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CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CN Bio, a leading provider of Organ-on-a-chip (OOC) systems and solutions that accelerate drug discovery and development workflows, has introduced two new animal microphysiological system (MPS) models that enhance translatability in preclinical drug safety and toxicology assessments to its Contract Research Services (CRS). Building upon the Company’s FDA-recognized drug induced liver injury (DILI) assay, the expanded offering enables rapid, comparative studi...

ESPOO, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IQM Quantum Computers in collaboration with analyst firm Omdia (LON:INF), today unveiled the third edition of its State of Quantum Report, revealing that the quantum industry must address talent shortages and software development kits (SDK) gaps in order to scale beyond just qubit count. As quantum computing shifts from theoretical promise to practical integration, the report projects that the global quantum computing market will reach over $22 billion by 2032 a...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Emulate, Inc., the world leader in Organ-on-a-Chip technology, today announced the commercial launch of the AVA™ Emulation System, a self-contained instrument that cultures, incubates, and images up to 96 independent Organ-Chip samples in a single run. AVA delivers an unprecedented magnitude of in vivo-level insights faster than animal models while cutting consumable costs four-fold and in-lab labor by half compared to current generation technologies. These transformati...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HistoSonics, the manufacturer of the Edison® Histotripsy System and novel histotripsy therapy platforms, announced today that Addenbrookes Hospital of Cambridge University Hospital Foundation and Trust will be the first site in the United Kingdom and European continent to offer histotripsy to both NHS and private patients. This was made possible through a generous donation by the Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF) as well as the expedited limited market access granted b...

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) officially accepted the company’s application for marketing authorization of pimicotinib as a Class 1 innovative drug for adult patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) requiring systemic treatment. The submission follows the granting of Priority Review to pimicotinib by the CDE in...

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a leading science and technology company, today announced that the Center for Drug Evaluation (CDE) of the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) officially accepted the company’s application for marketing authorization of pimicotinib as a Class 1 innovative drug for adult patients with tenosynovial giant cell tumors (TGCT) requiring systemic treatment. The submission follows the granting of Priority Review to p...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Niagen Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: NAGE) (formerly ChromaDex Corp.), the global authority on NAD+ (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) with a focus on the science of healthy aging, shares positive results from a clinical study published in the peer-reviewed journal Aging Cell, by a team led by Masaya Koshizaka, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, and Koutaro Yokote, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, President of Chiba University, both of the Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chib...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Acadia Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAD) today announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in December 2023 confirming validity of the NUPLAZID® (pimavanserin) '740 composition of matter patent. The affirmance came in Acadia’s litigation against MSN Laboratories Pvt. Ltd. and MSN Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In its affirmance, the Appeals Court applied the precedent est...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mind Medicine (MindMed) Inc. (NASDAQ: MNMD) (the “Company” or “MindMed”), a late-stage clinical biopharmaceutical company developing novel product candidates to treat brain health disorders, today announced the issuance of inducement grants to four newly hired non-executive employees consisting of options to purchase an aggregate of 128,750 common shares of the Company (the "Options"), with effective grant dates of June 2, 2025 and June 9, 2025, depending on the appli...

FALLS CHURCH, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BAE Systems, Inc. has named Tara Olivet as its senior vice president of Finance....