Top heart doctors and researchers reportedly described President Donald Trump’s proposed 20% cut to the National Institutes of Health budget as “chilling” and a “catastrophe” at the American College of Cardiology meeting this month. Many expressed fears that as drug companies shift their focus to oncology and rare diseases, NIH-funded research will become more important to […]
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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 […]
Study evaluates drug-device combo therapy for deep vein thrombosis
A National Institutes of Health-sponsored study found that most patients with deep vein thrombosis should be treated with anticoagulant drugs alone, without a procedure-based intervention. However, the same study showed that a minimally-invasive catheter-director therapy, pharmacomechanical catheter-directed thrombolysis, provided greater initial pain relief and could prevent disability in DVT patients. The research was presented today […]
NIH launches pivotal trials for artificial pancreas
The National Institutes of Health said this week that it is funding 4 projects dedicated to testing fully automated artificial pancreas devices in patients with Type I diabetes. The race to develop an artificial pancreas met a milestone last year, after the FDA approved Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) hybrid model of an artificial pancreas – the 1st of its kind […]
SRI wins $150m grant to develop HIV prevention products
SRI International said today that it landed a $150 million contract from the National Institutes of Health‘s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Division of AIDS to support the development of HIV microbicides and other pre-exposure agents. According to the 7-year deal, the research institute will provide preclinical product development services for non-vaccine […]
PwC, California Life Sciences report highlights continued investment, growth
The California Life Sciences Assn. and PricewaterhouseCoopers released their annual Life Sciences Industry Report, highlighting continued growth and a robust pipeline of medical devices and other therapies in California this year. California, which is ranked 1st for medical device and biopharmaceutical employment in the country, saw 7% employment growth in the sector between 2011 and 2015. […]
CivaTech wins $2.3m NIH grant for CivaSheet study
CivaTech Oncology Inc. said this week that it landed a $2.3 million award from the National Institutes of Health to study pancreatic cancer with its CivaSheet device. The Durham, North Carolina-based company said the 2-year study is slated to enroll 80 patients at multiple sites to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the targeted radiation […]
Neural Analytics lands $3M NIH grant
Neural Analytics landed a $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for the diagnostic and monitoring technology it’s developing for traumatic brain injury and stroke, the company reported. The NIH’s Small Business Innovation Research program funded the grant. Los Angeles-based Neural Analytics, founded in 2013, develops technology to measure and track brain health, […]
Ethicon study reports bariatric surgery as effective treatment for Asian Indian type II patients | American Diabetes Assn. 2016 Scientific Sessions
Ethicon study reports bariatric surgery as effective treatment for Asian Indian type II patients Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon said it presented data from a study supporting bariatric surgery as a better treatment option than medical therapy and lifestyle management for obese Asian Indian patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes. Data came from […]
BacTrack wrist-band device for alcohol monitoring wins $200k NIH prize
(Reuters) – A San Francisco-based company has won a U.S. government-sponsored competition with an alcohol monitoring devices that can be worn on the wrist, the latest milestone in the development of wearable technologies that monitor and diagnose medical conditions. BACtrack, a privately held medical device maker, took the $200,000 top prize in the National Institutes […]
NIH shutters chimp research after FWS tightens rules
The National Institute of Health is closing its controversial chimp research program after pressure from activists and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tightened rules for using chimps for research. The NIH had already reduced the number of chimps from 400 in 2013 to 50, and said that remaining primates will be retired and resettled. “It is […]