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Analytical laboratory makes lasting “Impact” on Midland
Original Post Not all heroes wear capes — some wear lab coats. Personal care products, pharmaceuticals, and medical devices need to be tested to ensure they meet industry standards for our safety. Think: anesthetics are delivered directly into the human body, so they must be uncontaminated; heart medications need to navigate through the body and…
Read MoreRTI Surgical Announces Spin Off of Businesses into Two Independent Companies
Original Source ALACHUA, Fla., Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — RTI Surgical, a global private label OEM company, announced today that the company will spin off its Metals business, creating two independent companies that are focused on the needs of customers and patients in their distinct market segments. Ownership of both companies will be retained by Montagu,…
Read MoreNeogen, 3M announce blockbuster merger to create ‘global leader’ in food safety
Original Source Lansing-based food and animal safety products manufacturer Neogen Corp. plans to combine with conglomerate 3M’s food safety business. The two companies say they signed a definitive agreement for a deal to create a new global food safety and security company valued at $9.3 billion. Shareholders at Neogen (Nasdaq: NEOG) would hold about 49.9 percent of the…
Read MoreuniQure and CSL Behring Announce Primary Endpoint Achieved in HOPE-B Pivotal Trial of Etranacogene Dezaparvovec Gene Therapy in Patients with Hemophilia B
~ Largest gene therapy study in hemophilia B achieved primary endpoint of non-inferiority in annualized bleeding rate after stable Factor IX (FIX) expression, assessed at 18 months following a single dose of etranacogene dezaparvovec ~ ~ Etranacogene dezaparvovec also achieved secondary endpoint demonstrating statistical superiority in reduction of annualized bleeding rate compared to baseline…
Read MorePraxis Bioresearch Seeks Regulatory Strategy Support from MMS Holdings to Develop Therapeutics for Alzheimer’s Disease
SACRAMENTO, Calif. 10/28/2021 – MMS Holdings (MMS) – a data-focused CRO – provided regulatory strategy support to Praxis Bioresearch in the development of a therapeutic for apathy in Alzheimer’s disease. This comes as Praxis was awarded a $2.9 Million Fast-Track SBIR Grant to advance the company’s lead development candidate, PRX-P4-003. Experts at MMS provided regulatory…
Read MoreLocal Entrepreneur Brings Medical Device Manufacturing software into 21st Century
Menlo Park Software Founder and CEO Rick Bollinger has begun an industry discovery campaign. He is interviewing manufacturing experts to explore their most pressing problems and how they deal with them. He says “medical device manufacture is a high-stakes industry”. It’s still using mainframe era software for product development and regulatory compliance. “what’s needed is 21st…
Read MoreStryker buys Gauss Surgical for its AI tech that tracks blood loss during childbirth
Original Source Stryker has snatched up Gauss Surgical after being drawn to its artificial intelligence-powered platform for monitoring a patient’s blood loss during surgery as well as following cesarean sections and childbirth. The company’s Triton system uses a computer vision app and an iPhone to visually measure a person’s loss of blood by capturing images of sponges,…
Read MoreGilbert Family Foundation Funds Clinical Study to Understand Vision Loss from NF1 Optic Pathway Glioma
Original Source September 14th, 2021 [DETROIT, MI] – The Gilbert Family Foundation, a private nonprofit established by Jennifer and Dan Gilbert to accelerate a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), today announced funding of a new $5.4 million clinical study. The study, to be led by investigators at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Stanford University School…
Read MoreNeogen acquires pet medications maker CAPInnoVet
Original Source LANSING — Food and animal safety products maker Neogen Corp. has bolstered its holding in the fast-growing veterinary market with the acquisition of an Atlanta-based companion animal health company. On Monday, Lansing-based Neogen (Nasdaq: NEOG) said it acquired CAPInnoVet Inc., a provider of pet medications that offer protection from fleas, ticks and mosquitoes at what…
Read MorePhenomics Health Validates Patented Technology Following Seed Financing Personalized Medicine for Medication Selection and Monitoring
Plymouth, MI – September 22, 2021 – Phenomics Health Inc., a platform bioinformatics-based precision medicine company, today announced completion of clinical product development and validation for its PrecīsMed™ pharmacometabolomics (PMx) technology in its new CLIA laboratory located at the Michigan Life Science and Innovation Center. The company’s laboratory operations, validation, as well as ongoing research…
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