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Sep. 19, 2013

Device China annual conference: Hospital upgrades in China a boon for device companies

As many as three-quarters of Chinese hospitals are expanding or upgrading their infrastructure and this will give medical device companies with the right market reach an enormous opportunity over the next decade or more. Read More

The MDD Interview: Webb says patient selection hasbecome the key to future of TAVI

NeuroStar found to improve QOL in major depressive patients

Washington roundup: Final guidance for trial data systems tweaks draft slightly

Report from Europe: EU delays vote again regarding CE mark reform

HIT roundup: DSS to work with NY OMH to implement EHR, vxVistA

Financings roundup: Nanosphere raises about $27.7M in public offering

Agreements/contracts: Solstas to distribute Natera's prenatal test

Court report: Ivera files suit vs. Covidien alleging patent infringement

Patent watch: VeriTeQ receives 2 patents for its product portfolio

Restructuring roundup: Alphatec Spine to restructure Scient'x business operations

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Precision psychiatry beyond, or before, biomarkers

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There is broad agreement that psychiatric diagnoses in their current form are not reflective of any underlying biology, and that this is one of the things...

ADPD 2026: Can we prevent dementia? Scientists quantify it

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Neurodegenerative disease and cognitive decline cannot be explained by a single process. Beta-amyloid plaques, hyperphosphorylated tau, alpha-synuclein, activated...

Keros reports beneficial effects of RKER-065 in ALS model

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Keros Therapeutics Inc. has presented data regarding their activin receptor ligand trap, RKER-065, for the inhibition of the activin/myostatin signaling axis.

First-in-class POLG activator restores mtDNA across mutations

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Researchers from Pretzel Therapeutics Inc. presented preclinical data of PX-578, a first-in-class POLG activator aimed at restoring mtDNA replication and...