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Aug 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM

n1.care Launches Clinical Intelligence Platform That Turns Years of Medical Records Into One Clear Clinical Picture

DOVER, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--n1.care launches an AI-powered clinical intelligence platform that transforms fragmented medical records into structured clinical insights....
Aug 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM

Omeros Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Omeros Corporation (Nasdaq: OMER) today announced recent highlights and developments as well as financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2026, which include: Second Quarter and Recent Highlights YARTEMLEA®, the first and only approved treatment for stem cell transplant-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TA-TMA), an often-lethal complication of stem cell transplantation, generated gross revenues of $32.2 million in the second quarter of 2026, an incre...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM

Sumitomo Pharma America Announces First Patient Receives Treatment in Phase 1/2a Study for its Investigational Therapy DSP-3077 for Retinitis Pigmentosa

MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. (SMPA) today announced that the first patient in its study evaluating DSP-3077 in the treatment of non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP) has undergone subretinal implantation. DSP-3077 is an investigative regenerative cell therapy that leverages allogeneic retinal sheets derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. This Phase 1/2a, open-label, single-arm, uncontrolled, dose-escalation study (NCT06891885) is evaluating tw...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM

biomodal Launches duet mosaic Giving Liquid Biopsy Researchers and Developers More Signal from Every Blood Draw

CAMBRIDGE, England & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--biomodal, an omics-based life sciences technology and analytics company, today announced the launch of the duet mosaic family, which includes two new circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA)-optimized multiomic sequencing workflows for liquid biopsy and translational research. duet +modC mosaic and duet 6-base mosaic enable academic researchers, translational scientists, and assay developers to generate genetic, epigenetic and fragmentomic information f...
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:03 AM

FNIH Awards 2026 Paul-Gallin Trailblazer Prize for Physician-Scientists to Michael Pacold, MD, PhD

NORTH BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health announces the winner of the 2026 Paul-Gallin Trailblazer Prize for Physician-Scientists....
Aug 12, 2026 at 8:00 AM

Acelot Announces Appointment of Mark Forman, M.D., Ph.D., as Chief Development Officer and Chief Medical Officer

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acelot, a biotechnology company developing small molecule therapies for challenging targets in diseases with limited treatment options, today announced the appointment of Mark Forman, M.D., Ph.D. as Chief Development Officer and Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Forman will oversee the company's clinical and development strategy as Acelot advances its pipeline of novel therapies targeting neurodegenerative diseases. "Mark joins Acelot at a pivotal time as we look...
Aug 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM

Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mirum Pharmaceuticals Reports Inducement Grants Under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4)...
Aug 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM

FDA Allows Expanded Enrollment in Clinical Study of Signature Biologics’ Investigational Cell Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Signature Biologics, a clinical-stage cell therapy company committed to rigorous clinical research and to the DMD community, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed expanded enrollment in a clinical study of the company’s investigational umbilical cord–derived mesenchymal stem cell (UC-MSC) therapy in subjects with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The study is conducted under an Investigational New Drug (IND) application held by it...
Aug 11, 2026 at 8:53 AM

Integrated DNA Technologies Scientists Set New Performance Benchmark for CRISPR Off-Target Nomination

CORALVILLE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research shows IDT's UNCOVERseq™ achieved the strongest combined sensitivity and precision among evaluated CRISPR off-target nomination methods....
Aug 11, 2026 at 8:30 AM

Thermo Fisher Scientific Collaborates with The Michael J. Fox Foundation to Advance Proteomics-Enabled Parkinson’s Precision Medicine

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced the completion of Olink Explore HT proteomic analysis of approximately 5,500 research samples from The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s (MJFF) landmark study, the Parkinson’s Precision Medicine Initiative (PPMI). The resulting data are now in PPMI’s data repository, where they are available to the global research community. The project creates a large-scale proteomics resource designe...
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