Veracyte and Illumina collaborate to advance in vitro diagnostic tests
Decentralised IVD tests enhance diagnostic accessibility, particularly in regions lacking centralised facilities, fostering early detection and treatment for improved patient outcomes. Credit: Okrasiuk via Shutterstock. Veracyte, a leading genomic diagnostics company, has joined forces with Illumina, a pioneer in DNA sequencing and array-based technologies, in a multi-year partnership aimed at developing molecular tests for decentralised […]
Xenter introduces new wireless guidewire for TAVR procedures
In the TAVR market, currently Boston Scientific and Medtronic currently occupy the guidewire space. Credit: PIJITRA PHOMKHAM via Shutterstock. The unveiling of Xenter’s new wireless guidewire product may provide significant competition to or potentially replace traditional guidewires in the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) market. The TAVR market is growing substantially and is expected to […]
Telix and Mauna Kea join forces to expand cancer surgery innovation
Telix and Mauna Kea launched the IRiS Alliance in December 2020. Credit: Tom Merton via Getty Images. Telix Pharmaceuticals and Mauna Kea Technologies are partnering to expand the Imaging and Robotics in Surgery (IRiS) Alliance, investing €6m ($6.4m) to develop hybrid pharmaceutical-device products. The collaboration combines Telix’s cancer-targeting agents with Mauna Kea’s Cellvizio surgical […]
Medtronic reveal 12-month study data for DTM SCS therapy
The study sought patients with degenerative disc disease (DDD), herniated disc (HD), or radicular pain syndrome (RPS) who were not candidates for surgery. Credit: Shutterstock / DC Studio Medtronic has announced study results that show its differential target multiplexed (DTM) spinal cord stimulation (SCS) therapy can significantly reduce pain in patients with chronic back pain, […]
Guardant Health introduces CRC screening test in South Korea
Guardant Health is offering the blood-based colorectal cancer screening test in South Korea. Credit: National Cancer Institute on Unsplash. Precision oncology company Guardant Health has introduced the blood-based colorectal cancer (CRC) screening test, Shield, in South Korea. The test, which has been launched in partnership with Samsung Medical Center, is intended for regular screening of […]
GC Genome, MP Group to commercialise SNP genotyping service
GC Genome will transfer vital wet lab technology and know-how necessary for operating a genetic laboratory in Thailand. Credit: Miroslaw Miras from Pixabay. GC Genome and MP Group have signed a collaboration and exclusive licence agreement for the commercialisation of the SNP genotyping service, Genome Health, in Thailand. As per the agreement terms, MP Group […]
AI and regulatory changes at the forefront of industry’s mind
(From left to right) Deloitte’s Hanno Ronte, Gilead’s Veronique Walsh, ICON’s Ashmee Bhardia, ABPI’s Richard Torbett at the FT Global Pharma and Biotech Summit. Credit: Urte Fultinaviciute/GlobalData. After a few years of disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, it seems that the pharma and biotech industries can barely take a breath. With technological advancements such […]
Recor Medical introduces Paradise uRDN system in US
The company has announced the first commercial uses of the Paradise uRDN system in the US. Credit: Recor Medical / Business Wire. Recor Medical and its parent company, Otsuka Medical Devices, have introduced the Paradise Ultrasound Renal Denervation (uRDN) system in the US, following its approval by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The […]
ARUP receives CE Mark for AAV5 DetectCDx test
The test is intended for selecting adult patients for Roctavian gene therapy. Credit: Tatiana from Pixabay. ARUP Laboratories has received the CE mark for AAV5 DetectCDx as a companion diagnostic test for BioMarin Pharmaceutical’s valoctocogene roxaparvovec-rvox (Roctavian). Approved under the European Union’s In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR), the test is intended for selecting […]
Worlds first face and eye transplant made by NYU Langone Health
Patient Aaron James left Dr Eduardo D. Rodriguez, right pose post partial face and whole eye transplant procedure. Credit :NYU LANGONE STAFF Arkansas resident Aaron James has successfully received a partial face and whole eye transplant from a single donor following a deadly 7,200-volt electric shock he suffered while working as a high-voltage lineman in […]