Life Sciences & Technology

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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