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BioWorld - Monday, May 16, 2022
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Beacon, Stratus partner to bring machine learning to at-home EEG monitoring

May 13, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Beacon Biosignals Inc. has teamed up with Stratus Inc., a provider of electroencephalogram (EEG) services, to improve at-home brain monitoring and neurodiagnostics using Beacon’s machine learning-driven neuroanalytics platform. The collaboration will increase opportunities for home-based studies of Alzheimer’s and other neurological diseases.
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Neuronetics wins FDA nod for Neurostar TMS for OCD

May 11, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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The FDA has greenlighted Neuronetics Inc.’s Neurostar transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) system as an adjunct treatment for adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The noninvasive treatment, which uses repetitive, focused magnetic pulses to stimulate brain cells, is already cleared and marketed in the U.S., Japan and select other countries for major depressive disorder (MDD).
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Abbott’s Tacticath scores high in persistent atrial fibrillation study

May 4, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Abbott Laboratories reported results from its PERSIST-END study demonstrating that close to nine in 10 patients treated for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) with its Tacticath contact force ablation, sensor-enabled (Tacticath SE) were free of symptoms of their arrhythmia over 15 months of follow-up. The study’s findings, which supported a November 2021 FDA approval for persistent AF, also showed significant improvement in patients’ quality of life and a more than 50% cut in the use of health care resources, the company said.
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Tectraum completes Pro2cool concussion therapy study

May 4, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Hypothermic therapy startup Tectraum Inc. has finished enrolling patients in a pivotal trial of its Pro2cool device for the treatment of concussion. The company expects to submit the results to the U.S. FDA to support regulatory clearance by the end of this year and commercially launch Pro2cool in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2023.
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Samsara Vision to initiate IDE trial of next-gen implant for late-stage AMD

April 27, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Samsara Vision Inc. has received FDA approval to begin a U.S.-based PMA supplement trial to assess improvements in visual acuity and safety of its smaller-incision next-generation implantable miniature telescope, called SING IMT, in people with late-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The device has been available in the EU since 2020.
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Biofourmis lands $300M series D to fuel DTx, virtual care offerings

April 26, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Biofourmis Inc. secured $300 million in a series D financing led by General Atlantic, with participation by CVS Health and existing investors. The round lifted the Boston-based company’s valuation to more than $1 billion and unicorn status, according to executives. Biofourmis will use the funds to drive next-stage growth in its virtual care offerings and digital therapeutics (DTx).
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Blackrock Neurotech snaps up Mindx to drive brain-computer interface implants

April 25, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Blackrock Neurotech LLC has acquired spatial computing software startup Mindx Corp. to advance full-stack brain-computer interface (BCI) products. As part of the transaction, Mindx’s augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be integrated with Blackrock’s BCI hardware.
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Impel’s migraine nasal spray affirmed in new data

April 14, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Impel Neuropharma Inc. presented multiple abstracts affirming the effectiveness of Trudhesa (dihydroergotamine mesylate) nasal spray in treating migraine attacks. The data – all subsets from the phase III, open-label, pivotal STOP-301 trial – show that acute use of Trudhesa delivered via Impel’s Precision Olfactory Delivery (POD) technology may enhance patients’ quality of life by reducing migraine-associated disability, prolonging headache-free periods and limiting the number of migraine attacks over time.
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Quanterix Simoa leveraged in large reference study of sNfL to assess MS

April 8, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Quanterix Corp.’s Simoa technology helped drive a large, international study to establish reference ranges of serum neurofilament light chain (sNfL) to assess individual disease activity and drug response in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study, published in The Lancet Neurology, utilized Simoa’s ability to precisely detect sNfL protein at ultra-low levels, enabling it to be reliably measured across a broad range of healthy individuals.
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Study validates Cefaly’s e-TNS therapy for at-home acute migraine treatment

April 6, 2022
By Meg Bryant
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Cefaly Technology sprl reported results from a phase III clinical trial showing that two-hour treatment with its Cefaly Dual external trigeminal nerve stimulation (e-TNS) device is a safe and effective nonpharmaceutical option for acute migraine treatment in a nonhospital setting.
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