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MIT researchers think they’ve found a way to get more particles through a syringe

July 8, 2020 By Sean Whooley

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are touting a computational model that could prevent microparticle clogging during injections. Microparticles, which are about the size of a grain of sand, can be difficult to inject if they get clogged in a typical syringe. The research team at MIT developed this new model that determines […]

Filed Under: Discovery, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Immunotherapy, Research & Development Tagged With: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

This wearable patch could treat skin cancers

June 24, 2020 By Danielle Kirsh

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Researchers at Purdue University have developed a wearable patch that could bring an improved treatment experience to people with melanoma. Conventional melanoma therapies leave patients suffering from the toxicity and side effects of repeated treatments because of aggressive and the recurrent nature of melanoma cells, according to the researchers. The Purdue University wearable patch features […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Research & Development Tagged With: Purdue University

Abbott, Medtronic go head-to-head at ADA conference

June 15, 2020 By Nancy Crotti

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 […]

Filed Under: Auto-injectors, Big Data, Clinical Trials, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Patient Monitoring, Research & Development Tagged With: abbott, American Diabetes Association, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), dariohealth, Medtronic, One Drop, Tandem Diabetes Care

These tiny fibers may prove better at delivering drugs to the brain

June 5, 2020 By Chris Newmarker

tiny fibers PLGA brain Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg drug delivery brain

German researchers have developed mats made of biodegradable fibers only a few microns thick that could prove advantageous to deliver certain drugs to the brain. The drug nimodipine, for example, could prevent nerve cells from dying after brain surgery. Health providers already use it to treat cerebral hemorrhages, but it degrades very quickly and has […]

Filed Under: Featured, Materials Testing, Neurological, Research & Development Tagged With: Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, University Hospital Halle

Moderna reports positive early data out of COVID-19 vaccine trial

May 18, 2020 By Sean Whooley

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 […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Discovery, Featured, Research & Development Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Moderna

OncoSec, Inovio testing COVID-19 vaccines

April 8, 2020 By Sean Whooley

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 […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Clinical Trials, Discovery, Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Immunotherapy, Pharmaceuticals, Preclinical Trials, Regulatory/Compliance, Research & Development, Respiratory Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, OncoSec Medical

Medtronic adds AI-fueled Klue to its diabetes management lineup

December 17, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today it has completed the acquisition of Klue, a San Jose, Calif.-based software company that tracks people’s eating in real-time and analyzes it with artificial intelligence (AI) to help control diabetes. Medtronic plans to incorporate Klue’s technology into its Personalized Closed Loop (PCL) insulin pump system, which won FDA breakthrough device designation […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Patient Monitoring, Research & Development Tagged With: klue, Medtronic, Nutrino

Leo Pharma, Portal Instruments partner to develop needle-free drug delivery device

December 5, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

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Leo Pharma and Portal Instruments this week announced a global collaboration and license agreement to develop a needle-free drug delivery system. Through the agreement, Leo Pharma’s investigational and approved medicines will be used in combination with Portal’s needle-free drug delivery system. Portal’s needle-free jet injector platform allows patients to self-administer biologics without needles. It features […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Research & Development Tagged With: Leo Pharma, portal instruments

‘Hubble Space Telescope’ for genomics could yield new drugs, materials

December 2, 2019 By Nancy Crotti

Researchers in Spain have developed a new genomics tool that can classify how species are related to each other at far larger scales than previously possible and may yield new drugs, materials and foods — and pinpoint strategies for saving species at risk of extinction. Heralded as a “Hubble Space Telescope” of genomics, the technology […]

Filed Under: Discovery, Featured, Research & Development Tagged With: Centre for Genomic Regulation, NASA, Nature Biotechnology

How human factors created a new generation of drug delivery devices

November 26, 2019 By Danielle Kirsh

West Pharmaceutical Services SmartDose

Human factor testing is beneficial early on in the design process, rather than as a confirmation at the end. Here’s how testing for usability and desirability helped spark three generations of drug delivery devices. West Pharmaceutical Services has multiple generations of its SmartDose products under its belt since it started working on the drug delivery […]

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Research & Development Tagged With: Medical Device Handbook, West Pharmaceutical Services

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