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Mar 15, 2021

An X-linked recessive disorder, Hemophilia occurs predominantly in males with females being the carriers. Patients diagnosed with Hemophilia usually lack one of the two proteins essential for the blood coagulation cascade namely factor VIII (FVIII) and factor IX (FIX). On the basis of the different blood coagulatio...

Mar 12, 2021

More than 100 million people are living with one or the other form of Chronic Pain in the USA, says the Institute of Medicine. The available treatments to tackle cancer, as well as non-cancer pain, include nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), acetaminophen, opioids, or combinations of opioids and non-narc...

Mar 11, 2021

Valo Health receives USD 110 Million Series B from Koch Valo Health launched in September with USD 100 million and a couple of acquisitions under its belt to transform drug development and cut years off R&D timelines. Now, it is filling with USD 110 million from Koch Disruptive Technologies that will bolster...

Mar 10, 2021

Over the past few decades, the onset of technology has significantly improved the healthcare outcome for almost every section of society. Similarly, diagnostics, one of the critical segments of the healthcare system, have also been revamped remarkably. Earlier, even for a minor diagnostic test, the patient had to w...

Mar 09, 2021

Gilead's Kite Receives Expanded Approval for its CAR-T Yescarta's in Follicular Lymphoma  Gilead’s Kite has successfully secured success in launching the first-ever chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy in the Follicular Lymphoma Market. The US FDA approved the Yescarta for adults with relapsed or ...

Mar 08, 2021

A Royal Disease: Hemophilia  During the 19th-century British monarch's son Leopold, Duke of Albany slipped and died of blood loss. Not only once, but Queen Victoria’s grandsons died at a comparatively younger age. Thus, it was thought that male descendants of the royal family are cursed. Hence, the assumed ...

Mar 05, 2021

Cancer is often challenging, however, diagnosis of rare cancer poses extra difficulties. Of all the diagnosed cancers, approximately 22% of the cases are rare cancers. According to the US National Cancer Institute, a cancer rare cancers as those with an incidence of fewer than 15 cases per 100 000 per year. Rare...

Mar 04, 2021

Novavax targets approval for the COVID-19 vaccine in the US Novavax is targeting a second-quarter FDA filing for emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. The aim hints the U.S. could join the U.K. on the list of countries to permit the vaccine in the first half of the year. The vaccine’s success in a 15,000-sub...

Mar 03, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the healthcare systems. Not just healthcare; in fact, the whole world came to a standstill. However, technology has played a crucial role in addressing some of the critical issues. The Covid-19 has accelerated the digital transformation and technological...

Mar 02, 2021

Evotec, Chinook Therapeutics to Advance Chronic Kidney Diseases Therapy Market Evotec and Chinook Therapeutics have collaborated to develop and discover precision medicine therapies for patients with chronic kidney diseases (CKD). The duo plans to jointly identify, characterize and validate novel mechanisms and ...