NeuroPace today released 7-year follow-up data from a clinical trial of its RNS neurostimulation system designed to prevent epileptic seizures, touting an over-70% reduction in seizure frequency. The company’s RNS system is a closed-loop brain-responsive neurostim system designed for preventing epileptic seizures, and has been approved by the FDA as adjunctive therapy to treat partial […]
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Scilex touts data for novel lidocaine patch
Sorrento Therapeutics (NSDQ:SRNE) subsidiary Scilex Pharmaceuticals said today that its lidocaine patch, ZTlido, met primary and secondary endpoints in a pivotal study comparing the patch to Endo Pharmaceutical‘s Lidoderm patch. The data will be used to resubmit a new drug application to the FDA in mid-2017, the Malvern, Pa.-based company said. The clinical trial evaluated Scilex’s […]
NeuroMetrix wins CE Mark for Quell wearable pain relief device
NeuroMetrix (NSDQ:NURO) said today it won CE Mark approval in the European Union for its Quell wearable pain relief device, now cleared as a class IIa medical device in the region. The Waltham, Mass.-based company said that recent studies indicate that 20-40% of the adult European population suffers from chronic pain, which costs the region approximately […]
Back to court: Nevro files new patent infringement suit against Boston Scientific
Nevro Corp. (NYSE:NVRO) said today it filed a patent infringement suit against Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX), asserting that the company infringed on patents related to its Senza and HF10 spinal cord stimulation systems. The suit, filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, is seeking preliminary and permanent injunctive relief against further infringement, […]
Helius Medical extends U.S. Army contract, looks to future of portable neuromod
Helius Medical Technologies said this week it expanded a source cost sharing contract with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command, while its CEO Phil Deschamps is looking to the future of its Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator. The contract extension moves the ending date to December 31, 2017 and allows for additional study sites in a trial […]
French biomed incubator Clinatec raises €10m
French biomedical research center Clinatec said today that it has raised $10.6 million (€10 million) to support research for diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, cancer and motor disabilities. The Grenoble-based incubator said that the campaign began in October 2015, led by a founding donor, the Edmond Safra Foundation, which pledged to match up to […]
Mallinckrodt touts data for Ofirmev injected acetaminophen
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:MNK) today released results from a clinical pharmacokinetic study evaluating the effect of IV morphine on the absorption of oral acetaminophen, touting the effectiveness of its Ofirmev IV administered acetaminophen over orally administered acetaminophen in adjunct to IV morphine. The results were presented at this year’s Pain Medicine Meeting of the American Society of […]
PixarBio raises $7m for non-addictive morphine alternative
PixarBio (OTC:PXRB) raised $7 million for its biomaterial-based opioid alternative for post-operative acute and chronic pain relief, about 18% of its $40 million equity financing according to a regulatory filing that the Medford, Mass.-based company filed yesterday. The company’s drug delivery product, NeuroRelease, is an injectable morphine replacement therapy for use in the surgical/hospital setting, the […]
Delivra president & CFO resigns, names new finance VP | Personnel Moves, Nov. 17, 2016
Delivra Corp. (CVE:DVA) said today that its president and CFO, Chris Schnarr, is resigning effective tomorrow and Pascal Attard has been promoted from controller to VP of finance. Attard has worked as controller for Red Tiger Mining Inc. and manager of McGovern, Hurley, Cunningham LLP prior to joining Delivera in 2015. The Toronto-based company said it […]
Touch Surgery, Pacira to develop knee surgery sim
Touch Surgery and Pacira Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:PCRX) launched the Exparel knee training simulation for the Touch Surgery app, designed to provide clinicians with a virtual training experience for administering the bupivacaine liposome injectable suspension in total knee arthroplasty. The simulation includes a 3D environment where clinical decisions and viewpoints are all dictated by the user and simulates […]
St. Jude wins MRI nod for Proclaim Elite spinal cord stim
St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) said today it won FDA approval for magnetic resonance imaging conditional labeling for its Proclaim Elite spinal cord stimulation system Patients using the company’s Proclaim Elite SCS are now cleared or full-body MRI diagnostics scans, the Little Canada, Minn.-based company said. “This MR Conditional labeling applies to both new patients and those […]