Osang Healthcare Co. Ltd. is attempting a second listing on the Kosdaq market with an IPO, planned sometime in March, to fund the company’s growth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researchers at Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) and University of British Columbia have identified radiolabeled compounds targeting glutamate carboxypeptidase II (NAALADase; NAAG peptidase, FOLH1; PSMA) acting as positron-emission tomography (PET) imaging agents with low uptake in salivary glands and kidneys reported to be useful for the diagnosis of prostate cancer.
The U.S. National Institutes of Health reported the launch of a network for clinical trials that will examine the utility of cancer screening tools, which will start with a pilot study of multi-cancer detection (MCD) tests.
In what represents its first patenting, San Diego-based Intrigue Health Inc. seeks protection for a diagnostic kit that its inventors say will bring clinical laboratory quality testing directly into the home and to non-health care facilities. They say their invention will enable consumers to move from symptom to treatment in hours from the convenience of where they are, which will lead to better health outcomes and much happier consumers.
Alamar Biosciences Inc.’s substantially oversubscribed series C pushed the company’s total funds raised to $250 million. The company closed the first $100 million on Feb. 26 and expects to close an additional $28 million within 30 days. The target for the series C was $100 million. The funds will be used to drive market adoption of its Argo HT system and nucleic acid linked immune-sandwich assay sequencing (NULISAseq) inflammation panel 250 for deep profiling of immune response.
In what represents its first patenting, San Diego-based Intrigue Health Inc. seeks protection for a diagnostic kit that its inventors say will bring clinical laboratory quality testing directly into the home and to non-healthcare facilities.
A new cutting-edge blood-based biomarker test developed by researchers at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology can detect early Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI), with accuracy rates surpassing 96% and 87% respectively, and could be a game changer in detecting and treading early AD.
South Korea’s MFDS gave regulatory clearance to SK Inc. C&C’s artificial intelligence (AI) solution to diagnose cerebral infarction called Medical Insight+ Brain Infarct on Feb. 22, as a class III device.
Unless there’s a last-minute meeting of the minds, it looks like any extension of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) five-year intellectual property waiver for COVID-19 vaccines will be shelved, at least for now.
X-trodes Ltd. has received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance for its Smart Skin solution, a wireless wearable technology that allows for medical-grade electrophysiological monitoring in clinics and at home. The company believes that the Smart Skin technology, which captures signals from the brain, heart, eyes and muscles, has the potential to significantly improve patient care.