A new method for imaging microvascular blood flow which will allow for better diagnosis of vascular diseases such as diabetic foot ulcers has been developed by researchers from the department of biomedical engineering at Linkoping University, Sweden, in cooperation with Perimed AB.
Pharma companies who choose to take advantage of the EMA’s Prime scheme, which is designed to streamline and accelerate the development and approval process for priority drugs, will now be able to meet with the agency about a year before they file for approval.
Infandx AG has had an abrupt change of strategy after discontinuing development of an umbilical cord blood biomarker test, which was intended to diagnose brain injury in newborns caused by a lack of oxygen before or shortly after birth.
Okwin Inc. is leading a consortium of hospitals and pathology labs from across France as part of a €33 million (US$36 million) project to develop and deploy new digital pathology artificial intelligence (AI) tools to improve cancer care. The project, called Portrait, is backed by the French government, and the hope is that by producing more efficient and accessible diagnostic tools, clinicians will be able to better tailor treatments to individual patients at an earlier stage of the disease.
Accyourate Group S.p.A has stepped up the commercialization of its e-shirt, a 100% textile smart T-shirt which enables continuous real-time monitoring of biomedical and vital body signals. Accyourate joins a host of companies releasing products in the wearable device market as different technologies for health care including heart rate monitoring, fitness, breathing, temperature levels and fall detection get more sophisticated and grow in popularity.
France is tightening access to the reimbursed health care market for digital medical devices. The national Digital Healthcare Agency (ANS) reported that a standard interoperability and safety system for digital medical devices is coming into force.
For European biotech, the first quarter (Q1) of 2023 could hardly be described as the best of times – but the period did not represent the worst of times either. European firms engaged in drug discovery and development collectively raised $1.88 billion during this period. The tally is 4% less than the total raised in the comparable period last year, and it represents just 32% of the total raised during the COVID-19-fueled biotech boom during 2021. But it’s still the third highest Q1 raise during the last six years.
Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc’s launch of a phase I/IIa trial with LB-101, a PD-L1xCD47 candidate that emerged from the Lockbody platform, highlighted the firm’s efforts against solid tumors. But the diversified company has more in the works, including a registrational study with subcutaneous (subcu) Serpinpc, designed to treat hemophilia (hemo) B. Centessa has a program in narcolepsy, too.
The EMA’s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval of Hipra Human Health SLU’s recombinant COVID-19 vaccine, Bimervax, as a booster in people ages 16 and older who have been vaccinated with an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.
The Gustave Roussy cancer center, specializing in cancer treatment, and its technology transfer subsidiary Gustave Roussy Transfert, reported the creation of startup Orakl SA, which develops a technology for modeling cancer tumors called the patient tumor avatar. Orakl leverages a unique collection of patient tumor avatars, combining biological and clinical data to fuel the therapeutic arsenal to fight cancer.
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