Major medtech companies vied for the biggest news splash at this year’s annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association, announcing promising results from studies of patients who used their latest diabetes technology. The virtual 80th Annual American Diabetes Association Virtual Scientific Sessions, which runs through Tuesday, so far has featured news out of Abbott (NYSE:ABT) and Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and several smaller […]
Clinical Trials
Medtronic touts results of latest MiniMed studies at ADA
The latest generation of the Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) MiniMed insulin pump met both safety and glycemic endpoints in a study presented today at the American Diabetes Association’s virtual annual conference. The MiniMed 780G closed-loop system is indicated for treating Type 1 diabetes in people aged 7 to 80 years old. It is designed to automate the delivery of […]
Moderna reports positive early data out of COVID-19 vaccine trial
Moderna today touted positive interim clinical data from trials for its mRNA-1273 vaccine candidate against coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The Phase I study, led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recorded positive early results from the first eight people tested, each of whom received two […]
FDA clears Nanobiotix to start cancer treatment trial
Nanobiotix (PAR:NANO.PA) announced that the FDA designated its cancer treatment trial with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as “safe to proceed.” The trial, co-developed by Nanobiotix and MD Anderson, is set to evaluate the safety and feasibility of NBTXR3 activated-by-radiation therapy for patients with locally advanced (LAPC) or borderline resectable (BRPC) cases of […]
Fauci: Hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses could be ready in January
Dr. Anthony Fauci said this morning that hundreds of millions of doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 could be ready by January. In an interview on the Today Show, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that a vaccine candidate is in the first phase of a clinical trial. If the second […]
Clinical trials ramping up for potential coronavirus-fighting drugs
Bausch Health (NYSE:BHC) announced today that it initiated a clinical trial program in Canada to investigate the use of Virazole for treating COVID-19. With today’s announcement, Bausch joins Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) and Care Access Research, which both announced clinical testing of coronavirus therapies last week. Bausch’s Virazole is currently approved in the U.S. and Canada, among other […]
OncoSec, Inovio testing COVID-19 vaccines
OncoSec Medical (NSDQ:ONCS) and Inovio Pharmaceuticals (NSDQ:INO) announced that they are testing potential COVID-19 vaccines after the latter received investigational new drug clearance from the FDA. Inovio received an IND nod, while OncoSec’s is pending, but both companies are pursuing a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical trial for their vaccines, according to separate news releases. OncoSec is using […]
Bio-Rad launches COVID-19 assay
Bio-Rad Laboratories (NYSE:BIO) today said it is launching is blood-based immunoassay kit to identify COVID-19 antibodies. The assay is currently undergoing clinical evaluation in several hospitals, but 700 samples of data have shown specificity above 99%. After being infected with SARS-CoV-2, viral antigens stimulate the immune system to produce antibodies and fight the virus. Bio-Rad suggests […]
Study: High- and low-dose drug-coated balloons equally effective in PAD
A Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) device coated with less of the controversial drug paclitaxel than one made by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) is just as safe and effective for patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), according to a study published this week. The prospective, randomized controlled trial compared the lower-dose (2 μg/mm2 of paclitaxel) Boston Scientific Ranger drug-coated […]
Medinol stent performs just as well as Medtronic Resolute, study says
The EluNIR drug-eluting stent made by Medinol performed just as well as the Resolute Integrity or Resolute Onyx stents from Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), according to new clinical study results from an international team of researchers. The randomized clinical trial — conducted by researchers from the U.S., Israel, Canada and the Netherlands — involved 2,221 people and compared […]