Top news of the week: 29.06.2021.
Healthcare
Peter Bach, industry critic, joins company aiming to make blood tests to detect cancer
The director of Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Center for Health Policy and Outcomes will become the chief medical officer of Delfi Diagnostics.
Supervisory Board
Prior to co-founding Kreos, Maurizio was managing partner of PMA Europe, London, a consulting partnership focused on assisting private equity firms and corporate clients in …
Pieris Pharmaceuticals Announces Inhaled CTGF Inhibitor PRS-220 for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and 17 Million Dollar Grant From Bavarian Government To Accelerate Program Development for Post-COVID-19 Pulmonary Fibrosis
PRS-220, an oral inhaled Anticalin protein targeting CTGF, a fully proprietary drug candidate for respiratory disease, is being developed as a local treatment for idiopathic …
Long COVID in a prospective cohort of home-isolated patients
Analysis of a prospectively enrolled cohort of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infections in Bergen, Norway, reveals a high proportion of patients who experienced long COVID symptoms at 6 months, ...
Biogen, fresh off coveted FDA nod for Aduhelm, must now navigate ethics minefield for phase 4 trial
After the Aduhelm approval set a precedent for FDA clearance based on surrogate endpoints, all eyes will be on Biogen as it conducts a trial in the post-approval environment. The biotech, ...
UPDATED: In Major CRISPR Milestone, Intellia Successfully Edits Genes Inside the Body
Interim results from the Phase I study presented at the Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting demonstrated that the investigational therapy, NTLA-2001, greatly reduced the disease-causing ...
Cardior Pharmaceuticals: Pioneering Study Confirms Pivotal Role of Antisense microRNA Approach in the Treatment of Pathologic Hypertrophy of the Heart
— First-ever data on therapeutic miR-132 inhibition in a large animal model of nonischemic heart failure with cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis — Peer-reviewed publication in the …
The Healthcare and Macro-Economic Impacts of Living with Endemic COVID – Listening to Fitch
Getting totally rid of the coronavirus isn’t likely, so we humans must accept the fact that SARS-CoV-2 will be endemic. The economic and healthcare system impacts of this were explored in ...