Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Boston Scientific, Cormedix.
The U.S. FDA’s Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee has a lot to discuss Nov. 17, but only one voting question: Does the evidence demonstrate that Merck & Co. Inc.’s gefapixant provides a clinically meaningful benefit to adults with refractory or unexplained chronic cough?
The time to diagnosis of sepsis infection to a patient in the hospital can be critical, with underdiagnosis resulting in rapid deterioration, risk of organ damage and need for readmission, and overdiagnosis leading to the avoidable and sometimes serious health consequences of overtreating patients with broad-spectrum antibiotics.
Lunit Inc. is the latest South Korean firm to gain the U.S. FDA’s 510(k) clearance for Lunit Insight DBT, its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered breast cancer diagnostic tool that analyzes digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images, boosting its efforts to enter the U.S. market. The company also reported that it secured $150 million in a public offering.
Siemens Healthineers AG appears to be committed to its Diagnostics business after Jochen Schmitz, CFO, pushed back at rumors speculating that the German company was looking at options for the underperforming segment, including a sale.
The artificial intelligence (AI) space doesn’t exactly lack for stakeholders, but the roster of stakeholders in the U.S. is poised to grow by hundreds of millions, according to Laura Adams, senior advisor at the U.S. National Academy of Medicine.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Aqtual, Cardiawave, Element Science, Flow Therapy, Route 92.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Biocardia, Brixton, Lunit, Mednition, Vyspine.