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Conversations from ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024 

Drug Discovery World

DDW’s Megan Thomas caught up with Oliver Rausch, Chief Scientific Officer at Storm Therapeutics, following the ESMO Targeted Anticancer Therapies Congress 2024, a global meeting focusing on promising new anticancer targets and agents, focusing on those in early phase clinical development. MT: What data did you present at the conference?

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FDA Issues Safety Warning Regarding Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing Raising Questions About the Future of FDA Regulation of LDTs

FDA Law Blog

It is not uncommon for some in vitro diagnostic tests to suffer from poor positive predictive value, in part due to the rarity of the disease. In fact, NIPT were one of 20 “bad tests” that Dr. Shuren identified in the Agency’s November 2015 “Public Health Evidence for FDA Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests” ( here ).

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Microscopic innovations in women’s health 

Drug Discovery World

Earlier this year, we explored the microbiome and its role in drug development across various therapeutic areas. In fact, the endometrial fluid contains peptides that may protect against a variety of fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens 4. The influence of these microbiomes extends to children as well.

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Most Sustainable Medical Device Companies in 2024

XTalks

Although the medical device industry is dedicated to advancing healthcare innovation, pursuing environmental responsibility has encountered obstacles mainly due to rigorous regulations. Coloplast is leading by example and has launched new packaging that contains no aluminum for their soft catheter SpeediCath Flex.

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FDA Designations for Rare Disease Products, Part 3: Rare Pediatric Disease Designation

Camargo

Its purpose is to stimulate the development of new drugs for rare pediatric diseases by offering additional incentives for obtaining FDA approval of such products beyond the incentives offered by the ODD program. Criteria for Rare Pediatric Disease Designation. Criteria to Obtain the Designation.

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FDA Designations for Rare Disease Products, Part 2: Orphan Drug Designation

Camargo

Many diseases and conditions affect such small numbers of people that a drug or biological product developed to treat these patients generates relatively little return on investment for development costs. Subscribe to our mailing list at the bottom of this page to be notified when Parts 3 and 4 are published. Scientific Rationale.

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XPhyto Announces RT-PCR Test for Point-of-Care COVID-19 Detection

The Pharma Data

The test is planned for commercial launch as a CE-IVD ( in vitro diagnostic) certified product in the European Union in Q1 2021. “Applying 3a’s proprietary enhanced RNA technology to PCR testing was a logical next step in our product development pipeline,” said Dr. . About XPhyto Therapeutics Corp.

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