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BioWorld MedTech

Dec. 19, 2019

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Liquid biopsy-focused Rarecyte scoops up $22M in new funding

Rarecyte Inc., a Seattle-based company making products for tissue and cell analysis, reported picking up $22 million in a series F financing round led by Healthquest Capital. Also participating in the round were existing investors 5AM Ventures and Ron Seubert, Rarecyte’s founder and chief technology officer. The company plans to use the funds to expand global sales of its instruments and consumables platform in research clinical markets. Read More
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Guardant360 liquid biopsy quickly identifies targetable mutations in breast cancer

The Guardant360 assay accurately detected genomic alterations that permit patient matching to targeted therapies, according to a presentation of the plasmaMATCH study at the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. The study is the largest ever performed for a liquid biopsy. Read More
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Ingestible medication tracking gets second entrant with FDA nod for Etectrx

Gainesville, Fla.-based startup Etectrx Inc. has secured an FDA clearance for its ingestible event marker system, the ID-Cap system. The startup is following in the footsteps of Redwood City, Calif.-based Proteus Digital Health Inc., which pioneered the category. The Etectrx approach, however, obviates the need for a skin-worn patch to monitor a signal from an ingestible sensor delivered with medication that’s been taken. It is the first to transmit a signal directly from within the body to a receiver that’s worn on a lanyard. Read More
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U.S. spending bill to ease upcoming transition for ‘deemed’ biologics

One sentence buried more than 1,500 pages into a fiscal 2020 spending bill the U.S. Senate passed Thursday could open the door to a broader range of insulin biosimilars. The provision, requested by the FDA, expands the definition of a “biological product” to include chemically synthesized polypeptides. Read More
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Biolog-id raises $33M for roll out of its smart management solution for delicate health care products

PARIS – Biolog-id SAS, specialists in traceability and management of delicate health care products (red blood cells, plasma, platelets and chemotherapy substances), has just raised $33 million from fund managers Xerys Gestion. “Thanks to this new funding, we will be able to roll out our smart traceability solutions worldwide. These are used for managing labile blood products and plasma fractionation,” Jean-Claude Mongrenier, founder and CEO of the Boulogne-Billancourt, France-based company, told BioWorld MedTech. Read More
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Establishment Labs eyes the Japanese market

Establishment Labs SA, from the Virgin Islands and with main manufacturing and marketing operations in Alajuela, Costa Rica, where it was founded, is entering the Japanese market with what it says is a revolutionary breast implant solution, starting this month. Read More

Appointments and advancements for Dec. 19, 2019

New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry. Read More

Financings for Dec. 19, 2019

Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings. Read More

In the clinic for Dec. 19, 2019

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications. Read More

Other news to note for Dec. 19, 2019

Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief. Read More

Regulatory actions for Dec. 19, 2019

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations. Read More

Bioworld MedTech’s Diagnostics Extra for Dec. 19, 2019

Keeping you up to date on recent developments in diagnostics. Read More

BioWorld MedTech Patent Highlights: Week 50

BioWorld MedTech presents Patent Highlights, an excerpt of the most important med-tech patents from this week's Cortellis Patents Gazette. Read More

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