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Aug 23, 2021

Rare diseases, collectively, can not be considered rare at all. According to the National Institute of Health, approximately 30 million Americans that makeup 10% of the total American population, are affected by one of the 7,000 known rare diseases. However, the challenges manifested by the Rare patient population ...

Aug 20, 2021

Fecal Incontinence (FI) is a condition in which individuals lose the control of bowel movements leading to unexpected, involuntary leakage of stools. Also known as Bowel Incontinence, it is a result of constipation, diarrhea, and nerve damage due to aging. The condition can be of two types: urge incontinence, where...

Aug 19, 2021

Boston Scientific starts recruitment for randomized controlled trials for the EkoSonic™ Endovascular System On August 04, 2021, Boston Scientific Corporation started the enrolment in the HI-PEITHO clinical trial, which is a collaborative research study with the Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Cons...

Aug 18, 2021

As per the WHO, “the number of people affected with Diabetes has grown significantly from 108 million in 1980 to 422 million in 2014. A rising trend in prevalence is observed in low- and middle-income countries as compared to high-income countries”. Additionally, Diabetes is a significant cause of the number of dea...

Aug 17, 2021

FDA’s Green Flag to Keytruda and Lenvima combination by Merck and Eisai for Advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC) The FDA approved the combination of Keytruda and Lenvima produced by Merck and Eisai, as a first-line treatment of adult patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC). The efficacy and safety resul...

Aug 16, 2021

Depression is a common and serious medical condition that affects the way people behave, act and think in a negative manner. Also known as Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) or clinical depression, it leads to a persistent feeling of sadness. It affects more than 300 million people of all ages globally and is the lead...

Aug 13, 2021

Clinical trials are an essential part of the drug development process. Worldwide, more than 2 million clinical trials are registered and the number is steadily increasing over the past several years. While clinical trials are pivotal to analyze the efficacy of any new therapy or drug, every year, a lot is spent on ...

Aug 12, 2021

LQT Therapeutics secures USD 19 Million to tackle heart diseases with Sanofi compounds LQT Therapeutics intends to tackle debilitating heart arrhythmias with limited interventions, and investors are planting a seed in the biotech's heart with USD 19 million.  The two-year-old Canadian biotech will utiliz...

Aug 11, 2021

The last decade has experienced immense growth in the Healthcare Sector, partly due to funds and finance, but mainly due to all the advancement in the technological aspect utilized. Healthcare Technology commonly known as ‘Healthtech’ is the usage of technology developed to aid all healthcare related activities or ...

Aug 10, 2021

FDA Approves Keytruda in Both Adjuvant and Neoadjuvant Setting in High-Risk Early-Stage TNBC In July 2021, the US FDA approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for high-risk, early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in combination with chemotherapy as neoadjuvant treatment and then continued as a single agent as...