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Data demonstrate favorable safety and efficacy profile for the duodenal jejunal bypass liner (DJBL) technology BOSTON — July 13, 2022 — GI Dynamics® Inc., a medical device company that is developing EndoBarrier® for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity, is pleased to announce positive data from the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) Worldwide ...
For many children in the poorest countries, oxygen therapy is still an unavailable luxury outside urban hospitals and private medical institutions. Oxygen can also help respond to various medical emergencies, such as emergency obstetric (delivery) care, surgery and anesthesia. ...
Reflow Medical, Inc. announces that it has completed patient enrollment in the DEEPER OUS clinical trial (NCT03807531) for the company’s Temporary Spur Stent System, a novel device that features a retrievable stent designed for complex infrapopliteal disease. 106 patients have now been enrolled in the prospective, nonrandomized trial in multiple centers in Europe and New Zealand. Intended ...
Kallyope, Inc., a leading biotechnology company focused on identifying and developing therapeutics involving the gut-brain axis, today announced the appointments of George Shiebler as General Counsel and Anita Kawatra as Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs, to help steer the company as it advances its pioneering drug discovery platform, clinical trials, and pipeline of multiple programs ...
Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: DRNA), a leading developer of investigational ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) therapeutics, today presented results from its Phase 1 double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial of belcesiran, an investigational GalXC™ RNAi therapeutic in development for the treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency-associated liver disease (AATLD). ...
RepliCel Life Sciences Inc. (OTCQB: REPCF) (TSXV: RP) (FRA:P6P2) (“RepliCel” or the “Company”), a company developing next-generation technologies in aesthetics and orthopedics, is pleased to announce it has submitted its application to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) for approval to manufacture the Company’s RCT-01 cell therapy for ...
Furthering its mission to transform the treatment of aortic disorders, Endologix, Inc. (OTC: ELGXQ) (“Endologix” or the “Company”) today announced the first implant of its recently approved ALTO® endograft outside of the United States, completed by Andrew Holden, MD, and Andrew Hill, MD, of Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand. “With the 7 mm infrarenal ...
Fighting the epidemic together – Yaguo and the Shanghai Tianyi Group donated 8-million-yuan worth of innovative respiratory equipment to help Hubei’s new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic. On February 18th 2020, Beijing Yaguo Technology Co., Ltd. (“Yaguo”) and the Shanghai Tianyi Industry Holding Group Co., Ltd. (“Tianyi”) jointly donated medical equipment with a ...
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized the City of Dallas and the Health and Wellness Alliance for Children for their collaboration to improve children’s health in the Dallas area. The groups are bringing together a variety of stakeholders to reduce environmental triggers for the 60,000 children in Dallas with asthma. “Protecting children’s health ...
A new phase of the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP), focused on prevention, is being launched at the National Institutes of Health. Grant-funded researchers will now work across scientific disciplines, involve new racially and ethnically diverse communities, and expand the study of risk factors that precede breast cancer, such as breast density. These new directions ...
Asthma is a major public health issue, affecting nearly 23 million people and disproportionately affecting low-income and minority communities. Although there is no cure for asthma yet, asthma can be controlled through medical treatment and management of environmental triggers. May is Asthma Awareness Month. EPA supports Asthma Awareness Month by increasing public awareness of the asthma ...
Practice Greenhealth, the nation's leading membership association devoted to environmentally responsible health care, has announced its 2012 Environmental Excellence Award winners. These coveted awards are given to institutions within the health care sector for outstanding programs to reduce the facility's environmental footprint. Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital, Advocate Illinois Masonic ...
The 25th anniversary presentation of the MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) was held today honoring two noted researchers, Randy L. Buckner, Ph.D., professor of Psychology and of Neuroscience at Harvard University and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and Marcus E. Raichle, M.D., professor of radiology and neurology at Washington University ...
Delegates from 42 countries in Africa, which along with Asia is the most vulnerable continent to disasters, kicked off a United Nations-backed meeting in Nairobi today to discuss ways to make their communities and citizens safer.Over 700,000 people in Africa have been killed, and more than 300 million others affected, over the past 30 years by more than 1,800 disasters, according to the Center ...
High summer temperatures have a clear impact on rates of admission to hospital for elderly patients with breathing problems, according to new research. Although data reveals considerable variation among cities across Europe, admission rates for respiratory causes among the 75+ age group were more than twice the admission rate for all ages in all cities. Data on hospital admissions, heat, ...