Application based on results from Phase 2 CheckMate -142 study
Healthcare is such a massive space, one that takes up a sixth of the entire U.S. economy, that just one small piece of that pie can be extremely lucrative. Take diabetes, for example, where there has been a slew of different companies tackling that problem, and raising money in the process, including Glooko, Omada Health, Siren and Virta Health.
Capturing a patient’s experience outside the doctor’s office has been an ongoing struggle when it comes to treating Parkinson’s disease. But now a new smartphone app can now detect the severity of symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease remotely, according to a recent study published by JAMA.
Fresh off accusations of fraud from its own investors, Outcome Health has agreed to pay $2.9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming the company continued to send automated text messages to users despite repeated requests to opt out of the service.
Eli Lilly and Company and Sigilon Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced a global collaboration to develop encapsulated cell therapies for potentially treating Type 1 diabetes. The deal is worth up to $473 million. Sigilon is focused on discovering and developing “living therapeutics” using its Afibromer technology product platform.
Boehringer Ingelheim, headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany, and OSE Immunotherapeutics, based in Nantes, Frances, signed a collaboration and license deal to jointly develop OSE-172 for myeloid cancers.
Funding supports Phase 2 clinical trials of AG10, a potential best-in-class therapy for transthyretin amyloidosis, and ongoing preparation for Phase 3 clinical trials
Based on the recommendation of the DMC, the trial will continue to evaluate progression-free survival (PFS), which is a secondary endpoint. Results from KEYNOTE-042 will be presented at an upcoming medical meeting and submitted to regulatory authorities worldwide.
Health technology and clinical wearables are hot topics in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries. They are creating waves of excitement and talking points for debate, while also topping many of the healthcare trends of this year.
The AMA and Google are joining forces on an mHealth challenge designed to improve care coordination for people with chronic conditions through mobile health platforms linking the patient with the doctor.
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