ADVERTISEMENT
Platform Technologies
Deal Snapshot: Boehringer Ingelheim will work to develop a cyclin inhibitor that can stop cancer cell growth, using Circle’s macrocycle platform.
The results from a trio of studies show that AI-powered digital stethoscopes are effective at identifying patients at elevated risk of experiencing heart attacks and other major cardiac adverse events, according to Eko Health, whose technology was used to screen the participants in the studies.
Like a previous alliance with Amgen, Generate will use its technology to discover and develop computationally designed therapeutic proteins against multiple undisclosed targets.
Israeli startup by biomedical researcher and entrepreneur Morris Laster using research from ChEM-H Institute scholar at Stanford to will develop and market compounds as nutraceuticals to offer an effective, affordable and side-effect-free solution for weight loss.
The US FDA has published draft guidance for predetermined change control plans for medical devices along with recommendations for sponsors including them in marketing submissions to the agency.
Emerging Company Profile: Backed by Flagship Pioneering, Empress deploys its Chemilogics platform to seek leads for small molecule therapies in inflammation, immunology, cancer and metabolic disease.
Halda will take its first RIPTAC molecule into a clinical trial in prostate cancer, offering a new small molecule modality in an indication where patients and doctors prefer oral drugs.
Major Japanese firm picks up US drug discovery platform company Jnana in apparent bid to strengthen discovery capabilities and build its mid-stage R&D presence in the renal area.
Abbott has issued an urgent voluntary medical device correction for a small number of FreeStyle Libre 3 sensors distributed in the US during May. The sensors could give inaccurate readings, the company explained.
Many platform designation requests have been from sponsors eager to cite other sponsors’ products, but CBER Director Peter Marks said in an interview with the Pink Sheet his office likely is years away from accepting those applications.