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Amgen makes regenerative medicine play, backing $25M Fortuna round to move neural stem cells into the clinic

Amgen’s VC wing has invested in Fortuna Fix to help move autologous neural stem cells into the clinic. The $25 million series B sets regenerative medicine startup Fortuna up to move candidates against Parkinson’s disease and spinal cord injury to clinical trials next year.
- Source: Fiercebiotech
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Why head and face pain causes more suffering

Hate headaches? The distress you feel is not all in your—well, head. People consistently rate pain of the head, face, eyeballs, ears and teeth as more disruptive, and more emotionally draining, than pain elsewhere in the body. Duke University scientists have discovered how the brain’s wiring makes us suffer more from head and face pain. The answer may lie not just in what is reported to us by the five senses, but in how that sensation makes us feel emotionally. The team found that sensory neurons that serve the head and face are wired directly into one of the brain’s principal emotional signaling hubs. Sensory neurons elsewhere in the body are also connected to this hub, but only indirectly. The results may pave the way toward more effective treatments for pain mediated by the craniofacial nerve, such as chronic headaches and neuropathic face pain. “Usually doctors focus on treating the sensation of ...
- Source: medicalxpress
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Apps with social media features speed treatment in teen concussions

Research shows that teenagers who used a mobile health app once a day in conjunction with medical care improved concussion symptoms.
- Source: digitalcommerce360
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Do Children’s Antibiotics Lead to Type 1 Diabetes or Celiac Disease?

In a recent study, researchers investigated whether there is a link between children’s antibiotics and the rise of autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and celiac disease.
- Source: medicalnewsbulletin
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Novartis posts eye drug data amid play for Eylea’s turf

Novartis’s bid to move in on Bayer’s and Regeneron’s eye-drug turf was buoyed on Friday by data showing patients on the Swiss drugmaker’s new RTH258 drug showed less disease activity than those on its rivals’ drug Eylea.
- Source: reuters
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Robots and AI Will Take Over These 3 Medical Niches First

We’re no stranger to robotics in the medical field. Robot-assisted surgery is becoming more and more common. Many training programs are starting to include robotic and virtual reality scenarios to provide hands-on training for students without putting patients at risk.
- Source: singularityhub
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Shooting for a new standard on osteoarthritis, Merck KGaA outlines promising data for a potential game-changer

Merck KGaA’s pharma group is taking one more step in a long journey toward rehabbing its rep in the R&D field this weekend. Company execs turned up at the ACR scientific conference in San Diego to roll out a promising look at some key Phase II osteoarthritis data — which comes with a critical caveat.
- Source: Endpts
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Seattle Genetics Announces FDA Approval of ADCETRIS® (Brentuximab Vedotin) for Primary Cutaneous Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma (pcALCL) and CD30-Expressing Mycosis Fungoides (MF)

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (SGEN) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ADCETRIS (brentuximab vedotin) for the treatment of adult patients with primary cutaneous anaplastic large cell lymphoma (pcALCL) and CD30-expressing mycosis fungoides (MF) who have received prior systemic therapy. Primary cutaneous ALCL and MF are the most common subtypes of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL).
- Source: finance.yahoo
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Dynavax Announces FDA Approval of HEPLISAV-B™ for Prevention of Hepatitis B in Adults

Dynavax Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: DVAX) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved HEPLISAV-B [Hepatitis B Vaccine, Recombinant (Adjuvanted)] for prevention of infection caused by all known subtypes of hepatitis B virus in adults age 18 years and older. HEPLISAV-B is the first new hepatitis B vaccine in the United States in more than 25 years and the only two-dose hepatitis B vaccine for adults.
- Source: investors.dynavax
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With 2-pronged filing, Novartis’ CAR-T med Kymriah aims to jump intoEurope with both feet

Novartis is blazing ahead with its bid to take its new CAR-T therapy, Kymriah, into new realms with a double-pronged approval application in Europe.
- Source: Fiercepharma
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