KEW Group, the oncology personalized medicine management and analytics company, has launched CancerPlex assay, a comprehensive gene testing panel that can be used to examine the genetic profile of many common cancers. Developed and ...
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AstraZeneca's global biologics research and development division MedImmune will acquire Spirogen, a biotech firm focused on antibody-drug conjugate technology for use in oncology. Spirogen's complete shares will be purchased by MedImmune ...
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Nucletron, an Elekta Company, has obtained 510(k) approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Esteya electronic brachytherapy system, a new approach for high precision skin cancer treatment. Depending on a small, high dose ...
US-based NanoString Technologies has announced that its Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay offers better prognostic information in endocrine treated patients with HR+ node negative disease. NanoString Technologies said ...
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US-based NanoString Technologies has announced that its Prosigna Breast Cancer Prognostic Gene Signature Assay offers better prognostic information in endocrine treated patients with HR+ node negative disease. NanoString Technologies said ...
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Saladax Biomedical, US-based developer of diagnostic tests that optimize a patient's exposure to chemotherapy, has been certified as a registered CLIA Laboratory from the Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ), a division of The ...
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Bruker Daltonics, a developer of mass spectrometers and sample preparation systems, has entered into a strategic alliance with molecular diagnostics company Biodesix. Under the partnership, Bruker will support Biodesix's multivariate ...
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Chindex Medical and Medvio have entered into a collaboration agreement with an advanced imaging and radiation therapy technologies provider iCAD. Under the agreement, Chindex will distribute iCAD's Xoft Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy ...
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The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued new patent covering OXiGENE benzosuberene-based compounds and methods of using them in tubulin polymerization inhibition. The patent protects benzosuberene-based compounds including ...
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IBM's Jeopardy!-winning supercomputer, Watson, may have started out the size of a master bedroom, but it will eventually shrink to the size of a smart phone, its inventors say. The supercomputer is currently performing "residencies" at ...
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True Diagnostics has obtained CE mark for TrueDXPSA, a quantitative prostate specific hormone (PSA) test. TrueDXPSA test will enable doctors to rapidly determine the PSA level in a patient. True Diagnostics president and CEO Jerry Lee ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Carestream's new lesion management module, designed to help enhance both diagnostic confidence and radiologist productivity. The new tool, which is designed for use with the ...
American Shared Hospital Services has entered into an agreement to supply its upgraded Gamma Knife Perfexion system to Northern Westchester Hospital. Northern Westchester Hospital provides patient-centered care services, while its cancer ...
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Lab21 has entered into a collaboration agreement to develop polymerase chain reaction-based assays on BD Diagnostics' automated BD MAX molecular system for a series of oncology markers. The two assays, which will be initially developed, ...
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Saladax Biomedical has received CE mark for its MyPaclitaxel and MyDocetaxel therapeutic dose management (TDM) MyCare assays, enabling commercialisation in the European Union (EU). Both paclitaxel and docetaxel are administered based on a ...
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