The UK's National Health Service is putting out the call for more mobile health apps for its NHS Apps Library, and has chosen an agency to certify those apps. The library now features 46 mHealth apps - only one of which has passed muster.
The technology could enable researchers to test drugs or treatments on a patient’s cells to avoid harmful, ineffective and costly options while determining personalized regimens.
Gilead’s Kite is linking with Sangamo Therapeutics in a collaboration that aims to develop next-generation engineered cell therapies for the treatment of cancer.
XtalPi Inc., a computation-driven pharmaceutical technology company, announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of 15 million USD led by Sequoia China, with participation from Google and existing investor Tencent. To date, XtalPi has raised over 20 million USD, making it one of the top-funded AI-powered biotechs.
Merck & Company is driving forward in its quest to develop a premier immuno-oncology pipeline. The company plunked down $394 million to acquire Australia-based Viralytics Ltd and its oncolytic immunotherapy treatments.
Gilead Sciences, Inc.(NASDAQ:GILD) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Biktarvy® (bictegravir 50mg/emtricitabine 200mg/tenofovir alafenamide 25mg, BIC/FTC/TAF), a once-daily single tablet regimen (STR) for the treatment of HIV-1 infection. Biktarvy combines the novel, unboosted integrase strand transfer inhibitor (INSTI) bictegravir, with the demonstrated safety and efficacy profile of the Descovy® (FTC/TAF) dual nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NRTI) backbone, and is the smallest INSTI-based triple-therapy STR available.
According to a new market research report by BIS Research, the global surgical robotics market is expected to reach a value of $12.6 billion by the year 2025.
Quite a number of people develop nearsightedness or farsightedness during their lifetimes. "Nanodrops," a new eye drop developed by Israeli ophthalmologists, has successfully fixed corneas in pig eyes, and could potentially do the same for people.
Sepsis, a potentially life-threatening complication of infection, is currently treated with antibiotics which kill the infection-causing bacteria. But research out of the University of Pennsylvania spotlights an alternative approach: Delivering certain gut microbes to mice boosted antibody levels in mice, protecting them against the widespread inflammation that can lead to sepsis.
US regulators are undertaking a speedy review of Shire’s lanadelumab (SHP643) for the prevention of angioedema attacks in patients 12 years and older with hereditary angioedema (HAE).
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