Boomerang Medical Inc. knocked out its first target with a U.S. FDA breakthrough device designation for its bioelectronic device for treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The technology stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce inflammation for individuals with both types of IBD, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Read More
As companies increasingly use artificial intelligence (AI) in medical devices and applications to help treat and diagnose patients, innovators must be careful of excluding large sections of the population in their algorithms and in their data gathering process, delegates heard at the Medtech Futures conference in Cambridge, U.K. Read More
Test developers who are seeking coverage by public and private payers often resort to clinical practice guidelines as support for their pleas for coverage, but payers aren’t always persuaded by these guidelines. Lon Castle of Evicore Health told test makers that while these guidelines are often helpful, many of them are well ahead of the evidence, and that test developers would do well to check the data behind the guidelines before reciting them to payers. Read More
Elypta AB has devised new multi-cancer early detection technology leveraging plasma and urine glycosaminoglycans which can detect more than a dozen types of cancer in adults showing no symptoms. Read More
Scientists at the University of Virginia have discovered an anti-aging mechanism mediated by an enzyme that metabolizes alcohol. Alcohol dehydrogenase, which in Caenorhabditis elegans and yeast replaces the rejuvenating effect of autophagy, would reduce age-associated glycerol levels, also promoting longevity in mice and humans. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Biotouch, Centinel Spine, Illumina, Lab Logistics Management, Myriad, Natera, Stratus, Theradaptive, Titan Solutions. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Bigfoot Biomedical, Boomerang Medical, Convatec, Cordx, Neuro20. Read More
