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Jul 01, 2021

LivaNova Secures FDA Approval for Clinical Study to Assess the aura6000 System for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment   On June 15, 2021, LivaNova PLC received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to continue with its investigational device exemption (IDE) clinical study, “Treating Ob...

Jun 30, 2021

Wearables are electronic devices that are worn on the body part to track, analyze and transmit real-time personal data of the health or workout. The wearables come in different forms and sizes and some of the most common devices include a fitness tracker, headbands, posture monitors, wearable patches, smart glasses...

Jun 29, 2021

A New Dawn for CRISPR, Intellia Edits Cells Inside the Body Intellia Therapeutics, along with its partner Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, recently announced its successful attempt in editing the cells inside the body leveraging the CRISPR technique. The world’s first-ever trial that has their DNA edited through an in...

Jun 28, 2021

Diabetes is a condition in which the blood glucose (blood sugar) level is abnormally high. Glucose, which is obtained from the food consumed, is the primary source of energy in the body. However, the excess glucose level in the blood can cause health issues over time and can lead to vision disorders like Diabetic R...

Jun 25, 2021

The Implantable Cardiac Monitors (ICM), also known as implantable loop recorders (ILR), are subcutaneous, single-lead, electrocardiographic (ECG) monitoring devices, which are employed for the diagnosis in patients with recurrent unexplained episodes associated with syncope or palpitations, for extended monitoring ...

Jun 24, 2021

Insilico Medicine raises USD 255 Million for AI drug discovery Insilico Medicine, a Hong Kong-based global leader in end-to-end artificial intelligence for target discovery, small molecule chemistry, and clinical development, closed a USD 255 Million Series C financing. Warburg Pincus led the round with parti...

Jun 23, 2021

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurological and developmental condition that impacts a person’s social, communication, and behavioral aspects of life. It results in persistent restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior or interests.  It is a lifelong condition and mainly appears during the early ...

Jun 22, 2021

Horizon Dishes Out Million Dollars to get Arrowhead's RNAi Drug Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals and Horizon Therapeutics have announced a research and development collaboration to advance the treatment landscape for uncontrolled gout. Under the terms and conditions, Arrowhead is bound to receive an upfront sum of U...

Jun 21, 2021

Presbyopia is the gradual loss of near-focusing ability that occurs with age—a condition that occurs when people get older and prevails as a quite common one in many individuals. The reasons for this lack of accommodation power are undetermined. It is commonly assumed that this is due to the lens being less elastic...

Jun 17, 2021

Mallinckrodt earns FDA nod for regenerative skin therapy for burns Mallinckrodt plc’s Stratagraft gained FDA approval for use in deep partial-thickness thermal burns. The company said regenerative skin tissue therapy could lessen or eliminate the requirement of autografting of healthy skin to treat burn wounds. ...