HONG KONG – In vitro diagnostic company Cube Bio Co. Ltd., of Seoul, South Korea, has inked an agreement worth KRW3 trillion (US$2.5 billion) with Moscow-based Standart-Biotest LLC to export its cancer self-diagnostic kits for five years to Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Read More
The leucine-repeat rich kinase 2 (Lrrk2) gets most of its attention in the context of Parkinson's disease (PD). Variants in Lrrk2 are a major cause of familial PD (though familial PD makes up only a small fraction of overall PD cases). Read More
Roughly 10% of newborns require some form of assistance at birth, and 1% need major resuscitative efforts. The time to help one of these babies can be measured in minutes, so having the right specialist on hand can have a huge impact on the child's outcome. Six-and-a-half years ago, the Mayo Clinic launched the Newborn Resuscitation Telemedicine Program (NRTP) to offer telemedicine consults to community hospitals within its health system during high-risk neonatal resuscitations. The program has been successful in reducing unnecessary transfers and growing the number of patient referrals to Mayo Clinic. Read More
A bipartisan group of 43 members of the U.S. House of Representatives has inked a letter to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), objecting to planned Medicare cuts for myocardial positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. The letter argues that the proposed rate cut of 72% would hamper access to a procedure that is typically provided in physician offices – and puts the onus on the CMS to justify the rate cut. Read More
At just under $30 billion raised through the third quarter, company financings have reached a three-year high in the ever-burgeoning industry of medical technology. The amount, according to data collected by BioWorld MedTech, compares with $25.76 billion for all of 2018, and $19.4 billion for all of 2017, indicating an increase of 15% and 53%, respectively. Read More
