Oklahoma company formed to develop pill to treat hearing loss

Oklahoma City's Otologic Pharmaceutics, a spinoff of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, is inching closer to a drug treatment for noise-induced deafness.

BioFocus And Usher III Initiative, Inc. Announce Collaboration

BioFocus and the Usher III Initiative, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, announced recently that they have embarked on a drug discovery project focused on Usher Syndrome Type III. Usher Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes the loss of hearing and vision.

BSD Medical Settles Merger Suit

Cancer treatment systems maker BSD Medical Corp. has reportedly reached a settlement with shareholders who filed a lawsuit to block its proposed merger with Utah-based medical product maker Merit Medical Systems Inc.

UK Prime Minister mourns 'hero' father

DAVID Cameron's father died yesterday, shortly after his family arrived at his hospital bedside.

Local News

WAILUKU- A 19-year-old woman who broke into an auto parts store and a woman's home was sentenced to five years' probation Tuesday under a law that allows first-time, drug-related property crime offenders probation and drug treatment instead of prison.