Month: February 2016
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Many FDA Advisory Speakers Found with Industry Funding
2 February 2016. A review of an FDA advisory committee on cancer drugs finds nearly one-third of speakers at its meetings receive financial support from companies making the drugs under review. The analysis by Vinay Prasad at Oregon Health and Science University and Matthew Abola, a medical student at Case Western Reserve University, is reported…
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Workplace Heart Health Platform in Development
1 February 2016. American Heart Association is developing a technology platform to help people at work track progress toward their wellness goals, and allow companies to evaluate their corporate wellness programs. The platform takes advantage of cloud computing power from the IBM Watson system and connects users through the Web or mobile access. The new…
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Illumina Providing Genomic Analysis for Precision Medicine
1 February 2016. Illumina Inc., a developer of genetic systems, is analyzing genomic data at four medical centers to integrate with patients’ electric health records for precision medicine. The San Diego company’s analytical services are expected to sequence and characterize the genomes of more than 200,000 individuals in the U.S. and Canada. Medical centers taking…