UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have used precision editing of the bacterial populations in the gut to prevent or reduce the severity of inflammation in a mouse model of colitis.
Digital health made big strides in 2017. With better provider workflows and more integrated core healthcare platforms, healthcare is on the brink of a disruption. As we move into 2018 and the next wave of innovation, here is a look back on the biggest stories that moved the needle in digital health this year.
With some three-quarters of the nation’s health systems now having an mHealth communications strategy, CIOs are now setting their sights on integrating those platforms with clinical decision support tools, including the EHR.
As 2017 draws to a close, we look back at a year where advances in pharmaceutical drug therapies brought new hope to people from across the globe. These steps forward bring with them a sense of suspense as we wait for more ground-breaking work to be accomplished in 2018. Here is Drugdu.com’s list of medical advances that amazed.
A new drug developed by Merck & Co and Pfizer Inc won U.S. approval on Wednesday to treat type II diabetes, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) said, adding another competitor to a growing class of treatments.
Digital health broke out in 2017. We saw more investment than ever before: Over $4.7 billion flowed into a record number of companies. While these record-breaking investments underscore the enthusiasm for new digital health solutions, another revolution was quietly happening just outside the spotlight.
Medeor Therapeutics announced it had closed on an oversubscribed Series B financing worth $57 million. The round was led by RA Capital Management. New investors included Sofinnova Ventures and 6 Dimensions Capital. They were joined by existing investors Vivo Capital and WuXi Healthcare Ventures.
New data presented today showed that Jardiance® reduced the risk of cardiovascular death compared with placebo when added to standard of care in adults with type 2 diabetes and peripheral artery disease.
The National Institutes of Health(NIH) and 11 leading biopharmaceutical companies have launched the Partnership for Accelerating Cancer Therapies (PACT), a five-year public-private research collaboration totaling $215 million as part of the Cancer Moonshot.
Boehringer Ingelheim announced that the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Gilotrif® (afatinib) has been accepted for filing and granted Priority Review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application for Gilotrif is currently under review for first-line treatment of patients with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 21 (L861Q), G719X or S768I substitution mutations as detected by an FDA-approved test.
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