Stay updated with breaking news from Penx acip. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Quest Diagnostics Inc. expanded its Alzheimer’s disease (AD) portfolio with a blood-based biomarker test for phosphorylated tau 217 (pTau217). The test joins the company’s plasma tests for p-tau181, beta-amyloid 42/40 ratio and ApoE genetic risk as well as several cerebrospinal fluid tests for Alzheimer’s. ....
Lumicell Inc. sees a brighter future now that it has secured U.S. FDA approval for both its new drug application for Lumisight (pegulicianine) optical imaging agent and premarket approval for the Lumicell direct visualization system . The company markets the two together as the Lumisystem to detect and resect residual breast cancer. Newton, Mass.-based Lumicell expects the Lumisystem will be available in the fourth quarter of 2024, Lumicell President and Chief Operating Officer Howard Hechler told BioWorld. ....
The €173 million (US$187 million) in capital that Earlybird Health recently raked in from investors will go towards bolstering investment in European health care startups, many of which are still recovering from the impact of COVID-19, Thom Rasche, a partner at Earlybird Health, told BioWorld. The fund is looking to invest in the technologies that can improve patient care. ....
Theryq SAS and Gustave Roussy, a European center for cancer research, were given €38 million (US$40.1 million) in funding by Bpifrance, the French public sector investment bank, to further develop Flashdeep, a flash radiotherapy device that uses extremely high energy electron (VHEE) radiation to treat cancers that are resistant to traditional treatments. ....
Clarius Mobile Health Inc. received CE mark for its latest wireless hand-held whole-body ultrasound scanner, the Clarius PAL HD3. The scanner combines both phased and linear arrays on a single head which provides high image quality of superficial and deep anatomy allowing for better diagnostic capabilities and patient care. ....