President Donald Trump has officially nominated Stephen Hahn to the position of FDA commissioner, a position held on an interim basis by Ned Sharpless since April. Hahn has held the position of CEO of the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston since May 2018.
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica – The tiny Latin American country that has become the region's second largest med-tech exporter behind Mexico is betting on disruptive technologies and trends to stay at the technological forefront. Costa Rica's med-tech exports have become one of the nation's most important sources of income and employment, and the country is focused on expanding the sector.
Warsaw, Ind.-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. is moving ahead of schedule in terms of its turnaround as it reported revenue of $1.892 billion for the third quarter. That figure represents an increase of 3% over the same period last year, impressing analysts.
San Diego-based Tandem Diabetes Care Inc. reported financial results for the third quarter of 2019, with worldwide pump shipments soaring 112% to 17,839 pumps from 8,434 pumps in the same period a year ago. Revenue rose 105% to $94.7 million, up from $46.3 million in the third quarter of 2018.
The oncology field pioneered adaptive trial designs through efforts such as I-SPY 2 (Investigation of Serial Studies to Predict Your Therapeutic Response with Imaging And moLecular Analysis 2), Puma Biotechnology Inc.’s phase II study of the pan-HER tyrosine kinase inhibitor neratinib (Nerlynx) as neoadjuvant therapy in metastatic breast cancer, and the ongoing multidrug, biomarker-driven
non-small-cell lung cancer trial known as Lung-MAP.