Taris Biomedical today announced positive results from the second arm of a study of its TAR-200 system for the treatment of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC). The most recent study arm involved 10 patients treated with TAR-200 and yielded positive safety, tolerability and preliminary efficacy data, according to Lexington, Mass.-based Taris. Combined data from […]
AbbVie to buy Allergan for $63 billion
Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie (NYSE:ABBV) said today it will acquire Allergan (NYSE:AGN) for $63 billion in cash and stock. The purchase is seen as a hedge against the impending expiration of U.S. patents on AbbVie’s blockbuster drug, Humira. AbbVie will pay Allergan shareholders $188.24 per share of Allergan stock, a 45% premium to yesterday’s closing price. Humira […]
Ocular Therapeutix gains second indication for drug-delivery eye insert
Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL) said today that the FDA has approved a supplemental NDA for its dexamethasone ocular insert, Dextenza. The Bedford, Mass.-based company requested in January that the U.S. regulatory agency expand the current indication for Dextenza to include the treatment of ocular inflammation following eye surgery. Dextenza is designed to deliver drugs for up […]
Beta Bionics touts results of bionic pancreas system study
Beta Bionics’ iLet bionic pancreas system significantly increased the percentage of time that adults with Type 1 diabetes spent with glucose levels between 70–180 mg/dl when compared to usual care therapy, according to a new study. The study’s results also suggest that the iLet, using either the Senseonics (NYSE:SENS) Eversense continuous glucose monitoring system (CGM) […]
Abbott touts real-world CGM data at diabetes conference
Abbott (NYSE:ABT) said today that new data show its FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system significantly reduces hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels in certain adults with type 2 diabetes. Presented as a late-breaker at American Diabetes Association (ADA) annual conference in San Francisco, the data represent what Abbott termed the first evaluation of real-world evidence from […]
Could this agreement boost continuous glucose monitor use?
An international panel of patients, physicians and researchers has agreed upon evidence-based target glycemic ranges for people who use continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) to control their diabetes. Announced today at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) conference in San Francisco, the International Consensus on Time-in-Range (TIR) was based on data from large pre-CGM clinical trials, CGM […]
Dexcom, Companion Medical will share glucose, insulin data
Dexcom (NSDQ:DXCM) and Companion Medical have announced a collaboration to enable a direct exchange of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) data from Dexcom with insulin data from InPen into both companies’ software applications. Companion made a partnership deal with Glooko this week to integrate data from its InPen smart insulin injection pen into Glooko’s diabetes data […]
Windtree, Eleison tout feasibility study results
Windtree Therapeutics (OTCQB:WINT) and Eleison Pharmaceuticals have announced positive results of a feasibility study using Windtree’s aerosol delivery system (ADS) to deliver Eleison’s inhaled lipid cisplatin (ILC) for lung cancer. In the study, the ADS technology produced in 20 minutes approximately the same volume of aerosolized ILC that required approximately two hours to produce in […]
U.K. says doctors should limit use of paclitaxel devices
U.K. medtech regulators have recommended a ban on routine use of paclitaxel drug-coated balloons (DCBs) and drug-eluting stents in patients with intermittent leg cramps, but held back on recommending the same for patients with critical limb ischemia. U.S., U.K. and French regulators began raising concerns about the risk of increased long-term mortality in people with […]
Beta Bionics starts new trial for bionic pancreas
Boston-based Beta Bionics said this week that the first patients have begun home use of dasiglucagon in a clinical trial of the company’s iLet bionic pancreas system for people with Type 1 diabetes. The iLet device features an autonomous, dual-chamber infusion pump that is powered by dosing algorithms. Using machine learning and data from a continuous […]
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