BioSpace News Archive

BioCapital

Statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new strategies to modernize clinical trials to advance precision medicine, patient protections and more efficient product development

Modernizing clinical trials is an agency wide priority. As more diseases are being redefined based on genomic subtype, researchers have more novel targets and more opportunities to precisely modulate or even repair the basic biological drivers of illness.

March 14, 2019
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9 min read
FDA

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for Expanded Indication for MitraClip™ Device

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today announced it received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a new, expanded indication to its leading MitraClip™ device used to repair a leaky mitral valve without open-heart surgery.

March 14, 2019
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6 min read
Genetown

New Ariadne Labs study on Serious Illness Care Program underscores significant benefit of more, better, and earlier conversations between clinicians and patients

Across the United States, millions of individuals face serious, life-limiting illness like cancer, heart disease and stroke, respiratory disease and diabetes.

March 14, 2019
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7 min read
Policy

CHRI Applauds Introduction of Bipartisan “Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019"

The Coalition for Horse Racing Integrity announced its strong support for the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2019, introduced by U.S. Reps.

March 14, 2019
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3 min read
Bio NC

Syngenta Agricultural Scholarship program awards ag students who aspire to inspire future generations

Syngenta is now accepting applications for its 2019 Agricultural Scholarship program.

March 14, 2019
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4 min read
Business

United Way of Broward County Achieves National Accreditation

United Way of Broward County is proud to announce that is has achieved national accreditation through the New York-based Council on Accreditation (COA), the first United Way in the country to receive this outstanding honor.

March 14, 2019
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2 min read
Job Trends

Biodesix VeriStrat Data Demonstrate Independent Prediction of Immunotherapy Outcomes for NSCLC Patients

Biodesix® today presented new data demonstrating that the VeriStrat® test is predictive of outcomes for patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) in the first-line setting, even when adjusted for PD-L1 status

March 14, 2019
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4 min read
Business

Elite Hearing Network Announces Strategic Partnership with Hear Billing Solutions

Elite Hearing Network, the largest network of independent hearing care providers in the United States, announced a definitive partnership agreement with Hear Billing Solutions, a provider of ‘audiology’ only billing services.

March 14, 2019
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3 min read
Policy

Fears Nachawati Investigating Injuries, Complications Caused by Surgical Stapler Malfunctions

Product defect lawyers call on FDA to improve transparency in medical device injury reporting

March 14, 2019
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2 min read
Deals

Aldrich Capital Partners Invests in eHealth Technologies

Aldrich Capital Partners announced it has invested $41M in West Henrietta-based, eHealth Technologies, the national leading provider of medical record retrieval and organization services and image-enabled HIEs.

March 14, 2019
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3 min read