Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Cefaly Technology, Crossbay Medical, Fh Ortho, Immersivetouch, Micro Medical Solutions, Sonivie.
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: OIG: Medicare overpaid for facet-joint injections; FDA posts IIE policy for non-COVID tests.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in oncology, including: Study finds fluorescence visualization not associated with reduced recurrence of oral cancer; Immunocytokines jump-start anti-glioblastoma immunity; Study backs protons in treatment of localized prostate cancer.
Two teams of researchers have developed miniature models of the human heart that beat and function like the full-size organ. The team from Michigan State University (MSU) and Washington University in St. Louis developed a human heart organoid (hHO) that recapitulates embryonic heart development, providing an unmatched view into congenital heart defects. The organoid created by the researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Clemson University mimics the tissue dysfunction that occurs following a heart attack.
Time is of the essence when treating patients with advanced or metastatic cancer, and diagnostic insights can inform treatment plans. To that end, Exact Sciences Corp. has launched its Oncotype MAP Pan-Cancer Tissue test for patients with advanced, metastatic, refractory or recurrent cancer. From a small tissue sample, the test detects genomic alterations in hundreds of cancer-related genes, helping doctors better depict a patient’s tumor and recommend effective therapies or clinical trials.
NEW DELHI – India’s digital health market is poised to grow rapidly over the next five years propelled by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to two new reports.