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Could this hydrogel repair a broken heart?

March 2, 2021 By Nancy Crotti Leave a Comment

European researchers have developed an injectable hydrogel that could help repair and prevent further heart muscle damage after a heart attack. The therapeutic effect of multiple injections of this hydrogel into the cardiac tissue was assessed during the first preclinical study of its kind, demonstrating its efficacy for cardiac tissue remodeling following a heart attack, […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Featured, Regenerative Medicine, Research & Development Tagged With: hydrogel, National University of Ireland Galway, University of Gothenburg, University of Milano-Bicocca, University of Valladolid, University Paris Est

Virta Health touts study of treatment preventing progression to Type 2 diabetes

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Virta Health announced today that a study of its diabetes progression prevention treatment proved more effective than initially expected. Peer-reviewed research in Nutrients highlighted the fact that only 3% of trial participants progressed to Type 2 diabetes, while over half achieved prediabetes reversal during the first two years, according to a news release. Get the full story at […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Featured Tagged With: diabetes, Virta Health

FDA grants breakthrough nod to Anuncia’s cerebral spinal fluid treatment

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Anuncia announced today that it received FDA breakthrough device designation for its ReFlow system for cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) management. Lowell, Mass.-based Anuncia’s ReFlow Mini is intended to treat CSF disorders requiring shunting, including hydrocephalus, according to a news release. It has been optimized to serve a broad hydrocephalus population, including infants with non-communicating hydrocephalus, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Neurological, Regulatory/Compliance, Spine Tagged With: Anuncia

Varian CEO Dow Wilson to retire after merger with Siemens Healthineers

March 2, 2021 By Chris Newmarker Leave a Comment

Varian (NYSE: VAR) announced today that CEO Dow Wilson will retire after Siemens Healthineers‘ planned $16.4 billion acquisition of the company, which is expected to close in the first half of this year. Wilson, who has been with Varian for 16 years, will serve as a special advisor to Siemens Healthineers (Frankfurt: SHL) to help […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Mergers & Acquisitions Tagged With: Personnel Moves, Siemens Healthineers, Varian Medical Systems

Medtronic touts results of cardiac resynchronization therapy trial

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that a study showed longer lives for patients treated with cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic’s Reverse (REsynchronization reVErses Remodeling in Systolic left vEntricular dysfunction) clinical trial for those with mild heart failure (HF) found that patients whose HF stabilizes with CRT live longer, similar to those whose condition improves […]

Filed Under: Cardiovascular, Clinical Trials, Featured, Structural Heart Tagged With: Medtronic

Ambu single-use endoscope wins Frost & Sullivan innovation award

March 2, 2021 By Danielle Kirsh Leave a Comment

Frost & Sullivan today announced that it awarded Ambu with a 2021 Global New Product Innovation Award. Ambu received the award for its single-use flexible endoscopes that are designed to make the devices safe, affordable and accessible. It has aView and aBox all-in-one video displays that eliminate the traditional video endoscopy tower size and expense to be […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Endoscopic, Featured, Hospital Care, Imaging Tagged With: Ambu, Frost & Sullivan

Abbott researchers help discover a clue to an HIV cure

March 2, 2021 By Chris Newmarker Leave a Comment

Abbott announced today that a team including its scientists has uncovered a rare group of Democratic Republic of Congo residents who are HIV positive but have almost nonexistent viral loads without using antiretroviral treatments. This group of “HIV elite controllers” opens up a new area for researchers to discover biological trends that could inform the […]

Filed Under: Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Abbott, HIV/AIDs, Johns Hopkins University, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Université Protestante au Congo, University of Missouri-Kansas City

Q BioMed wins federal contract for bone cancer drug

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Q BioMed (OTCQB:QBIO) announced today that it signed an agreement for its Strontium89 drug to be included on the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS). New York-based Q BioMed’s agreement with the U.S. government provides U.S. veterans and other federal government agencies and eligible patients access to Strontium89, a treatment for metastatic bone pain related to common cancers, […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Oncology, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: Q BioMed, qbiomed

Report: Biden to announce partnership for Merck to make J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

President Joe Biden is reportedly set to announce a partnership in which Merck (NYSE:MRK) will make Johnson & Johnson’s (NYSE:JNJ) recently approved COVID-19 vaccine. The Washington Post reported that the agreement between the two competitors will boost the supply of the single-dose vaccine from J&J’s Janssen subsidiary, which received FDA emergency use authorization last week. Get the full story at […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Contract Manufacturing, Featured, Pharmaceutical Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 vaccines, Johnson & Johnson, Merck

FDA accepts New Drug Application for Eyenovia pupil dilation tech

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Eyenovia (NSDQ:EYEN) announced today that the FDA accepted its New Drug Aplication for its MydCombi pupil dilation agent. MydCombi is a fixed-combination mydriatic agent for potential use in comprehensive eye exams with a formulation for touchless fixed-combination microdosing in an effort to improve the patient experience, according to a news release. Get the full story at […]

Filed Under: Clinical Trials, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Optical/Ophthalmic, Regulatory/Compliance Tagged With: Eyenovia Inc., FDA, New Drug Application (NDA)

Axonics, Micro Systems Technologies partners to make rechargeable SNM device

March 2, 2021 By Sean Whooley Leave a Comment

Axonics (NSDQ:AXNX) announced today that it entered into a strategic alliance with Micro Systems Technologies. Micro Systems Technologies (MST) manufactures printed circuit board assemblies for the Axonics r-SNM (sacral neuromodulation) system in Lake Oswego, Oregon, according to a news release. The newly minted strategic alliance expands the relationship between the two as the companies collaborate […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Featured, Gynecological, Men's Health, Neurological, Neuromodulation/Neurostimulation, Urology, Women's Health Tagged With: Axonics Modulation Technologies, Micro Systems Technologies

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