WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – August 31, 2017 –Alain Bertoni, M.D., M.P.H, professor and chair of epidemiology and prevention at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, was awarded a Distinguished Medical Alumnus Award from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The award honors Bertoni’s personal and professional accomplishments. Bertoni earned both his M.D. and M.P.H. at Johns Hopkins. […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – August 31, 2017 – Vaidehi Mujumdar, a third-year student at Wake Forest School of Medicine, has been awarded an Excellence in Medicine Leadership Award from the American Medical Association Foundation. The award is presented annually to medical students, residents, fellows and early-career physicians who have exhibited leadership in community service, education, public […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – August 31, 2017 – Julie M. Linton, M.D, FAAP, assistant professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, was awarded the David T. Tayloe, Sr. Award for Outstanding Community Service by the North Carolina Pediatric Society (NCPS). The award is given to a pediatrician who has made contributions in their local […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – August 31, 2017 – Gregory L. Burke, M.D., MSc, has been appointed senior associate dean for research at Wake Forest School of Medicine. Burke, who joined the Wake Forest Baptist faculty in 1990, most recently served as director of the Division of Public Health Sciences for the past 18 years. In his […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – August 31, 2017 – The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. The three-year, $366,423 grant will engage undergraduate students in research at the interface of engineering and biology in areas of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 23, 2017 – To better prepare police officers to quickly stop severe blood loss for victims of gunshot or stab wounds, vehicle crashes or other traumatic injuries, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is donating 100 new bleeding control kits to the Winston-Salem Police Department. The kits contain dressings for wound packing, […]
Company Expects to Complete Submission for Fast Track Designated Medicine by Year-End 2017 DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Aug. 21, 2017– Alkermes plc (NASDAQ:ALKS) today announced the initiation of its rolling submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking marketing approval of ALKS 5461, a once-daily, oral investigational medicine with a […]
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Aug. 17, 2017 – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is honored to once again be the official medical provider of the Winston-Salem Open tennis tournament, scheduled for August 19-26 at the Wake Forest University Tennis Complex. While Wake Forest Baptist sports medicine physicians provide care for the athletes, other experts will offer […]
LYNPARZA’s New Tablet Formulation Approved as Maintenance Treatment for Women With Platinum-Sensitive Recurrent Ovarian Cancer Regardless of BRCA-Mutation Status LYNPARZA Tablets Also Indicated in BRCA-Mutated Ovarian Cancer Beyond the Third-Line Setting Newly-Approved Tablet Formulation Means Improved Patient Convenience August 17, 2017 KENILWORTH, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AstraZeneca and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE:MRK), known as MSD outside the […]
BESPONSA is the first and only CD22-directed antibody-drug conjugate indicated for the treatment of adults with relapsed or refractory B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia NEW YORK – August 17, 2017 – Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved BESPONSA® (inotuzumab ozogamicin) for the treatment of adults with relapsed […]