Ziwig SAS, which leads the race for a simple diagnostic for endometriosis, picked up the pace with a fast-track reimbursement decision in France for its Endotest, the first saliva-based diagnostic assay for endometriosis.

Serac Healthcare Ltd.’s imaging agent, 99m Tc-maraciclatide, enables visualization of early-stage endometriosis, preliminary data from a study presented last week at the Society for Reproductive Investigation conference in Vancouver demonstrated. With millions of women suffering from the debilitating condition globally, maraciclatide has the potential to not only help with diagnosis but also with the development of new therapeutics, David Hail, CEO of Serac, told BioWorld.