Nearly a year after the first U.S. commercial launch of the multicancer molecular residual disease (MRD) detection platform Pathlight, developer Saga Diagnostics entered a definitive merger agreement under which Roche Holding AG subsidiary Foundation Medicine Inc. will take over the firm in return for up to $595 million in payments.
A new metasurface design strategy that replaces rigid order with “engineered disorder” could significantly increase how many optical functions can be integrated into a single ultra-thin device without increasing size or complexity, according to a study published in Nature Communications. The study challenges a longstanding assumption in optical engineering that highly ordered, periodic structures are required to precisely control light.
Mabwell (Shanghai) Bioscience Co. Ltd. has announced that SST-001 (18F-FD4), an α-synuclein-targeted PET tracer developed by Mabwell’s incubated company Synusight Biotech, has received clinical trial clearance from China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA). The planned phase I trial will enroll healthy volunteers, patients with multiple system atrophy (MSA), and patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. is entering the radiopharmaceutical space via a collaboration with Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. is entering the radiopharmaceutical space via a collaboration with Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd. to jointly develop and commercialize next-generation radiopharmaceutical therapies.
Revenio Group Oyj has agreed to acquire ophthalmic diagnostics company Visionix International SAS for an enterprise value of €290 million (US$339 million) as it looks to become a leading player in the global eye care market. The deal expands Revenio’s offering with a highly complementary product and software portfolio, including optical coherence tomography equipment, an important and growing segment which is new to the company.
Whoop Inc. secured $575 million in a series G funding round at a $10.1 billion valuation to advance its AI-powered wearable platform for personalized and preventive health care. Abbott Laboratories joined the round as a strategic investor, backing the company’s push to expand access to its device amid growing demand.
What do a patent dispute over a CRISPR/Cas system, a rejected whistleblower case involving lab tests and a vaccine injury claim parading as multidistrict tort litigation have in common? All three were denied cert in the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest orders list.
A University of Texas System patent describes new radiolabeled positron emission tomography (PET) imaging agents targeting receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1; RIP-1). As such, they are potentially useful for the diagnosis of cancer, retinal and autoimmune diseases, neurological and inflammatory disorders.
The U.S. FDA has issued a final order to reclassify optical diagnostic devices for melanoma detection and electrical impedance spectrometers from class III to class II, with special controls required.
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