Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Access Bio, Almac Sciences, Areum Bio, Bellaseno, Bio-Rad, Ensysce Biosciences, ERS Genomics, Exothera, Hart Medical Equipment, Icon, Leisure Acquisition Corp., Nippon Gene, Nonacus, Northwest Ohio Medical Equipment, Novigenix, Ossis, Pall, Pamgene, PRA Health Sciences, Qiagen, Seegene, Spinelife.com, Sysmex, Vivera, Zimmer Biomet.
Neuropace Inc. nabbed $9 million in the form of a five-year NIH grant as part of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. The grant will support the study of the Mountain View, Calif.-based company’s Responsive Neurostimulation (RNS) system in patients with Lennox-Gastuat syndrome (LGS), a debilitating form of epilepsy.
The Supreme Court of the U.S. delivered its decision in the case of Minerva v. Hologic, a case that tested the boundaries of the doctrine of assignor estoppel, which bars a patent's seller (assignor) from attacking the patent's validity in subsequent patent infringement litigation.
Merck KGaA is partnering with Neuroloop GmbH, a subsidiary of B. Braun SE, to develop a neurostimulator device that can complement existing drug therapies for people with chronic inflammatory diseases. The collaboration aims to adapt Neuroloop’s neurostimulation platform to enable targeted treatment of chronic inflammatory ailments. The new bioelectronics program intends to open up new technologies and markets that are close to Merck’s electronics and health care business sectors.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Abbott, Amoy Diagnostics, Cibiltech, Interventional Systems, Neuroelectrics, Riken Genesis, Viz.ai.
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Bioskryb, Caredx, Evolus, Hyperfine, Medifirst, N2 Biomedical, Privia, Stilla Technologies.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Accelerate Diagnostics, Histogen, Imaginab, Theranica.
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