project was scheduled to begin this month, and that it will compare GlucoMe’s digital diabetes care system against the current standard of care in the country. The […]
Endo shares soar on Street-beating Q2
Shares in Endo Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:ENDP ) have risen nearly 20% so far today after the medical giant beat expectations on Wall Street with its second quarter results. The Dublin, Ireland-based company posted losses of $60.9 million, or 27¢ per share, on sales of $714.7 million for the three months ended June 30, seeing losses shrink 95.6% […]