After expanding its partnership with Syndax $SNDX earlier this week on their lead drug, Genentech has beefed up their pipeline of PD-L1 combos with a fresh pact with Stanford spinout Forty Seven.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Lynparza (olaparib tablets) to include the treatment of patients with certain types of breast cancer that have spread (metastasized) and whose tumors have a specific inherited (germline) genetic mutation, making it the first drug in its class (PARP inhibitor) approved to treat breast cancer, and it is the first time any drug has been approved to treat certain patients with metastatic breast cancer who have a "BRCA" gene mutation. Patients are selected for treatment with Lynparza based on an FDA-approved genetic test, called the BRACAnalysis CDx.
Alveo Technologies, Inc., ("Alveo" or "the Company") whose mission it is to create affordable and accessible infectious disease diagnostic devices, announced the closing of a $38 million Series A financing raised by Maxim Merchant Capital, a division of Maxim Group LLC. The round was oversubscribed and included existing and new investors. The offering proceeds will be used to advance the optimization and commercialization of Alveo's rapid diagnostic platform for infectious diseases.
The National Health Service (NHS) in the UK is set to support 138 entrepreneurs among its staff, through its clinical entrepreneurs’ programme, in the design and development of new healthcare technologies and innovations.
A new IVF method that takes thousands of pictures of embryos to select the best eggs has increased the likelihood of a baby being born by 25 percent.
Artificial intelligence is gradually being adopted by health services to assist medics with the diagnosis of serious diseases. In one new development, scientists in Oxford, U.K. have launched an AI system for heart disease.
Recent guidance from UK medical device market regulators on human factors engineering (HFE) includes some recommendations that differ from HFE requirements established in Europe, suggesting a more standalone British approach to some areas of device development.
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According to the latest statistics of World Health Organization (WHO), the number of people with hearing disabilities in the world has reached 360 million. With the ageing population and the number of hearing-impaired persons increasing year by year, the external otology drugs market shows an increasing trend.
The NHS Confederation has tasked the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Health Foundation with analysing the funding needs of the UK’s health and care systems over the next 15 years.
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