European delegation to meet with state’s leaders in science, fintech and health clusters
A delegation from Europe’s science and healthcare clusters will meet with Delaware researchers, industry professionals and entrepreneurs to discuss work being done here in...
Bayhealth spring golf tourney raises nearly $25,000
Bayhealth’s annual Spring Golf Tournament was held at the Rookery North Golf Course on Friday, May 12, 2017. The event is a collaborative fundraiser...
Beebe announces $180 million expansion
The Beebe Healthcare board approved management’s proposal for an expansion of the system over the next several years.
This expansion will include both new facilities...
Incyte-Merck early-stage study of cancer drug combo shows promise
Incyte Corporation announced promising findings from a trial for some patients with advanced lung cancer.
The early stage study evaluated non-small cell lung cancer treatment...
AstraZeneca’s stock price up sharply after positive results for lung, bladder cancer drug
AstraZeneca and MedImmune, its global biologics research and development arm reported positive results when using Imfinzi for the Phase III PACIFIC trial for some patients...
Christiana Care named leader Healthcare Equality
Christiana Care Health System’s Christiana and Wilmington hospitals have both been designated a 2017 “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality,” receiving a perfect score on the...
End of life medication bill introduced
Legislation that would allow capable, terminally ill patients to use medication to end their lives has been introduced
Sponsored by Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark, the...
Limen House opens facility for women
Limen House has opened a sober living residence for women at 1900 Washington Street in Wilmington.
The new residence is named Aegis House – meaning...
AstraZeneca gets FDA fast-track approval for bladder cancer drug
AstraZeneca and its global biologics research and development arm, MedImmune, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval to Imfinzi (durvalumab).
The drug's...
Highmark says $148.7 million in suspicious billing detected in anti-fraud effort
Highmark Inc.’s anti-fraud efforts continue to be highly effective in combating fraud, waste and abuse (FWA). Highmark, based in Pittsburgh, is one of the...
M&T Bank donates $75,000 for Beebe expansion
Nick Lambrow, regional president of M & T Bank, presented a $75,000 expansion campaign gift to Tommy Cooper, board chairman of the Beebe Medical...
FDA calls for more tests for Lily-Incyte arthritis drug
Eli Lilly and Company and Incyte Corp., Wilmington, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration denied approval of an arthritis drug, citing the need...
Vaccine maker pays nearly $20 million for overcharging Veterans Administration
Sanofi-Pasteur has agreed to pay $19,868,194 to resolve claims that it incorrectly calculated drug prices and thereby overcharged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs...
AstraZeneca’s Tagrisso gets FDA OK as treatment for type of lung cancer
The US Food and Drug Administration granted full approval for Tagrisso once-daily tablets, for the treatment of patients with a type of advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
Tagrisso is...
Christiana Care, Jefferson partner on master’s in genetic counseling
The Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute at Christiana Care Health System is partnering with Thomas Jefferson University in a master’s degree program to prepare people...
AZ reports fewer heart deaths from use of Type 2 diabetes drug
AstraZeneca announced positive results of the first large real-world evidence study of its kind evaluating the risk of hospitalization for heart failure and...
Three physicians to be honored as Tilton Award returns
After a decade-long absence, the Tilton Society’s annual Tilton Award, recognizing medical achievements in the State of Delaware, will return with a gala on...
Carney says Affordable Care Act replacement would hurt state’s finances
Delaware Gov. John Carney says the House bill that aims to replace the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) will hurt the state's finances.
“The Republican proposal...
Medimmune and Sanofi strike deal on vaccine for infants
MedImmune, the global biologics research and development arm of AstraZeneca, and French-based Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced an agreement to develop...
Incyte joins S&P 500 list
The S&P Dow Jones Indices added a company based near Wilmington to their list of top stocks.
Incyte Corp. (NASD: INCY) will replace Spectra Energy Corp. in...
