Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) said yesterday that it inked a multi-year extension of its collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation to improve access to the company’s injectable contraceptive, Sayana Press, for women in developing countries. The pharma giant’s product uses Becton Dickinson‘s (NYSE:BDX) Uniject delivery system to administer a long-acting, […]
Women's Health
Johnson & Johnson loses $20m verdict in 3rd pelvic mesh bellwether
A Pennsylvania state court jury dealt a $20 million blow to Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon last week in the 3rd pelvic mesh bellwether to go to trial in Philadelphia. The verdict, including a $17.5 million punitive damages award, was handed up April 28 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff Peggy Engleman alleged that the […]
Aeterna shares tumble after cancer-killing agent fails in Phase III trial
Shares in Aeterna Zentaris (NSDQ:AEZS) fell more than -50% this morning after the company said that the Phase III trial of Zoptrex did not meet its primary endpoint in women with locally advanced, recurrent or metastatic endometrial cancer. The ZoptEC pivotal trial was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a hybrid molecule made up […]
Mentor launches breast implant warranty program
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Mentor Worldwide said today it launched the MentorPromise Protection Plan, a new comprehensive warranty program for all Mentor breast implants sold in the US. The San Diego, Calif.-based company said that all Mentor breast implant recipients will be automatically enrolled in the plan, with an enhanced version of the plan available for […]
FDA approves J&J’s Mentor MemoryGel Xtra silicone breast implants
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Mentor Worldwide said today it won FDA approval for its MemoryGel Xtra silicone gel-filled breast implants. With the approval, Mentor said it also launched an Artoura breast tissue expander designed to work with the newly cleared MemoryGel Xtra implants. The Artoura breast tissue expander features a smooth shell to provide controlled expansion […]
Delphinus raises $8.2m
Delphinus Medical Technologies has raised $8.2 million in a new mixed-shelf offering, according to an SEC filing posted this week. The Novi, Mich.-based company is looking for an additional $16.8 million in the round, for a total of $25 million, and has not yet said how it plans to spend funds raised in the round. Delphinus produces […]
Halt Medical finds backer for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization
Halt Medical said yesterday that it’s reorganizing under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy, via an acquirer that’s floating a $4 million bridge loan to sustain the women’s health company’s operations during the sale process. The company owes its top 20 creditors a total of nearly $1.3 million, including a $497,000 severance payment to former chief executive Jeffrey Cohen, according to […]
Hologic faces patent infringement suit from Minerva Surgical over NovaSure device
Hologic (NSDQ:HOLX) is facing a patent infringement suit from Minerva Surgical over patents related to its NovaSure Advanced endometrial ablation system. Redwood City, Calif.-based Minerva filed a complaint in federal court in San Francisco yesterday, and said it could seek an injunction to block the US sales of the NovaSure Advanced system, which is designed to […]
Theraclion touts 2-year Echopulse data from breast fibroadenoma study
Theraclion (EPA:ALTHE) this week released 2-year results from a trial of its Echopulse non-invasive ultrasound system for treating breast fibroadenoma. Study results were published in the March 2017 issue of the Journal of Therapeutic Ultrasound, the French company said. The 20 patient study examined the use of the Echopulse system, an ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound device, in reducing […]
AirXpanders wins FDA nod for next-gen AeroForm tissue expander components
AirXpanders (ASX:AXP) saw shares rise today after it won FDA 510(k) clearance for an enhanced film material used to contain carbon dioxide in its AeroForm Tissue Expander system The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company’s AeroForm tissue expander is designed for use in post-mastectomy breast reconstructions to expand and stretch the skin and underlying muscle prior to a […]
3D model of female reproductive system could help test drugs for efficacy, safety
In January last year, the National Institutes of Health issued a new requirement for grant funding in basic science: Researchers must discuss how gender as a biological variable will impact their research. Teresa Woodruff, director of the Women’s Health Research Institute at Northwestern University, told Drug Delivery Business News that this helped support their effort to develop a model that […]