Opinion: Congress Must Make Affordable, Life-Saving ‘Biosimilar’ Drugs a Priority
Many California patients and their families struggle to afford their life-saving and life-sustaining health care.…
UCSD Doctor Who Violated Human Research Rules ‘On Leave’ From UCSD Following Inewsource Investigation
UCSD Kang Zhang is “on leave” after an inewsource investigation exposed how the eye doctor…
FDA Approves Carlsbad Biotech’s Spinal Muscular Atrophy Drug
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a drug developed by Carlsbad-based Ionis Pharmaceuticals to…
Fast Zika Virus Tests Introduced by San Diego Biotech
San Diego-based Calbiotech on Monday introduced two fast tests for the deadly Zika virus in human blood, becoming…
Peters, Biotech Industry Cheer Funding for Medical Research
Rep. Scott Peters and the California biotech industry cheered the passage of a bill in…
Seven San Diego Residents Sickened With Salmonella
San Diegans who develop abdominal discomfort like nausea, diarrhea or cramping after eating raw ground…
Aethlon Medical Plans Reverse Stock Split, Seeks NASDAQ Listing
Aethlon Medical, which has pioneered a device for treating Ebola and other viral diseases, announced…
San Diego Biotech Adding Newt Gringrich as Advisor
Pathway Genomics Corp., a San Diego-based clinical laboratory that offers genetic testing services, announced Thursday…
Neurocrine’s Drug for Rare Adrenal Disease Gets FDA Help
San Diego-based Neurocrine Biosciences Inc. announced Monday its drug for treating a rare disease of the adrenal…
FDA Approves Trials of San Diego Company’s Ebola Treatment
San Diego-based Aethlon Medical Inc. announced Friday the Food and Drug Administration has approved a…
Maker of Ebola Device Hemopurifier Is Funded for Trials
Aethlon Medical Inc. said Friday it received a $3.3 million investment to help fund clinical…
FDA Approves Trials of Local Biotech’s Alzheimer’s Drug
San Diego-based NeuroGenetic Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday the Food and Drug Administration has approved clinical trials…
Weight-Loss Drug from La Jolla Firm Gets FDA Approval
Authorities have approved a new weight-loss drug, Contrave, developed by La Jolla firm Orexigen Therapeutics,…
Feds Make $42M Bet on Local Biotech to Develop Ebola Drug
San Diego biotech Mapp Biopharmaceutical was awarded a federal contract Tuesday worth up to $42.3 million…
