Neuralace Medical Inc. tied up a second U.S. FDA clearance for its Axon therapy, adding painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN) to the chronic nerve pain indication it received in 2021. An ‘electroceutical’ device, Axon employs non-invasive magnetic peripheral nerve stimulation (mPNS) to provide relief without leads, injections or implants. Read More
The U.S. FDA accepted Novocure GmbH’s premarket approval (PMA) application to use its Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) technology together with standard systemic therapies to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following progression on or after platinum-based therapy. Novocure hopes that the application, under review, will get the green light and the therapy, which uses electric fields to disrupt solid tumors and kill cancer cells, will be on the market in the second half of 2024. Read More
Researchers from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and collaborators have successfully treated bladder tumors in mice using urease-powered nanobots. The testing consisted of the administration of 18F-nanorobots to tumor-bearing mice divided into four groups depending on tumor volumes using a group of non-tumor-bearing mice as control. Importantly, the therapy remained in the bladder with only a very small proportion of radioactivity seen in other organs. The results were published in Nature Nanotechnology on Jan. 15, 2024. Read More
In keeping with federal standards for classifying race and ethnicity data, the U.S. FDA issued a draft revision to broaden its 2016 guidance on the collection of such data in clinical trials. Read More
In its first patenting, Cambridge, U.K.-based Opto Biosystems Ltd. is seeking protection for implantable sensors that may be used in systems to measure chemical, biological, or electrical signals in the central and/or peripheral nervous systems. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Caredx, Emed Medical, Jenavalve, Lifeward, Natera, Newel Health, Orion, Peija, Rewalk, Science 37, Sequana Medical. Read More
