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FDA steps up efforts at bringing about medical device cyber security

It is a disturbing, but true fact that medical devices are hacked. Medical devices have inbuilt software, and hackers try to breach this. Medical device cybersecurity is thus critical, because lack of it can bring harm to patients who use medical devices that come with software built into them.
- Source: COMPLIANCE4ALL14
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Five Prime Therapeutics Announces $25 Million Payment by Bristol-Myers Squibb for Cabiralizumab Development Milestone

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc. (FPRX), a biotechnology company discovering and developing innovative immuno-oncology protein therapeutics, announced that a development milestone for cabiralizumab has been achieved, triggering a $25 million payment from Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMS) (BMY) under the license and collaboration agreement between the companies established in 2015. The milestone was triggered by initiation of a multi-arm Phase 2 clinical trial (NCT03336216), sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, evaluating cabiralizumab and Opdivo® (nivolumab) with and without chemotherapy in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer. “Effective treatment for patients with pancreatic cancer remains a significant unmet need and is a cancer for which existing immunotherapies have not been successful to date,” said Helen Collins, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Five Prime. “We are encouraged by the preliminary data presented at SITC 2017 and are pleased to see this trial underway.” The Phase 2 trial is expected to enroll approximately 160 ...
- Source: finance.yahoo
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Bristol-Myers Squibb cabiralizumab Opdivo
NHS launches online care plan to empower end of life patients

The NHS has launched a service that allows patients to share their urgent and end of life care wishes.
- Source: Digital Health Age
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- January 31, 2018
digital health end of life healthcare NHS Policy
Berkshire Hathaway, Amazon, chase partner to create healthcare company

It’s no secret Jeff Bezos has been looking to crack healthcare. But no one expected him to pull in Warren Buffett and Jamie Dimon, too.
- Source: Digital Insurance
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the Mayo Clinic experience

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized the treatment of advanced malignancies. By blocking T-cell inhibition these drugs result in immune targeting of tumor cells and normal tissue. As such, their main toxicity is inducing immune-mediated tissue damage.
- Source: acrabstracts.org
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inhibitor malignancies Researches
Sanofi snaps up Ablynx for 3.9bn euros

Sanofi will launch public offers to acquire all shares, including ADSs, warrants and convertible bonds of Ablynx. News of the deal will no doubt come as a great disappointment to Novo Nordisk, which recently stepped up its efforts to buy Ablynx with a second offer valued at around 2.6 billion euros.
- Source: Currenthollywood
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Market Views Sanofi Ablynx
What to consider when buying used medical devices and equipment

Used medical equipment is often a smart and cost-effective way of acquiring medical device products. Everything from diagnostics to monitoring medical equipment is available online for second hand purchasing but there are a couple of things to look out for and consider when investing in these products. From first-hand experience, Drugdu.com has created a list of what to look out for and what to keep in mind.
- Source: Ddu
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Seven medicines leap closer to EU approval

The European Medicines Agency’s (EMA) Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has put forward seven new medicines for approval in the region, including new treatment options for haemophilia A, diabetes, and a very rare genetic disorder.
- Source: pharmatimes
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CHMP diabetes EMA haemophilia A Hemlibra polices Roche
GSK’s Shingrix Gets Positive CHMP Opinion For Prevention Of Shingles

GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK,GSK.L) said that the European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use or CHMP has issued a positive opinion recommending marketing authorisation for Shingrix (RELATED: CDC backs GSK’s Shingrix over Merck & Co’s Zostavax) for the prevention of shingles, or herpes zoster, and post-herpetic neuralgia or PHN
- Source: rttnews
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Company Insight herpes zoster PHN shingles Shingrix
North Colorado Medical Center invests nearly $2 million in new robotic surgery technology

Maurice Lyons remembers when lung surgery used to require him to make a 6-10 inch incision in a patients' skin and fracture a rib. He'd take the lung out, do what needed to be done and put it back. It would take patients about a week to recover enough just to leave the hospital, Lyons said.
- Source: The Tribune
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Company Insight lung medical device medtech surgery

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