Blue chip public biopharmaceutical companies continued their positive trajectory in May, with the BioWorld Biopharmaceutical index recording an 8% jump in valuation and contributing to its year-to-date performance of approximately 17%.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: 3nt Medical, Abiomed, Healgen Scientific, Meditech Spine, Rhaeos, Siemens Healthineers, Tissue Regenix.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Allergan Aesthetics, Atron Group Avista Capital Partners, Celonova Biosciences, Clarion Medical Technologies, Designplex Biomedical, Evo Design, Ibuttonlink, Ideal Medical, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Labcorp, Mvent, Minnetronix, Nanovibronix, Pro-Dex, Quanta, Richards Packaging Income Fund, Stark Industries, University of New Mexico, Vacumed, Vacumetrics, Vision Healthcare, Visionquest.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbvie, Accord, Altimmune, ANI, Astrazeneca, Aveo, Compugen, Cytodyn, Eli Lilly, Genentech, Henlius, Hutchison China (Chi-Med), J&J, Longeveron, Merck, Mundipharma, Myovant, Myr, Opko.
The U.S. FDA granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) for Quest Diagnostics Inc.’s self-collection kit for COVID-19. The kit allows individuals to collect their own specimens at home or in a health care setting.