Healthcare firm Abbott will provide its PathVysion HER-2 DNA FISH probe kits for use in Angle's breast cancer liquid biopsy study.
Materials are one of the most common causes of failure in medical devices, especially for plastic. Records show that material failure is responsible for 30 to 40 percent of all FDA recalls on medical devices.
A San Francisco, California-based medical device startup, Zenflow, has announced a $31.4 million Series A financing round to further its minimally-invasive approach to treating benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) or enlarged prostate.
GlaxoSmithKline’s meningitis B vaccine Bexsero is in a class all by itself when it comes to snagging the Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration(FDA).
Gilead Sciences, Inc. on February 7 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.
Pfizer $PFE and J&J $JNJ have come down to the wire with pivotal data on nonmetastatic prostate cancer. And there are billions of dollars in revenue on the line here.
Pharma giant AstraZeneca has seen a fourfold increase in research productivity following a narrowing of disease focus and cuts in laboratory and staff over the past seven years, Reutersreported Thursday.
FDA is warning that the liver disease medicine Ocaliva (obeticholic acid) has been incorrectly dosed daily instead of weekly in patients with moderate to severe primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), a rare chronic liver disease, increasing the risk of serious liver injury. To ensure correct dosing and reduce the risk of liver problems, FDA is clarifying the current recommendations for screening, dosing, monitoring, and managing PBC patients with moderate to severe liver disease taking Ocaliva. FDA is adding a new Boxed Warning, FDA’s most prominent warning, to highlight this information in the prescribing information of the drug label. FDA is also requiring a Medication Guide for patients to inform them about this issue.
HAIFA, Israel and MIAMI, Florida – INSIGHTEC®, a commercial-stage medical technology company revolutionizing surgery with incisionless MRI-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) announced today the closing of a $150 million Series E private equity investment round. Koch Disruptive Technologies (KDT), a subsidiary of Koch Industries, focused on finding and funding innovative and emerging companies, led the round with a $100 million investment.
Researchers say the approach breaks new ground in treating cancer non-invasively and with unprecedented precision.
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