Draft Legislation for User Fee Reauthorization Released on April 14, 2017

On April 14, 2017, the leaders of the Senate and House health committees released a discussion draft of bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the Food and Drug Administration user fee agreements.

HTG Molecular Diagnostics and Daiichi Sankyo Complete Master Services Agreement

HTG Molecular Diagnostics has entered into a master services agreement with Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (Daiichi Sankyo) for work to be performed in HTG’s VERI/O laboratory. The initial project includes the development of a custom assay for the detection of nearly 3,000 mRNA targets using the HTG EdgeSeq technology.

NuvOx Pharma receives $300K NHLBI Award

The NHLBI Grants NuvOx Pharma a $300k Grant to Study the Effects of their Oxygen Therapeutic on in Myocardial Infarction in a Pig Model.

I-ACT for Children established to catalyze pediatric therapeutics clinical research & education

New non-profit institute to work with public and private stakeholders to enable research and education on innovative treatments to enhance healthcare for children.

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UA|BIO5 Interdisciplinary Series – Biomedical Sensors & Diagnostics

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