Category: Regulations
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Cancer Antibody Trials Stopped After Patient Death
Two clinical trials testing synthetic antibodies designed to treat blood-related cancers were stopped by their developer after a participant in one trial died from adverse effects.
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FDA Clears Genomic Bone Marrow Test for Low-Level Cancer
1 Oct. 2018. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized for marketing in the U.S. a system for high-speed analysis of bone marrow samples to find low levels of residual cancer cells. The agency’s announcement cleared the ClonoSeq assay developed by Adaptive Biotechnologies in Seattle to test for minimal residual disease levels in people…
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Infographic – Countries with Fastest Internet Speeds
In this weekend’s infographic, we offer a report from the Worldwide Broadband Speed League, a year-long compilation of 163 million Internet speed tests in 200 countries.
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Personalized Breast Cancer Trial Advances 7 Drugs
A clinical trial with a design that allows for changes in its processes to meet the needs of individual patients says its results helped advance 7 new drugs for breast cancer into review by FDA.
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Infographic – Nations with Most Organ Donors
Data from surveys conducted by the international polling company Ipsos show percentages of respondents willing to donate their organs upon their death.
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FDA to Test New Trial Designs, Assess A.I. Models
FDA plans to pilot test new types of complex clinical trials and is considering a procedure to evaluate machine learning algorithms used in diagnostics.
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Infographic – Smartphone Data Collection, Like It or Not
We’re learning more and more about the data collected by mobile device software, particularly Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems.
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FDA Clears Magnetic Device for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
A non-invasive device using magnetic waves that penetrate the brain to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder received authorization for sales in the U.S. from the Food and Drug Administration.
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Infographic – 72,000 Opioid Overdose Deaths in 2017
A preliminary report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that more than 72,000 deaths from opioid overdose were reported for 2017.
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FDA Clears Fertility Awareness App for Birth Control
A mobile app for determining a woman’s fertility state on any given day was cleared for marketing in the U.S. as a birth control method.