Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Attralus, Bioprotect, Novadip, Proven Pharmaceuticals.
Noticeably lacking in the G7 communique following its recent U.K. summit is support for a proposed World Trade Organization waiver on intellectual property related to drugs and other medical products used to prevent, contain or treat COVID-19 infections.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Exthera Medical, Icad, Quidel.
The FDA issued a June 10 warning letter to Innova Medical Group Inc. in connection with the company’s rapid antigen tests for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, an action that accompanies a class I recall and a safety communication.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Caldwell Industries, CM Life Sciences, Dexcom, Encore, Ensodata, Fresenius Medical Care, Humacyte, Integra Molecular, Predictmedix, Sema4, Shockwave Medical, Sientra, Vivante Health.
Researchers at the University of Washington reported in the May 31, 2021, issue of Nature Medicine that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms meant to recognize COVID-19 infections based on chest X-rays picked up on confounders, selecting “shortcuts” such as patient age or positioning in the X-ray as a basis for their predictions.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 3M, Advanced Human Imaging, Arya III, Autolomous, Avantor, Bio-Techne, C2i, Echonous, Eko, Fittrack, Gynesonics, Inqb8, Intervenn, Nautilus Biotechnology, New England Biolabs, Novogeneait, Paxman Coolers, Peijia, Portal Bioscience, Ritter, Trxade Health, Veranome Biosystems.
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