Sunbird Bio Inc.’s Neural EV-tau aggregate assay demonstrated 92% correlation with PET scans in identifying individuals with Alzheimer’s disease, a study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, on July 30 found.
The U.S. CMS proposed a series of changes to the Medicare series of codes for diagnostic-related groups, and device makers had pointed remarks about some of those proposals.
The U.S. FDA proposed to overhaul guidances for maxillofacial systems that accumulated at least 18 years' of dust, in an effort to keep up to date with modern medical technology.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Agilent, Beckman Coulter, Biogen, Dotmatics, Fujirebio, Laboratory Corp., Sigsense, Smith & Nephew, Ultima Genomics, Venturemed.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Airs Medical, Haemonetics, Stryker, Varian, Vialase
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With the COVID-19 pandemic still visible in the rearview mirror, the World Health Organization (WHO) is taking no chances as it preps for human avian influenza, or H5N1, a subtype of influenza A.
The U.S. FDA approved the PMA application for the Shield test by Guardant Health Inc., a diagnostic for colorectal cancer that avoids some of the issues with alternative diagnostic methods. There are lingering questions about Medicare coverage and physician adoption, however, the answers to which may take a year or two to emerge.
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