Keeping you up to date on recent developments in cardiology, including: COVID-19's influence on broken heart syndrome; Researchers see hope with blood test for advancing heart failure treatment; Antiplatelet med could treat heart attack.
Regulatory snapshots, including global drug submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Generex, Immuron, Karyopharm, Molecular Partners, Neoimmunetech, Orchard, Orphazyme, Osmotica, Sanifit, Sorrento.
LONDON – From the start of the pandemic antibodies have been the main focus of attempts to understand the immune response to SARS-CoV-2 and ascertain what it will take for vaccines to be protective.
The U.S. FDA’s interest in harmonizing its regulations for medical devices with an international standard is a matter of record, but the agency has found this to be an enormously complicated task. Kim Trautman, executive vice president for medical device services at NSF International, of Ann Arbor, Mich., told BioWorld that the task of rewriting Part 820 to meet ISO 13485 in the middle is no mean feat, but also that it may be delayed again, this time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Keeping you up to date on recent developments in neurology, including: Phantom-limb pain reduced through brain-computer interface training; Anxiety, depression in COVID-19 patients with loss of smell and taste; HBOT improves cognitive function of older adults.
LONDON – While the pandemic raged, Brexit was simmering on the back burner, but now as infections wane, the industry is turning its attention back to being ready for the U.K. cutting ties with the EU at the end of December.
Biopharma happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Applied DNA, Aptorum, Bio-Thera, Curadigm, Cyclerion, Fairhaven, Liminal, Ocular, Orphazyme, Pharmapark, Takis.