Month: June 2021

Program has driven reductions in hospital stays and medical expensesInks new partnerships with leading home-based care providers, Spiras Health and Upward Health NASHVILLE, Tenn., June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV) (“Clover”), an innovative technology company committed to improving health equity for America’s underserved seniors, announces plans to scale its in-home primary care program, Clover Home Care, through the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) new Direct Contracting model. The goal of Direct Contracting is to make the Medicare program more financially sustainable for taxpayers while improving health outcomes for beneficiaries, which aligns with the work of Clover Home Care. Clover Home Care is led by Dr. Kumar Dharmarajan, Associate Chief Medical Officer of Clover and...

EDISON, N.J., June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hepion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:HEPA, “Hepion”), a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-driven therapeutic drug development for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (“NASH”) and liver disease, is pleased to announce that it is set to join the Russell Microcap® Index at the conclusion of the 2021 Russell indexes annual reconstitution, effective after the U.S. market opens on June 28, according to a preliminary list of additions posted June 4. Membership in the Russell Microcap® Index, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the appropriate growth and value style indexes. FTSE Russell determines membership for its Russell indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. “Being...

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES TORONTO, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aleafia Health Inc. (TSX: AH, OTCQX: ALEAF) (“Aleafia Health” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has established an at-the-market equity program (the “ATM Program”). The ATM Program allows the Company to issue and sell, at its discretion, up to $30,000,000 of common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Common Shares”) to the public from time to time through Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation (the “Agent”), as sole agent, at the prevailing market price when issued, directly on the Toronto Stock Exchange or any other recognized marketplace upon which the Common Shares are listed or quoted or where the Common Shares are traded in Canada. The ATM Program will be effective...

EDMONTON, Alberta, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Visionstate Corp. (TSXV: VIS) (“Visionstate” or the “Company”), a company that develops, and invests in the research and development of, promising new technology in the realm of the Internet of Things, big data and analytics, and sustainability, is pleased to announce that its distribution partner, Bunzl Canada, a division of Bunzl Distribution USA, LLC, has partnered with Tork®, a leading global health and hygiene company, to integrate Visionstate’s WANDA™ facility management solution (labelled as wandaNEXT™ by Bunzl Canada) and Tork’s smart dispenser data into Bunzl’s digital cleaning program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. wandaNEXT™, developed by Visionstate IoT and now in partnership with Bunzl, is a cleaning program management system with multiple IoT sensor-enabled...

Adaptive’s immunoSEQ T-MAP COVID provides potential explanation for preservation of Johnson & Johnson vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) response to variants even when neutralizing antibodies are diminished SEATTLE, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ADPT), a commercial stage biotechnology company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat disease, today announced that immunoSEQ® T-MAP™ COVID was used in the Nature study to measure the T-cell immune response elicited by the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine in the context of multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2, including B 1.351 and B.1.1.7. The study provides further evidence that the T-cell response may contribute to protection from COVID-19. Adaptive’s Technology was used...

CELEBRATION, Fla., June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — KemPharm, Inc. (NASDAQ: KMPH), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of proprietary prodrugs, announced today its expected addition to the broad-market Russell 3000® Index and the Russell 2000® Index in accordance with the 2021 Russell indexes annual reconstitution.  KemPharm’s anticipated inclusion in the Russell indexes will be effective after the U.S. market opens on Monday, June 28, 2021. “The expected addition of KemPharm to the Russell indexes is the latest milestone during what has been a truly transformational year for the Company. In just the last six months, we have received FDA approval for our lead drug candidate AZSTARYS™, completed a series of financial transactions that allowed KemPharm to up-list our stock to The Nasdaq...

TORONTO, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — VitalHub Corp. (the “Company” or “VitalHub”) (TSXV: VHI) is pleased to announce the recent sale of subsidiary Intouch with Health’s (“Intouch”) digital health platform to University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust (the “Trust” or “Coventry and Warwickshire”) and an expansion sale following a successful proof-of-concept installation. Coventry and Warwickshire is one of the UK’s largest teaching Trusts and is responsible for managing two major hospitals in Coventry and Rugby, serving a population of over 1 million people and providing more than 800,000 episodes of care to patients. The Trust principal teaching hospital for Warwick Medical School, with whom it works in close partnership with to develop innovative medical education programmes and clinical research. The Trust...

FDA Deems New Drug Application for ZIMHI Complete and Establishes a Target Action Date of November 12, 2021 SAN DIEGO, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adamis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NASDAQ: ADMP) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for review the Company’s resubmitted New Drug Application (NDA) for ZIMHI™, which is its higher naloxone injection product candidate for the treatment of opioid overdose. Adamis received FDA correspondence relating to the Company’s NDA, stating that the Agency had completed its filing review and had determined that the NDA was sufficiently complete to permit a substantive review. The FDA also provided a target action date under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA date) of November 12, 2021. “We are pleased with the FDA’s decision to accept for review...

WOODLAND HILLS, CA, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — via NewMediaWire — US Energy Initiatives Corp, Inc. (OTC PINK:USEI) is pleased to announce that management has been investigating a number of business ventures that can bring significant shareholder value to the stockholders of the company. Management also invites shareholders to review an interview done this week with the company’s CEO that is informative @ https://recordings.tapeacall.com/t/heCIZr_MEpKA According to Anthony K. Miller, CEO, “Over the course of the last two months management has been investigating opportunities that it feels will become significant ventures for the company, and the most notable is a project in the gold and silver mining industry (obviously we will explain the deal better once we get closer to a close). Management is planning to leverage...

Figure 1Medicine Springs Joint Venture Mineral ClaimsVANCOUVER, British Columbia and HONG KONG, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Reyna Silver Corp. (TSXV: RSLV; OTCQB: RSNVF; FRA: 4ZC) (“Reyna”) announces that it has added 450 unpatented Federal mineral claims covering 3,642 hectares to its Medicine Springs Property located in the Ruby Mountains Valley in Elko County, Nevada. Medicine Springs shows many of the earmarks of a significant Carbonate Replacement Deposit (CRD) similar to the Santa Eulalia District in Chihuahua Mexico which hosts Reyna’s Guigui Project. Combined with the original 149 claims (1,189 ha) optioned from Northern Lights Resources Corp. (CSE: NLR) in 2020 (see press release of October 5, 2020) the property now consists of 599 contiguous claims covering 4,831 hectares, which covers the expanded...