As it does every year, this past week, the American Diabetes Association convened its Scientific Sessions to bring together leaders in the diabetes space. At last year’s event, next-generation technologies from the big hitters took the spotlight. The 83rd iteration this past week produced a range of new studies, product updates and positive news for […]
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Studies back Fractyl Health diabetes reversal procedure, gene therapy
Fractyl Health announced multiple studies supporting its programs for the reversal and treatment of diabetes. Lexington, Massachusetts-based Fractyl reported data from its Revitalize 1 pivotal study and its Rejuva program. Revitalize 1 evaluates the company’s Revita endoscopic ablation procedure to reverse diabetes. Rejuva evaluates a targeted pancreatic gene therapy. The company presented its results at […]
Fractyl Health initiates global registry for diabetes reversal treatment
Fractyl Health announced that it initiated its Revita Global Registry Program in Germany to study its diabetes reversal treatment. On April 20, the Ethics Committee of the University of Freiburg (Germany) granted clearance for the initiation of a registry study. The study covers the Revita system in German hospitals. Patients in the registry have inadequately […]
Endogenex taps former Medtronic executive as CEO
Endogenex, developer of a procedure for treating type 2 diabetes, announced today that it appointed Stacey Pugh as its new CEO. Pugh’s responsibilities at Minneapolis-based Endogenex include expanding the company’s clinical initiatives evaluating its ReCET procedure. ReCET — a novel, endoscopic, outpatient procedure — targets the underlying cellular abnormalities in the duodenum. These abnormalities contribute […]
Fractyl Health launches diabetes reversal treatment in Germany
Fractyl Health announced today that it commercially launched its Revita DMR system for diabetes reversal in Germany. Revita, an endoscopic procedural therapy, remodels the duodenal lining through hydrothermal ablation. This tackles a root cause of type 2 diabetes. Revita holds CE mark approval in Europe and established reimbursement in Germany recently. Lexington, Massachusetts-based Fractyl performed […]
Fractyl Health forms task force to understand root causes of type 2 diabetes
Fractyl Health announced today that it created the Erase T2D task force to research type 2 diabetes in the hopes of “erasing” the condition. The academic-industry scientific partnership aims to advance research on the role of the gut in metabolic disease. This, in turn, could catalyze future discoveries on understanding and erasing type 2 diabetes. […]
Data supports GI Dynamics’ type 2 diabetes treatment
GI Dynamics announced today that results from a registry for its EndoBarrier for type 2 diabetes were positive. Data from use of the EndoBarrier within the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK were presented by Dr. Robert Ryder of City Hospital (Birmingham, UK) at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions last month, according to […]
Fractyl Health touts preliminary data from diabetes reversal study
Fractyl Health this week announced encouraging interim feasibility data from its diabetes reversal technology study. Lexington, Massachusetts–based Fractyl’s Revita-T2Di long-term open-label cohort assessed eight patients followed through at least four weeks having been treated. The company’s Revita system resurfaces the upper intestine lining (duodenal mucosa) to treat metabolic disease in patients with insulin-treated type 2 […]
Innocoll Biotherapeutics initiates Phase 3 trials for collagen drug-device
Innocoll Biotherapeutics announced today that it initiated two Phase 3 trials to support a label expansion for its collagen drug-device implant. Athlone, Ireland-based Innocoll’s trials are seeking label expansion for the FDA-approved Xaracoll (bupivacaine hydrochloride) implant, according to a news release. INN-CB-024, a Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study is evaluating the efficacy and safety […]
How Bionaut Labs aims to tackle brain tumors with microrobots
The roboticist Michael Shpigelmacher was one of the founders of PrimeSense, a robotic 3-D vision technology company Apple acquired in 2013. PrimeSense created technology empowering the Microsoft Xbox Kinect and the iPhone’s Face ID feature, allowing users to use facial recognition to unlock their phones. Now Shpigelmacher has set his sights on drug-delivery with Bionaut […]
