Press Releases

ROSEMONT, Ill., Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Victor L. Nannini, DDS, FACS, was introduced as the 102nd president of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (AAOMS) during its Annual Meeting in September in Boston, Mass.Alongside AAOMS's other officers and its Board of Trustees, Nannini assumes leadership f

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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Medivir AB (Nasdaq Stockholm: MVIR) today announces that a poster entitled "MIV-818 stimulates an anti-tumor immune response in vitro and enhances the effects of pembrolizumab" was presented at the AACR-NCI-EORTC conference in Boston. The data shows that MIV-818 exerts favorable immunom

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UPPSALA, Sweden, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Beactica Therapeutics, the Swedish drug discovery company, today announced its participation in a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) called UbiMotif. The ITN is funded with EUR 4.1 million under the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme and aims to deliver 15 sk

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WATERTOWN, Mass., Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Arranta Bio ("Arranta") announced today the completion of an $82 million funding round and a strategic partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific.

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OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Deaths due to heart failure are increasing in the United States, particularly among the over-age-65 population, according to Kaiser Permanente research published today in JAMA Cardiology.

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HOLMDEL, N.J., Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sand Tiger Health, Inc. today announced the release of the CarePeeps Basic Care Edition, a free mobile app for family caregiving groups that makes caregiving easier. 

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WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Danaher Corporation (NYSE: DHR) ("Danaher") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, DH Europe Finance II S.à r.l. ("Danaher International II"), has priced an offering of:$700,000,000 principal amount of 2.050% senior notes due 2022 at an offering price of

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PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded the Oregon Health & Science University Department of Family Medicine and OCHIN, Inc. a $7.5 million grant to improve strategies for implementing proven cancer screening and prevention practices.  

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CHICAGO, Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) has launched education and outreach efforts aimed at removing barriers to health insurance enrollment in advance of the November 1st opening of the Individual Insurance Marketplace.

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WOONSOCKET, R.I., Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CVS Pharmacy, the retail division of CVS Health (NYSE: CVS), celebrated the grand opening of its first-ever standalone store in Oregon with a ribbon cutting ceremony today. The new store at 105 NW 13th Ave in Portland, OR, is the first of three retail lo

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