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Nov 29, 2024

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common cancer, accounting for approximately 85% of the total lung cancers in the United States. Almost 500K cases in the 7MM were diagnosed in 2022 alone. Moreover, significant deaths were recorded at the end of the same year. Analysis indicates that the most common ge...

Nov 25, 2022

Lung Cancer presents a heavy health and economic burden in Asia, being the most common form of cancer, with 60% of the world’s lung cancers being diagnosed there. Lung cancer is also present in more than 30% of non-smokers in Asia, specifically in adenocarcinomas, which is a subtype largely defined by oncogenic dri...

Nov 24, 2022

Mainstay Medical Published Post-Market Clinical Trial Data from Ongoing ReActiv8®-C Study  On November 22, 2022, Mainstay Medical, a medical devices company, announced that the data from the ReActiv8®-C study, a single-centre, real-world study with a one-year clinical follow-up of selected patients, is publ...

Nov 23, 2022

Sleep disorders (or sleep-wake disorders) are one of the major health burdens in today's time. Sleep is a fundamental process in human life and well-being, and these disorders largely remain untreated or, more often, misdiagnosed as psychiatric problems. Sleep disorders affect and change the way that a person sleep...

Nov 22, 2022

Merck to Acquire Imago BioSciences, Inc. for USD 1.35 Billion While its rumored acquisition of Seagen has yet to materialize, Merck & Co has continued to bolster its pipeline with smaller transactions, the most recent of which was a USD 1.35 billion agreement to acquire Imago BioSciences and its bomedemstat ...

Nov 21, 2022

RNA interference (RNAi) is a fundamental gene-silencing pathway in eukaryotic cells that involves an enzyme called dicer cleaving long pieces of double-stranded RNA into shorter fragments called siRNAs that can cleave complementary mRNA sequences with the help of the RISC complex and argonaute. RNA interference ...

Nov 17, 2022

Medtronic Launches World's First and Only Infusion Set for Insulin Pumps that Doubles Wear Time up to 7 days in the US  On November 15, 2022, Medtronic plc, a global leader in healthcare technology, announced the US launch of the Medtronic Extended infusion set, the first and only infusion set labeled for up to ...

Nov 18, 2022

Gene therapy is an experimental technique that introduces functional genes into a patient’s body to counteract or replace defective ones, thereby curing disease without using pharmaceuticals, radiotherapy, or surgery. Genetic defects that are difficult to treat with drugs or antibodies can be treated with therapy w...

Nov 16, 2022

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that is influenced by a wide variety of factors and is characterized by high or low blood glucose (or blood sugar) levels in the body. Diabetes is a major risk factor for blindness, kidney failure, heart attacks, stroke, and lower limb amputation. Also, it can significantly ...

Nov 15, 2022

Genentech’s gantenerumab Fails in Phase III Trial for Alzheimer’s Disease In yet another setback for an amyloid-targeting drug, Roche's Genentech division has reported disappointing top-line results from its highly anticipated phase III trial of gantenerumab in early Alzheimer's disease. The failure is entirely ...