In an age of overwhelming volumes of data that don’t fall together effortlessly into a lucid representation of reality, computational power is often the vital ingredient in leveraging existing data to push the frontiers of medicine. The Cleveland Clinic and IBM unveiled a quantum computing center that provides the sheer computational power needed to sort through the avalanche of data at a pace that will provide real insights into drug development and disease prediction, a development that portends truly revolutionary advances in disease prevention and treatment.

Anixa Biosciences Inc. and the Moffitt Cancer Center now have details the FDA said it needs regarding their CAR T therapy development program. The collaborators said the information can be provided to the FDA in about 30 days. The agency then has 30 days to respond.

CLEVELAND – Patents took center stage on the final morning of Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovation Summit, with two experts shedding some light on the issues surrounding patentability – particularly in light of recent legal cases and a hearing before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

CLEVELAND – The list is out, and a dual-acting osteoporosis drug and a device for expanding the use of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery have come out on top.