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Abbott to develop biowearable for continuous monitoring of glucose, ketone levels

June 3, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Abbott (NYSE:ABT) announced today that it is developing a new biowearable for continuously monitoring both glucose and ketone levels. The all-in-one sensor has already garnered FDA breakthrough device designation and will be used in pivotal trials in 2023, with regulatory submissions to follow thereafter. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News.

Filed Under: Biotech, Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Pediatrics, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Abbott

President Biden reboots Cancer Moonshot project

February 4, 2022 By Brian Buntz

In 2016, then-Vice President Joe Biden announced a Cancer Moonshot initiative to speed the development of new therapies to treat cancer. Biden is now launching a new initiative committed to improving the cancer survival rate by at least 50% by 2047. The plan also aims to improve the quality of life for patients with cancer. […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Blog, Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Cancer Moonshot, Joe Biden

BICO’s Cytena launches C.Station automated cell line development platform for antibody and gene therapies

October 19, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

  BICO Group subsidiary Cytena today announced the launch of its C.Station platform for automating the development of stable cell lines. Cytena said in a news release that C.Station is a user-friendly platform that covers the entire cell line development workflow, from single-cell cloning of transfected cells to the selection of high-producing clones and upscaling. Get the […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Blog, Lab Instruments & Supplies, News Well, Regenerative Medicine, Software / IT

BICO plans to acquire QInstruments for its bioautomation business

October 1, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

BICO Group has a deal to acquire QInstruments for $71 million, the life sciences holding company said Friday. Headquartered in Jena, Germany, QInstruments was founded by CEO Olaf Simmat and Christian Stange in 2003. It’s a developer, manufacturer and supplier of advanced sample preparation automation for clinical diagnostics and biomedical and life science research.  Get […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Contract Manufacturing, Diagnostics, Featured, Genomics/Molecular Diagnostics, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: BICO Group, QInstruments

Amazon makes moves for a major medical diagnostics play

August 27, 2021 By Jim Hammerand

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) wants to hire key employees to expand its medical diagnostics operations on a global scale, which very well could grow beyond COVID-19 testing. Senior-level job postings offer a glimpse of the notoriously secretive and ambitious tech company’s global aspirations for medical diagnostics. Just this week, Amazon put a call out for a […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Business/Financial News, Diagnostics, Distribution, Featured Tagged With: Amazon, coronavirus, COVID-19

How PhysIQ is advancing digital therapeutics through its partnership with Janssen

May 12, 2021 By Sean Whooley

A partnership with J&J’s Janssen Pharmaceuticals is helping PhysIQ advance with its device-agnostic clinical data collection and analysis platform.  Over the course of the last year and some change, the impact of digital health and the need for it has increased by an immeasurable amount. Virtual care became the norm after the COVID-19 pandemic hit, […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Biotech, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Pharmaceutical, Research & Development, Software / IT Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, physiq

MIT, Indian researchers grow tiny brains in 3D-printed bioreactor

April 6, 2021 By Sean Whooley

Scientists in Cambridge, Mass. and Chennai, India, are touting self-organizing brain tissue growth in a 3D-printed system. Published results in Biomicrofluidics highlight the work of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Indian Institute of Technology Madras scientists, who have grown small amounts of the self-organizing brain tissue, known as organoids, in a tiny 3D-printed system that […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Featured, Neurological, Regenerative Medicine, Research & Development Tagged With: 3D printing, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, mit

MedTech Innovator team launches BioTools Innovator accelerator

March 31, 2021 By Sean Whooley

MedTech Innovator announced today that its new BioTools Innovator accelerator program has launched. BioTools Innovator is intended to advance life science tools innovation and improve human health by accelerating the growth of startups developing and commercializing a wide range of biotech products, platforms and services, according to a news release. Get the full story at […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Business/Financial News, Funding Roundup, Research & Development Tagged With: BioTools Innovator, Medtech Innovator

Tela Bio names clinical development VP

January 8, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

Soft-tissue reconstruction company Tela Bio (NSDQ:TELA) announced the appointment of Dr. Bruce Freedman as VP of clinical development. Freedman has practiced 32 years as a general surgeon specializing in hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction. He joined Tela Bio after having used its OviTex material in his practice. The Malvern, Penn.-based company’s tech platform is […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Implants, Surgical Tagged With: Tela Bio

Regeneron antibody cocktail wins emergency use authorization

November 24, 2020 By Brian Buntz

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:REGN) has announced that the FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the combination of casirivimab and imdevimab to treat COVID-19. The monoclonal antibody cocktail is reportedly the first treatment to show “statistically significant anti-viral activity” against COVID-19, according to its developer. In a trial, the combination of drugs cut hospitalization or emergency […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Featured, Hospital Care, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Clinical Trials, coronavirus, COVID-19, Regeneron

5 takeaways from the latest White House Coronavirus Task Force meeting

November 20, 2020 By Brian Buntz

The White House Coronavirus Task Force promised a swift rollout of COVID-19 vaccines — but one of a number of takeaways from its first briefing since July. The briefing yesterday gave the task force a chance to once again urge Americans to heed COVID-19 guidance while also providing an update on vaccines and therapeutics. The […]

Filed Under: Biotech, Clinical Trials Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Moderna, Pfizer

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