Reflexion Medical Inc. appears to be on a roll. A little more than a month after unveiling a tie up with Merck & Co. Inc., it now has reported a collaboration with Telix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a radiopharmaceutical company developing molecularly targeted radiation products. Read More
Virtual care provider Doctor On Demand has scooped up $75 million in a series D round led by General Atlantic, with participation from existing investors. The funds are earmarked to fuel the company’s growth and expand access to comprehensive telehealth services across the U.S. Combined with earlier financings, the San Francisco-based company has raised nearly $240 million to date. Read More
The U.S. FDA’s priorities for testing for the SARS-CoV-2 virus have shifted as circumstances have changed, and the agency is putting more emphasis into testing of pooled samples. Toby Lowe, the associate director of the Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health (OIR), said on the July 8 diagnostic town hall that the agency wants to encourage test developers to work on their existing EUAs for pooled sampling. Read More
Two subcommittees of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee have moved their respective appropriations proposals for the FDA and the NIH, restarting a process that has worked smoothly over the past couple of years. Still, Republicans in both committees objected to the use of emergency funding mechanisms in lieu of more routine appropriations. Read More
Plymouth, Minn.-based Nonin Medical Inc. gained a U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Co-Pilot wireless hand-held multiparameter system (H500). The system is expected to be used by first responders to evaluate various oxygenation and respiratory-related parameters in patients after incidents such as cardiac arrest, traumatic injury, carbon monoxide or smoke inhalation. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: 3M, American Medical Depot, Attomarker, Becton Dickinson, Bia Separations, Biolase, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Daxor, Decision Diagnostics, Eos Imaging, Guardant Health, Genex India Bioscience, Global Swift Sensor Distribution, Incode, It Technologies, Janssen Biotech, Ocutrx, Paragon Genomics, Philips, Pulmatrix, Qualcomm, Roche, Run:AI, Sensory Cloud, Smiths Detection, Sonde Health, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Ultraviolet Devices. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Balt, Nonin Medical, Saladax Biomedical, Urocam. Read More
The latest global regulatory news, changes and updates affecting medical devices and technologies, including: Luminex, Modern Allergy Management, WHO. Read More
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in orthopedics, including: Buzzing to rebuild broken bone; Tiny mineral particles are better vehicles for promising gene therapy; New trial results question standard treatment plan for rheumatoid arthritis. Read More
