Source: FiercePharma In a return to the beauty business, former Allergan CEO Brent Saunders sealed a $1.1 billion deal for a hot and trendy med spa facial company. Saunders co-founded—and recently took public—Vesper Healthcare Acquisition, which is now snapping up HydraFacial with an expected close by mid-2021. The company is built on…...

Salesforce Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Slack
Source: Salesforce Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), the global leader in CRM, and Slack Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: WORK), the most innovative enterprise communications platform, have entered into a definitive agreement under which Salesforce will acquire Slack. Under the terms of the agreement, Slack shareholders will receive $26.79 in cash and 0.0776 shares…...

Journey Medical Corp Announces New Journey with the Experts Video Featuring Marc Darst, MD
Source: PRLog Journey Medical Corporation (Journey Medical) today released a new Journey with the Experts video featuring Marc Darst, MD, a board-certified dermatologist with Darst Dermatology in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Darst sits down with Journey Medical to discuss rosacea, including what it is, why it occurs and how those affected…...

Journey Medical Corp kicks off “Journey with the Experts” Educational Initiative with Rania Agha, MD
Source: PRLog Journey Medical Corporation today launched an educational initiative called Journey with the Experts. The video series will feature dermatology experts discussing common skin disorders to inform the public about what they are and how they can be treated. In the inaugural segment of Journey with the Experts, Rania…...

Nestlé plunks down $2.1B to acquire Aimmune and blockbuster hopeful peanut allergy med
Source: FiercePharma Swiss giant Nestlé has had a mixed bag in its dive into pharma, including a disappointing exit from prescription meds last year. The company since then has pivoted around nutrition and picked up two prescription assets in the process—and now it's making a big bet on a controversial allergy med.…...

MedTech Breakthrough honors standout digital health and medical technology innovation in 2020 MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program
Source: PRWeb MedTech Breakthrough, an independent market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global health and medical technology market, today announced the winners of the organization’s fourth annual awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in digital health…...

MedTech FDA authorizes NASA-designed ventilator for COVID-19
Source: FierceBiotech While NASA took enterprising steps last week toward returning astronauts to the moon by 2024, it also moved forward with a more terrestrial endeavor by receiving an FDA emergency authorization for a ventilator designed for the COVID-19 pandemic. Dubbed VITAL, for Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally, the high-pressure device was…...

J&J tracks the path to a COVID-19 vaccine in new online news series
Source: FiercePharma What will it take to develop a vaccine for COVID-19? Johnson & Johnson is taking viewers behind the scenes with an original online video series. Beginning Tuesday, producer and journalist Lisa Ling will host a program titled, “The Road to a Vaccine." Each 30-minute show will air live…...

Neauvia North America launches the first and only FDA Class II cleared Plasma Device in the U.S. Market
Source: PRWeb Neauvia North America has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Class II clearance to Plasma IQ, an innovative, non-surgical solution that helps improve the appearance of aging skin in delicate areas of the face. The device utilizes precise plasma technology to give the…...

PwC report sees pharma-biotech deals ‘to be extremely active in 2020’
Source: Fierce Biotech A report out this week by PwC thinks biotech could be in for a good year for deals as it sees the momentum from 2019 growing, although don’t expect many mega-deals. In the final year of the decade, a new report out called "Global Pharma & Life Sciences deals…...