Regenerative medicine company Avita Medical Inc. raised AU$23 million (US$15 million) through a private placement on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX:AVH) to support growth of its Recell therapeutic acute wound portfolio. Funds raised will support continued growth of the company’s therapeutic acute wound portfolio and will cover operations through 2026.
Some Apple Watch users will be able to monitor their blood oxygen levels through their iPhone, thanks to a software update the company planned to issue Aug. 14. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company pulled the feature from its watches in the U.S. in 2024, following a patent dispute with Masimo Corp., of Irvine, Calif., that threatened an import ban.
In a regulatory round-up, the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency opened a survey regarding in-house device manufacturing, the EU Notified Bodies staffed up last year and the Singapore Health Sciences Authority and the Hong Kong Department of Health agreed to share information.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Apreo Health, Providence Medical Technology, Ultrasound AI.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Avodah, Avodahmed, Protest Diagnostics, Pulse 4 Pulse, Syncell, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Trinity Biotech.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Deepsight, Sonic Incytes.
The difference between the origin of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and its symptoms is an obstacle to finding effective treatments. Scientists focused on amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau aggregates to slow neurodegeneration and cognitive decline. Without identifying what causes AD, approved treatments do not provide much benefit.
Colorectal cancer is among the most common malignant tumor types and the second leading cause of tumor-related deaths worldwide. Tumor necrosis factor α-induced protein 8-like protein 2 (TIPE2) is a protein member of the TIPE family and highly expressed in immune cells. The prognostic impact and the relationship with tumor immunity of TIPE2 plus other immune markers such as CD8, CD20 and CD66b were evaluated in colorectal cancer by researchers from First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University and collaborators.
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