Germitec SA received U.S. FDA de novo clearance for Chronos, its chemical-free, ultraviolet-C-based disinfection device for endocavitary and external ultrasound probes. The technology will help to protect patients and aid health care professionals in tackling cross-contaminations in U.S. hospitals, Vincent Gardès, CEO of Germitec, told BioWorld.
Norroy Bioscience Co. Ltd. has prepared drug conjugates comprising a radionuclide linked to a ligand targeting glutamate carboxypeptidase II (NAALADase; NAAG peptidase, FOLH1; PSMA) through a linker for use as positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging agents.
At the European Federation for Medicinal chemistry and Chemical biology’s International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC-ISMC) held this week in Rome, Novartis Biomedical Research reported the discovery and evaluation of NVP-EVS-459, a low molecular weight folate receptor (FR)-targeting radioconjugate, for the potential treatment and diagnosis of cancer.
Grail Inc.’s multi-cancer early detection test, Galleri, preferentially screens for aggressive prostate cancer, addressing concerns about overdiagnosis and subsequent overtreatment of indolent cancers, a study published in JCO Precision Oncology demonstrated.
A magistrate judge for a U.S. district court has recommend that Abbott Laboratories receive $54 million in damages for third-party diversion of glucose test strips into the U.S. from other nations.
Shares of Chinese and South Korean med-tech companies continued to rise after the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern Aug. 14 after recent outbreaks.
Nanocube Health Ltd. is developing accessible, low-cost nanorobots that could revolutionize diagnosis and treatment of hard-to-diagnose cancers, with pancreatic cancer being the initial focus.
Quantamatrix Inc. is advancing an Ultra-Rapid Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing sepsis diagnostic test, touted as having the world’s fastest all-in-one antimicrobial technology, to reduce sepsis diagnosis time from days to an average of 13 hours.
“Do dreams predict the future?” Abidemi Otaiku asked his audience at the 10th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology, currently being held in Helsinki. Most audience members, being hard-boiled scientists, did not believe they did. But Otaiku, whose work won the award for best clinical abstract at the conference, presented data indicating that in some cases, they can.