Pharmaceuticals

PreventionGenetics Receives FDA Approval for its Companion Diagnostic Genetic Test as a Class II Medical Device

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PreventionGenetics Receives FDA Approval for its Companion Diagnostic Genetic Test as a Class II Medical Device

Developed in collaboration with Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, the test is the first FDA-authorized Class II molecular companion diagnostic device MARSHFIELD, Wis., June 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — PreventionGenetics, a subsidiary of Exact Sciences Corp., announced today that it was recently granted marketing authorization for the POMC/PCSK1/LEPR companion diagnostic (CDx) genetic test as a Class II device by … Read more

HHS secretary pledges to protect access to reproductive health care | Medicine

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HHS secretary pledges to protect access to reproductive health care | Medicine

US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra pledged to protect access to reproductive health care in a news conference on Tuesday, including considering steps to increase access to medication abortion. Becerra said the department would work to increase access to abortion abortion across the country and work with the department’s Office for … Read more

In ‘zero-Covid’ China, a daughter’s struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve | News

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In ‘zero-Covid’ China, a daughter’s struggle to get her father medicine hits a nerve | News

What was meant to be a simple errand, a daughter driving her aging father to the hospital to pick up his medicine, has pulled a small city on China’s border with North Korea — and its nearly two-month Covid-19 lockdown — into the national spotlight, after the pair ran afoul of pandemic rules. Video of … Read more

Bold Therapeutics’ BOLD-100 Early mCRC Data to be Showcased at 2022 Metals in Medicine Gordon Research Conference

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Bold Therapeutics’ BOLD-100 Early mCRC Data to be Showcased at 2022 Metals in Medicine Gordon Research Conference

VANCOUVERBC , June 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bold Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced that they will be attending the Metals in Medicine Gordon Research Conference focusing on Advancing the Use of Metal-Based Compounds and Nanotheranostics for Personalized Medicine. The conference will be held in Andover, New Hampshire from June 26 to July 1, 2022bringing … Read more

Disc Medicine Initiates Phase 1b/2 Clinical Study of DISC-0974 in Myelofibrosis Patients with Severe Anemia

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Disc Medicine Initiates Phase 1b/2 Clinical Study of DISC-0974 in Myelofibrosis Patients with Severe Anemia

Open-label study will evaluate the potential for DISC-0974, a first-in-class, anti-HJV (hemojuvelin) monoclonal antibody to improve anemia in myelofibrosis patients DISC-0974 is administered as a once-monthly, subcutaneous injection and is designed to suppress hepcidin, a critical driver of anemia in myelofibrosis and other disease of inflammation DISC-0974 was previously shown to decrease hepcidin levels, increase … Read more

Precision Diagnostics Market Size, $168Bn by 2028, 13.3%

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Precision Diagnostics Market Size, 8Bn by 2028, 13.3%

New York, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Insight Partners published latest research study on “Precision Diagnostics Market Forecast to 2028 – COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis By Type (Genetic Tests, Esoteric Tests, and Others), Application (Oncology, Cardiology, Respiratory Diseases, Immunology, and Others), and End User (Clinical Laboratories, Hospitals, Homecare, and Others)”, the global … Read more