Month: January 2016
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Phillips, Banyan Partner on Point-of-Care Concussion Test
7 January 2016. A collaboration between electronics manufacturer Royal Phillips and medical diagnostics company Banyan Biomarkers Inc. is developing a handheld blood test for concussions and other mild traumatic brain injuries. Financial and intellectual property aspects of the partnership were not disclosed. Traumatic brain injury is caused by a blow or jolt to the head,…
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Monsanto, Biotech Developing Soil Nutrient Microbe
6 January 2016. A partnership between Monsanto and the biotechnology company Novozymes developed a new soil microbe product, which the companies say in field tests substantially increases corn yields. The collaboration known as BioAg Alliance plans to introduce the corn inoculant product in the U.S. next year. Novozymes, an agricultural biotechnology company in Copenhangen, Denmark,…
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Rodin, Biogen Partner on Neurological Epigenetics
6 January 2016. The biotechnology company Rodin Therapeutics is collaborating with Biogen, another biotech enterprise, in developing treatments based on epigenetics for neurological disorders. The agreement includes a $17.3 million equity investment in Rodin by Biogen and venture investor Atlas Venture, with an option for Biogen to acquire Rodin that provides further payments valued as…
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Electronic Stimulation Shown to Reduce Arthritic Knee Pain
5 January 2015. Results from a clinical trial show a device emitting electronic pulses reduced more pain in the knees of people with osteoarthritis, compared to a placebo. Findings from the study, conducted by a team from University of Messina in Italy, appear in the January 2016 issue of the journal Rheumatology. The trial tested…
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Medical Industry Payment Recipients Identified
5 January 2016. An analysis of industry payments to physicians shows cardiovascular specialists and neurosurgeons were the specialties most likely to receive payments from pharmaceutical and medical device companies. The findings appear in this month’s issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. The research team from University of California in San Diego, led by radiation…
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Clinical Trials to Test Artificial Pancreas
4 January 2016. Two new clinical trials are planned to test a smartphone-based closed-loop artificial pancreas system for people with type 1 diabetes. The system is developed by teams at University of Virginia in Charlottesville and Harvard University, and licensed for commercial development by TypeZero LLC, also in Charlottesville. The trials are funded by a…
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Smart Baling, Compacting Brings Environmental Benefits
– Sponsored content – 4 January 2015. Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers need to account for the full life-cycle of product handling, which is why enterprises must consider smarter ways for handling waste generated by those products. Better management of waste, therefore, can provide companies with considerable financial savings, as well as reduce their environmental footprints…
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Patent Awarded for Liquid Biopsy Technology
4 January 2016. A new U.S. patent was awarded for a technology that detects a broad range of cancers in blood, rather than taking tissue samples for analysis, usually requiring surgery. Jacob Micallef, chief scientist at VolitionRx, a developer of cancer diagnostics in Namur, Belgium, received patent number 9,222,937 on 29 December 2015 from the…