Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Intuitive Surgical, Ortho Development.
In a recent study led by Soman Abraham from Duke University, investigators observed that an increase in nociceptive sensory nerves in urinary tract biopsies from patients with recurrent urinary tract infections (rUTIs) was linked to elevated nerve growth factor (NGF) from monocytes and mast cells. This overgrowth of nerve cells appeared to cause lingering symptoms after rUTIs.
Wuxi Apptec quit its membership in the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) after U.S. Congressman Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) sent a March 5 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland, asking the Department of Justice to investigate BIO because its lobbying efforts on behalf of Wuxi suggested it was operating as an unregistered agent of a foreign company while advancing the interests of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Axonics, Bonesupport, Cosm Medical.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Exact Sciences, Guardant Health, Naveris, Neurometrix, Prelude.