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FDA Warns of Risks Associated with Non-Invasive Prenatal Screening Tests

The Pharma Data

Food and Drug Administration is warning the public of the risk of false results, inappropriate use and inappropriate interpretation of results with non-invasive prenatal screening (NIPS) tests, also called cell-free DNA tests or non-invasive prenatal tests (NIPT). director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

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The Utility of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology Clinical Trials

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Liquid biopsy tests in oncology involve isolating entities such as circulating tumor cells (CTC), circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and tumor-derived exosomes. The cfDNA that originates from tumors is called circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA). These tumor-derived entities are used to derive genomic and proteomic data.

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Abiomed’s Impella ECP; Helius’s PoNS Device; Smart Meter’s iGlucose BGM; XACT’s CT-Guided Percutaneous Procedures; BD’s Veritor At-Home COVID-19 Test; Delfi’s Liquid Biopsy

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On August 18, 2021, Abiomed received breakthrough device designation from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Impella ECP expandable percutaneous heart pump , the world’s smallest heart pump and the first to be compatible with small-bore access and closure techniques. Helius Medical Technologies, Inc.

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Who are the AACR Scientific Achievement Award winners?

Drug Discovery World

Carolyn R Bertozzi, PhD – Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research Bertozzi is the Baker Family Director of Sarafan ChEM-H, the Anne T and Robert M Bass Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Professor of Chemistry and, by courtesy, of Chemical and Systems Biology and of Radiology at Stanford University.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

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Drugs and Vaccines. The most promising news about any drug thus far in the pandemic just came out of the UK where Southampton researchers together with Synairgen showed that an inhaled form of interferon-? production and that treatment with this new drug may boost the lung’s antiviral defenses against the virus. percent in 2021.