Clinics, urgent care centers, busy hospitals, and patients can count on Hemoscreen, a miniaturized point-of-care hematology analyzer made by Pixcell Medical Technologies Ltd., to provide accurate complete blood count (CBC) results, according to a study published in the Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine. The study found the small unit better differentiates between cells and adapts to inference than conventional laboratory blood analysis.
New and updated preclinical and clinical data presented by biopharma firms at the American Society of Hematology’s annual meeting, Dec. 5-8, including: Company List: Gamida, Glycomimetics, Janssen, Jasper, Kadmon, Keros, Kiadis, Kleo, Maat, Macrogenics, Medigene, Mesoblast, Mustang, Novartis, Oncopeptides, Oncternal, Oryzon, Pfizer, Pharmaessentia, Protagonist, Sangamo, Roche, Rocket, Schrodinger, Seagen, Sierra Oncology, Sumitomo, Sutro, Synthekine, Teneobio, TG, Treadwell, Uniqure, Xencor.
Questions of durability came up regarding Curis Inc.’s latest data with CA-4948, but that didn’t stop shares from soaring to $6.55 by day’s end, an increase of $5.11, or 355%. The ride came after Lexington, Mass.-based Curis rolled out positive preliminary data from the firm’s ongoing open-label, single-arm phase I dose-escalation study with the compound.