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UK study finds screening with a PSA test in prostate cancer can lead to overdiagnosis

Prostate cancer is responsible for around 12,000 deaths a year in the UK and is the second biggest cause of death for men Researchers from the Universities of Bristol, Oxford and Cambridge have revealed that a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test for prostate cancer has a small impact on reducing deaths and can lead to overdiagnosis and missed early detection of aggressive forms of cancer. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association and funded by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), the CAP trial studied over 400,000 men aged 50 to 69 years from 570 GP practices in the UK. Currently the second biggest cause of death for men in the UK, responsible for around 12,000 deaths a year, prostate cancer is a disease that occurs when malignant cells grow in the prostate gland. Widely used for diagnosis, a PSA blood test measures the amount of PSA, a protein made ...
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Steris to sell dental segment for $787.5M

Dive Brief Steris has agreed to sell its dental business to investment firm Peak Rock Capital for $787.5 million in cash, the companies said on Thursday. The sale will allow Steris to focus on its core markets of healthcare, pharma and medtech, CEO Dan Carestio said in a statement. The Mentor, Ohio-based company provides sterilizers and washers, surgical tables and other equipment. Steris decided to divest the dental segment “after a thorough review of strategic alternatives,” Carestio said. The business reported $407 million in revenue and $86 million in operating income during the 12-month period ending Dec. 31, 2023. Dive Insight Steris acquired the dental business in 2021 when it bought Cantel for $4.6 billion. The purchase was expected to complement Steris’ existing business, adding infection control products for endoscopy and providing an entry into the dental market. Now, the company is looking to sell the segment. Peak Rock Capital ...
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Blood-Based Machine Learning Assay Noninvasively Detects Ovarian Cancer

Ovarian cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths among women and has a five-year survival rate of around 50%. The disease is particularly lethal because it often doesn’t cause symptoms in its early stages. The absence of effective screening tools and the disease’s asymptomatic nature contribute to its diagnoses during the later stages when treatment options are less effective. A cost-effective, accessible detection method could revolutionize the clinical approach to ovarian cancer screening and potentially save lives. Although liquid biopsy technologies, which analyze blood for tumor-derived DNA, have been explored for noninvasive cancer detection, their utility in ovarian cancer has been limited. Now, a retrospective study presented at AACR 2024 has demonstrated that a blood-based machine learning assay, which combines cell-free DNA (cfDNA) fragment patterns with levels of the proteins CA125 and HE4, can effectively distinguish patients with ovarian cancer from healthy controls or patients with ...
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Novartis Pays $150M to Nab a Phase 3-Ready Protein Degrader for Prostate Cancer

Novartis gains global rights to an Arvinas protein degrading drug that targets the androgen receptor to treat prostate cancer. The deal also includes a preclinical molecule addressing an androgen receptor variant.Novartis, whose presence in prostate cancer is mainly through the radiopharmaceutical Pluvicto, is expanding its prospects in the disease, striking a deal that brings a Phase 3-ready small molecule in the emerging therapeutic modality called targeted protein degradation. The drug, ARV-766, was developed by New Haven, Connecticut-based Arvinas. The deal announced Thursday calls for Novartis to pay $150 million up front. The Swiss pharmaceutical giant could shell out up to $1 billion more if the molecule achieves development, regulatory, and commercial milestones. Targeted protein degradation involves using a small molecule to target a disease-causing protein, marking it for disposal by the cell’s built-in system for eliminating old or damaged proteins. Arvinas specializes in protein degrader drugs, and the company’s pipeline ...
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FDA Approves New Administration Methods for SK Life Science’s Xcorpi for Adults with Partial-Onset Seizures

Don Tracy, Associate Editor New methods allow the antiseizure treatment to be crushed and mixed with water for oral suspension or for use through a nasogastric tube. SK Life Science announced that the FDA has approved two new ingestion methods for Xcorpi (cenobamate tablets) CV, an antiseizure medication. As of today, the medication can be crushed and mixed with water and either administered by mouth as an oral suspension or administered via a nasogastric tube. These new methods of administration were approved as a result of the results of an open-label, randomized, single-center, three-period, six-sequence, crossover study showing biochemical similarity between three administration routes, including the aforementioned methods.1 “The approval addresses the needs of patients living with epilepsy who are currently taking, or who may benefit from starting XCOPRI, but are unable to swallow the tablets whole,” said Louis Ferrari, BS, RPh, MBA, VP, medical affairs, SK Life Science, in ...
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PureTech Startup Gets $100M to Try For Success Where Sage & Others Fall Short in Depression

Seaport Therapeutics’ drug candidates are delivered through the lymphatic system, an approach that could overcome some limitations of neuropsychiatric medicines, including products from Sage Therapeutics. The startup stems from the research of PureTech Health.Even when depression drugs address known and validated targets, their commercial potential can be constrained by dosing or safety limitations. Seaport Therapeutics’ drugs use a novel delivery approach to overcome those limitations. The startup launched on Tuesday, backed by $100 million in financing. Boston-based Seaport was formed by PureTech Health, a company that creates startups, typically around a platform technology. One notable example is neuropsychiatric drugs developer Karuna Therapeutics, which grew and eventually spun out of PureTech as a publicly traded company with a lead drug taking a novel approach to schizophrenia. Bristol Myers Squibb last year struck a $14 billion deal to acquire Karuna, whose schizophrenia drug is currently under FDA review. Former Karuna CEO Steven ...
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Lonza, NeuroSense Strike Deal Focused on Exploring Biological Markers for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Don Tracy, Associate Editor Collaboration aims to advance the development of treatments for multiple neurodegenerative conditions, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Lonza and NeuroSense Therapeutics have announced a collaboration focused on evaluating biological markers in neurodegenerative diseases, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). According to both companies, the joint venture intends to utilize Lonza’s expertise in extracellular vesicles in combination with NeuroSense’s experience in biomarker utilization for neurodegenerative diseases. The overall goal of this partnership is to enhance development of neurodegenerative disease treatments. This deal comes amid NeuroSense revealing positive results from the Phase IIb PARADIGM trial for PrimeC, focused on treating adults living with ALS. Under terms of the agreement, Lonza will focus on utilizing neuron-derived exosomes (NDEs) for assimilation into the development of PrimeC.1 “We believe this collaboration could be a game-changer for the ALS and neurodegeneration field, as findings in such biomarkers may advance early diagnosis and treatment, ...
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Philips restricted from selling respiratory machines in DOJ consent decree

Dive Brief The Department of Justice filed a consent decree of permanent injunction against Philips on Tuesday in response to the company’s ongoing recall of sleep apnea and respiratory devices. The settlement would restrict Philips from producing or selling new continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway pressure (BiPAP) machines and other devices in the U.S. until the company meets certain requirements. Philips also faces restrictions on exporting devices that are being provided to patients impacted by the recall “to help ensure remediation of U.S. patients is prioritized over export for commercial distribution.” Philips is required to implement a recall remediation plan that the Food and Drug Administration must agree on, including providing patients with new or reworked devices, or a partial refund. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a Tuesday statement that the finalization of the decree is a ...
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3D Printed Point-Of-Care Mass Spectrometer Outperforms State-Of-The-Art Models

Mass spectrometry is a precise technique for identifying the chemical components of a sample and has significant potential for monitoring chronic illness health states, such as measuring hormone levels for hypothyroidism patients. However, the high cost of mass spectrometers, often reaching several hundred thousand dollars, restricts them to labs that require the transportation of blood samples for analysis, thereby complicating chronic disease management. Now, researchers have taken a big step towards building inexpensive hardware that could make mass spectrometry local. The team has used 3D printing to create a low-cost ionizer, a vital component of the mass spectrometer, that can deliver twice as good a performance as its high-end counterparts. The device developed at MIT (Cambridge, MA, USA) spans just a few centimeters and is designed for mass production, enabling its integration into mass spectrometers through robotic assembly method. This also makes it more economical than traditional ionizers which often ...
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Bio-Rad and Alleghany Health Network partner for patients with solid tumour cancer

Bio-Rad Laboratories and Alleghany Health Network (AHN) have partnered to advance clinical evidence for monitoring solid tumour cancers using Bio-Rad’s Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) technology. The collaboration will use ddPCR technology for molecular residual disease (MRD) monitoring of patients across a range of solid tumour types. Accounting for approximately 90% of all adult human cancers and half of childhood malignancies, solid tumour cancers can develop in many parts of the body, including the breast, lung, prostate and colon. Used to provide a critical indication of both remission and potential relapse in patients, MRD testing has been widely adopted for monitoring haematological malignancies and is now being implemented for solid tumour diseases. As part of the agreement, the collaboration will combine Bio-Rad’s digital PCR technology and expertise in molecular oncology, assay design and development with AHN’s cancer-care expertise, clinical data and patient samples collected via its Cancer Institute’s Moonshot programme, which ...
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