PregLem SA, a Swiss biopharmaceutical company specialized in reproductive medicine, today announced that Dr. Fritz Kunz has joined its Board of Directors. 

Endosense, a medical technology company focused on enabling the broad adoption of catheter ablation for the treatment of cardiac arrhythmias, has been awarded ISO 13485:2003 certification for its quality management system by the certification authority NSAI. The international standard for the medical device industry, ISO 13485:2003 verifies Endosense's ability to provide medical devices and related services that consistently meet customer needs and regulatory requirements.

Santhera Pharmaceuticals (SWX:SANN), a Swiss specialty pharmaceutical company focused on neuromuscular diseases, announced today that Health Canada has approved with conditions SNT-MC17/idebenone for the treatment of Friedreich's Ataxia. Health Canada's decision is the first marketing authorization worldwide for any Friedreich's Ataxia therapy. The new drug will be marketed in Canada under the brand name Catena®. Santhera has established a wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Santhera Pharmaceuticals (Canada), Inc. recently incorporated in Montréal, Quebec, to address the needs of Canada's several hundred patients with this rare and severely progressive muscle disease. Launch of Catena is anticipated for the end of October 2008.

Kuros Biosurgery AG announced today the results of the one-month follow-up of a Phase IIa clinical trial assessing the potential of KUR-212 (Viz.I-020502), its novel platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and fibrin combination product, for the treatment of patients with burns requiring autologous meshed skin grafting. In the one-month follow-up of this Phase IIa study, there were no treatment-related adverse events, meeting the primary endpoint (safety) of the study.