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CENTOGENE Receives Nasdaq Non-Compliance Notice

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROSTOCK, Germany and BERLIN, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Centogene N.V. (Nasdaq: CNTG) (“Centogene”, “we”, or the “Company”), the essential life science partner for data-driven answers in rare and neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it received a notification letter dated March 27, 2024, from the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC Listing Qualifications Department, indicating that the Company was not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement set forth in Rule 5450(a)(1) of the Nasdaq Listing Rules since the closing bid price for the Company’s common shares listed on Nasdaq was below US.00 for 30 consecutive business days (from February 12 through March 26, 2024). Nasdaq Rule 5450(a)(1) requires the shares to maintain a minimum bid price of US$1.00 per share, and Nasdaq Rule 5810(c)(3)(A) provides that failure to meet such a requirement exists when the bid… 

MediciNova Announces Abstract Regarding Results of a Clinical Trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Glioblastoma Accepted for Presentation at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (2024 ASCO)

LA JOLLA, Calif., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MediciNova, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company traded on the NASDAQ Global Market (NASDAQ:MNOV) and the Standard Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Code Number: 4875), today announced that an abstract regarding results of a clinical trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in glioblastoma (GBM) has been selected for an oral presentation at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2024 ASCO) Annual Meeting to be held May 31 – June 4, 2024 in Chicago. The oral presentation will be presented by one of the investigators of this clinical trial, Gilbert Youssef, M.D., Attending Physician at Harvard Medical School, Center for Neuro-Oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. MediciNova Announces Abstract Regarding Results of a Clinical Trial of MN-166 (ibudilast) in Glioblastoma Accepted for Presentation at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting (2024… 

City of Hope and DELFI Diagnostics improve lung cancer screening rates in underserved areas of Los Angeles

City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, and DELFI Diagnostics, Inc., a developer of accessible blood-based tests that deliver a new way to enhance cancer detection, today announced a collaboration to utilize DELFI’s FirstLook Lung, a blood-based lung cancer screening test, in a City of Hope clinical study to help improve screening rates in underserved communities in Los Angeles County. The test will be offered free of charge to eligible trial participants. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths domestically and globally, yet only six percent of eligible individuals in the U.S. get screened and, in California, this statistic drops to 0.7 percent. About DELFI Diagnostics DELFI Diagnostics is developing next-generation, blood-based tests that are accurate, accessible, and deliver a new way to help detect cancer. DELFI tests are… 

Abbott Receives FDA Approval for TriClip™, First-of-Its-Kind Device to Repair Leaky Tricuspid Heart Valve

Abbott (NYSE: ABT)  announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s first-of-its-kind TriClip™ transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system that’s specifically designed for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation (TR), or a leaky tricuspid valve. This approval follows the recent recommendation of the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the FDA, whose vote confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention that the benefits of TriClip outweighed the risks. „The U.S. approval of TriClip is a significant advancement for people suffering from tricuspid regurgitation, a heart condition that negatively impacts their quality of life and puts them at grave risk of serious health issues,“ said Paul Sorajja, M.D., the Roger L. and Lynn C. Headrick Family Chair of the Valve Science Center for the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and director of the Center… 

Studie zeigt, dass Humanmediziner zuverlässiger sind als Werkzeuge der künstlichen Intelligenz

Neue Forschungsergebnisse im American Journal of Preventive Medicine stellen die Genauigkeit der Ratschläge großer Sprachmodelle auf die Probe. Bei der Suche nach medizinischen Informationen können Menschen Websuchmaschinen oder große Sprachmodelle (LLMs) wie verwenden ChatGPT-4 oder Google Bard. Allerdings haben diese Tools der künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) ihre Grenzen und können manchmal falsche Ratschläge oder Anweisungen generieren. Eine neue Studie im American Journal of Preventive Medicine , veröffentlicht von Elsevier, bewertet die Genauigkeit und Zuverlässigkeit von KI-generierten Ratschlägen anhand etablierter medizinischer Standards und kommt zu dem Schluss, dass LLMs noch nicht vertrauenswürdig genug sind, um menschliche medizinische Fachkräfte zu ersetzen. Andrei Brateanu, MD, Abteilung für Innere Medizin, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, sagt: „Websuchmaschinen können Zugang zu seriösen Informationsquellen bieten und genaue Details zu einer Vielzahl von Themen wie Präventivmaßnahmen und allgemeinen medizinischen Fragen bieten. Das Gleiche gilt für LLMs.“ bieten medizinische Informationen an,… 

Jeder fünfte Krebskranke nimmt an medizinischen Forschungsstudien teil

Forscher des Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center , des American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network und Peer-Institutionen haben im Journal of Clinical Oncology neue Erkenntnisse veröffentlicht , die zeigen, dass, wenn man alle Arten von Krebsforschungsstudien berücksichtigt, mindestens jede fünfte Krebsforschung durchgeführt wird Menschen mit Krebs, also 21,9 %, nehmen an irgendeiner Form klinischer Forschung teil. Die Studie bewertete alle Kategorien von Krebsstudien, wie Behandlungsstudien, Biorepository-Studien und Studien zur Lebensqualität – das erste Mal, dass eine Schätzung der Teilnahme an allen Arten von Krebsstudien gemeldet wurde. Darüber hinaus lag die Einschreibung in Studien zur Krebsbehandlung bei 7,1 %, was eine deutlich höhere Teilnahmequote ist als frühere Schätzungen von 2–3 %. Die Studie ergab außerdem, dass die Einschreibung in Behandlungsstudien in vom National Cancer Institute ausgewiesenen Krebszentren mehr als fünfmal höher war als an kommunalen Standorten (21,6 % gegenüber 4,1 %), was… 

Concept Medical erhält FDA-Zulassung für DCB

Concept Medical hat von der US-amerikanischen Food and Drug Administration (FDA) die IDE-Zulassung für MagicTouch AVF, seinen mit Sirolimus beschichteten Ballonkatheter (DCB), erhalten, um eine klinische Studie zur Behandlung von stenotischen Läsionen arteriovenöser Fisteln bei der Hämodialysebehandlung von chronischem Nierenversagen einzuleiten. Home

TScan Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentation at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference

WALTHAM, Mass., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TCRX), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered T cell therapies (TCR-T) for the treatment of patients with cancer, today announced that the Company will present at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time. TScan Therapeutics Announces Upcoming Presentation at the 23rd Annual Needham Virtual Healthcare Conference

Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Psilocybin Clinical Study for Methamphetamine Use Disorder

TORONTO, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Revive Therapeutics Ltd. (“Revive” or the “Company”) (OTCQB: RVVTF) (CSE: RVV) (FRANKFURT:31R), a specialty life sciences company focused on the research and development of therapeutics for medical needs and rare disorders, is pleased to provide an update on the Company’s clinical study (the “Study”) (NCT05322954) evaluating the safety and feasibility of oral psilocybin as a potential treatment for methamphetamine use disorder conducted under an investigator-initiated IND at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Medicine and Public Health and School of Pharmacy. Revive Therapeutics Provides Update on Psilocybin Clinical Study for Methamphetamine Use Disorder

OncoC4 Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of Heather A. Wakelee, MD, FASCO

ROCKVILLE, Md., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — OncoC4, Inc. (“OncoC4”), a late-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel medicines for cancer, today announced the appointment of thoracic medical oncologist Heather A. Wakelee, MD, FASCO to the OncoC4 Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) made up of distinguished scientists, industry experts, and key opinion leaders in oncology and immunotherapy. Dr. Wakelee, currently a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Oncology at Stanford University, and Deputy Director of the Stanford Cancer Institute, brings over 20 years of experience in clinical strategy. OncoC4 Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Appointment of Heather A. Wakelee, MD, FASCO