Life Sciences & Technology

AdvaMed SmartBrief

Medical technology news

AdvaMed SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Advanced Medical Technology Association

Slow FDA process may hinder spinal-surgery innovation, docs say

6/17/2013

  • BeckersASC.com

Minimally invasive procedures that involve the use of advanced technology increasingly are becoming more common in the field of spine surgery as more physicians are being trained in these techniques, … Read More

BIO SmartBrief

News for the biotechnology industry

BIO SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Biotechnology Industry Organization

Biotech startup lands $11M to develop pioneering anticoagulant

6/17/2013

  • Yahoo

Index Ventures has invested $11 million in XO1, a biotech firm established to develop a new kind of anticoagulant that can prevent blood clots without causing bleeding. The drug, called ichorcumab, wa… Read More

FDLI SmartBrief

News for the food and drug law community

FDLI SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Food and Drug Law Institute

Undisclosed nuts, eggs prompt recall of raisins from See's

6/17/2013

  • Food Business Review

The Milk and Dark Raisins candies from San Francisco-based See's have been recalled because they have might have eggs and tree nuts not disclosed on the product label. The affected products were distr… Read More

SmartBrief for Health Care Marketers

Health care marketing news

SmartBrief for Health Care Marketers

Published in partnership with: Coalition for Health Care Communication

Learn more about Sunshine Act implementation at June 18 webinar

6/10/2013

Publishers and agencies can dive deeper into Physician Payment Sunshine Act implementation at an upcoming webinar hosted by the Coalition for Healthcare Communication and the Association of Medical Me… Read More

AABB SmartBrief

News about transfusion and cellular therapies

AABB SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: American Association of Blood Banks

Revlimid gets OK in Europe for some patients with MDS

6/17/2013

  • MDSBeacon.com

The European Medicines Agency has approved the use of Revlimid, or lenalidomide, in some myelodysplastic syndromes patients. The approval covers the use of the drug in patients with low- or intermedia… Read More

FasterCures SmartBrief

Medical research news

FasterCures SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: FasterCures

Immune Design partners with 2 nonprofits on cancer immunotherapy

6/13/2013

  • Xconomy

Immune Design will work with the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the Cancer Research Institute to test a vaccine and adjuvant in ongoing clinical trials for other cancer immunotherapies. The … Read More

HIT: Health Innovation Today

News about health care innovation

HIT: Health Innovation Today

Published in partnership with: Greenway Medical Technologies

U.S. making calculated progress on interoperability, Mostashari says

6/12/2013

  • Government Health IT online

The U.S. remains a ways off from achieving widespread interoperability where "every encounter and every patient has access to all the world's knowledge," but the nation is making steady progress, Nati… Read More

TRI SmartBrief

Diabetes and obesity research news

TRI SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes

Focus obesity interventions on prediabetes, doctor says

5/19/2013

  • Healio

Obesity interventions, including lifestyle modification, drugs and bariatric surgery, should focus on people with prediabetes, Dr. W. Timothy Garvey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham told End… Read More

DIA Global SmartBrief

News for the global pharmaceuticals industry

DIA Global SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: Drug Information Association

Drugmakers will conduct lung-cancer trials under single protocol

6/12/2013

  • Nature (free content)

A new project aims to create a "master protocol" that will involve multiple pharmaceutical companies using one experimental plan to test multiple lung-cancer treatments in hundreds of clinics througho… Read More

AATB SmartBrief

News affecting the tissue bank community

AATB SmartBrief

Published in partnership with: American Association of Tissue Banks

AAFP wants transparency program to allow physician review of data

6/12/2013

  • AAFP News Now

Physicians need a way to review information about themselves before drug and device companies report the data to the National Physician Payment Transparency Program, the American Academy of Family Phy… Read More