23andMe declared an investment of $300 million on Wednesday, made by GlaxoSmithKline to attain special access to their DNA database.
Around 54 million to 60 million people throughout the world are annually surviving with Traumatic Brain Injury annually. CT scan tests of the head are the common diagnostic choices in such cases. This extensive use of CT scans leads to unnecessary radiation exposure with high costs.
Stiff skin syndrome causes a person's skin to harden and thicken across the entire body. This thickening results in a person being unable to move his or her joints, leaving the joints stuck in a bent position. The genetic disorder affects the protein named fibrillin-1, which allows the elastic fibers in the skin to stretch.
96-week data on doravirine, Merck’s HIV drug, was posted by the drugmaker recently. Merck expects it to outrun drugs like Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Sustiva in combination regimens and antiretroviral drugs from AbbVie and Johnson & Johnson in viral suppression.
Bayer announced on last Friday that it would stop the sales of its Essure birth control system in the United States by the end of this year due to a steady decline in its sales making the product no longer justifiable. Bayer insisted that its decision to discontinue Essure sales is only for business reasons and not for any safety or efficacy concerns.
After watching Scott Gottlieb, M.D. of the FDA comments regarding the rebate rule changes and a warning tweet on biosimilars, AbbVie investors are bailing out. But the industry watchers claim that they don’t need to be.
Artificial intelligence based company Viz.ai, currently developing software for the detection of urgent stroke cases, has recently raised $21 million in venture capital to develop its portfolio.
In what seems to be a first of its kind research, Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University researchers have successfully cured a genetic condition in a mouse model with a gene editing technique. The findings of the study showcase a potential new opportunity for further research into treating genetic disorders in utero.
ElectroCore, famous for bioelectronic medicines, is associating with UpScriptHealth to deliver its gammaCore treatment via direct-to-patient telemedicine program. This non-invasive stimulation therapy of vagus nerve is used to treat migraines and episodic cluster headaches among the adults.
HCC or hepatocellular carcinoma can result in patients getting liver diseases such as viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease with cirrhosis due to disease progression. New data from recent researches shows factors that improve early detection and diagnosis, and risks prior to HCC and during treatment.
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