BioMedNewsBreaks

WednesdayAug 05, 2020 1:33 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) Rides Deal Wave to Stock Bump

DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market, is riding a wave that pushed its stock up 20% with no DRIO-related news. An article published to MarketWatch today titled, “UPDATE: Teladoc and Livongo Health to merge in deal valued at $18.5 billion,” covers a move amid a trend toward virtual healthcare that places DRIO, a provider of digital health solutions, in the right place at the right time. The article reads, “Teladoc Health Inc. (NYSE: TDOC) and Livongo Health Inc. (NASDAQ: LVGO) said Wednesday they have agreed to merge in a deal valued at $18.5 billion to…

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FridayJul 31, 2020 1:53 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) Closes $28.6M Private Placement to Fund Long-Term Operating Plan

DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market, has completed a private placement transaction resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of an estimated $28.6 million. After deducting placement agent fees and other offering expenses, capital from the transaction, along with existing balance sheet cash, will be used to fund DRIO’s long-term strategic operating plan. "We are pleased to have the confidence of our largest shareholder and several new highly regarded healthcare investors as we expand our commercial to manage existing and anticipated near-term agreements with health care payers," said Dario CEO Erez Raphael, chief executive officer of Dario. "The…

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FridayJul 31, 2020 11:04 am

BioMedNewsBreaks – Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX) CEO Again Featured on ‘Big Biz Show,’ to Present at Proactive’s One2One Virtual Investor Forum

Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing potentially life-changing technologies for patients with cancer and diabetes, on Thursday announced participation by its chairman and CEO, Rodney Varner, in a second-round live interview on the “Big Biz Show,” an emmy-award winning nationally syndicated TV and radio show. A replay of the interview is available for viewing on the company’s website. In addition, Genprex today announced that it will present at the Proactive Investors One2One Virtual Event at 1:40 p.m. ET on August 4, 2020. Varner will deliver a company overview, provide updates on its product pipeline, including its lead…

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ThursdayJul 30, 2020 2:02 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – Predictive Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: POAI) to Integrate Proprietary Database with CoRE to Drive Drug Discovery, Development

Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI) has completed a strategic move to accelerate commercialization of its proprietary artificial intelligence “AI”-driven drug discovery and development. A recent article discussing Predictive Oncology’s recent acquisition of Quantitative Medicine (“QM”), a biomedical analytics and computational biology company, quotes POAI CEO Dr. Carl Schwartz, where he states, “This acquisition will enable us to further leverage our unique database of drug-response and genomics profiles that our subsidiary, Helomics, has gathered from more than 150,000 cancer cases over more than 10 years of clinical testing. Integrating QM’s proven machine-learning platform, CoRE, with our proprietary database of drug response and…

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MondayJul 27, 2020 2:30 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) to Deliver Best-In-Class RPM Solution Across the United Kingdom and Ireland

DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a global digital-therapeutics company serving its users with dynamic mobile-health solutions, will begin serving Europeans with its health-monitoring solution through a strategic partnership with Williams Medical. Under the partnership, the DarioHealth Remote Patient Monitoring (“RPM”) digital therapeutics platform will be made available to healthcare professionals across the United Kingdom and Ireland. A recent article quotes DarioHealth COO Dror Bacher on this move, where Bacher states, “We are very excited about this partnership between DarioHealth and Williams Medical as this aligns with our international growth initiative by offering our world-class RPM platform to physicians outside of the United…

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FridayJul 24, 2020 1:46 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) Provides Standout Solution for Digital Diabetes Management

DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a global digital-therapeutics company serving its users with dynamic mobile-health solutions, was recently featured in a Data Bridge Market Research report. The piece highlighted DarioHealth’s advancements in digital diabetes management, a rapidly growing market expected to become the “next best thing” in the wake of the current coronavirus pandemic that has made it more difficult for patients to receive treatment. A recent article discussing the company’s standout solution reads, “With 4.9 stars on the Apple App Store and 11,000 reviews, Dario is one of the highest-rated diabetes solutions in the market, and its user-centric MyDario(TM) mobile app…

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FridayJul 24, 2020 12:55 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – AIkido Pharma Inc. (NASDAQ: AIKI) Provides Update on Computational Approaches to Identify Virus Treatments

AIkido Pharma (NASDAQ: AIKI) recently provided an update on its effort to identify compounds to potentially address the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the update, AIkido previously announced an executed a master license agreement with the University of Maryland, Baltimore ("UMB"), covering certain antiviral compounds discovered by UMB. Recently, UMB researchers have identified a human protein complex (called the “SKI” complex) that is important for replication of several viruses including Influenza, COVID-19, SARS1, MERS, SARS2, Ebola and Marburg. Utilizing information gleaned from initial research and the power of a computer modeling approach called SILCS, combined with machine learning tools, the researchers…

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WednesdayJul 22, 2020 1:19 pm

BioMedNewsBreaks – Predictive Oncology Inc. (NASDAQ: POAI) on ‘Cash Runway’ to Fund Key Milestones

Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI), a knowledge-driven company focused on applying artificial intelligence (“AI”) to personalized medicine and drug discovery, is on a well-funded path to move forward with its goals. A recent article discussing this quotes POAI CEO Dr. Carl Schwartz, who states, “[POAI] improved our liquidity position and streamlined our capital structure with the conversion of a $2.1 million convertible note, previously held by me, to newly issued equity. This action demonstrates my confidence in the commercial viability of our work, and when combined with the additional capital we raised through an equity offering, provides us with the cash…

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TuesdayJul 21, 2020 11:16 am

BioMedNewsBreaks – Genprex, Inc. (NASDAQ: GNPX) Announces $2.59M NIH Research Grant to Lead Researcher Behind Its Diabetes Gene Therapy

Genprex (NASDAQ: GNPX), today announced that Dr. George K. Gittes, MD of the University of Pittsburgh, the lead researcher that developed the company’s potentially curative diabetes gene therapy, was awarded a grant of $2.59 million from the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. According to the update, the grant will assist Dr. Gittes’ development for his research project titled, “Alpha Cell Conversion to Beta Cells in Non-human Primates” and build upon his accumulating groundbreaking gene therapy work toward finding a cure for diabetes. “We are excited to receive this funding to support…

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MondayJul 20, 2020 11:17 am

BioMedNewsBreaks – DarioHealth Corp. (NASDAQ: DRIO) Enters Strategic Agreement to Offer World-Class RPM Solution to HCPs Across the UK and Ireland

DarioHealth (NASDAQ: DRIO), a pioneer in the global digital therapeutics market, today announced its entry into a new strategic partnership with Williams Medical to make the DarioHealth Remote Patient Monitoring (“RPM”) digital therapeutics platform available to Healthcare Professionals (“HCPs”) across the United Kingdom and Ireland. According to the update, Dario's turn-key RPM solution integrates the company's existing open platform, application technology, and the DarioEngage coaching platform, to allow Healthcare Professionals to monitor their patients remotely. "We are very excited about this partnership between DarioHealth and Williams Medical, as this aligns with our international growth initiative by offering our world-class RPM…

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