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FDA accepts United Therapeutics’ Tyvaso application for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The FDA has accepted United Therapeutics’ supplemental Tyvaso application for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after combined TETON data showed a 111.8 mL advantage in forced vital capacity over placebo at 52 weeks.

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Pharma & Biotech

AMT-130 slowed Huntington’s progression by 75%. uniQure has now filed for FDA approval

uniQure has submitted AMT-130 for accelerated U.S. approval after three-year Phase 1/2 data showed a 75% slowing of Huntington’s disease progression against a matched natural-history control.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Stryker performs first Apple Vision Pro hip surgery using FDA-authorized SportSuite Vision

Stryker has completed the first hip arthroscopy using SportSuite Vision on Apple Vision Pro after securing FDA De Novo authorization for the spatial-computing surgical application.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Telix completes 350-patient Phase 3 BiPASS trial enrollment for PSMA-PET before prostate biopsy

Telix has completed enrollment of 350 patients in the Phase 3 BiPASS study testing Illuccix and Gozellix PSMA-PET with MRI before prostate biopsy and has aligned with the FDA on an NDA pathway.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FDA grants Breakthrough Device designation to Beyond Air LungFit GO for chronic NTM lung disease

Beyond Air’s LungFit GO has received FDA Breakthrough Device designation for nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease after a 15-patient pilot showed high-dose nitric oxide could be self-administered at home.

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Pharma & Biotech

Ocugen doses first patient in Phase 3 OCU410 gene therapy trial for geographic atrophy

Ocugen has begun the 237-patient Phase 3 ArMaDa3 trial of OCU410, a one-time gene therapy for geographic atrophy after Phase 2 treatment reduced lesion growth by 31% at 12 months.

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Features & Analysis

Would you trust a drug approved using virtual patients? The FDA is building the framework that could make it possible

Digital twins and model-informed drug development are moving from research concepts toward regulatory infrastructure, raising the possibility that future pharmaceutical trials could use simulated patients to refine doses, predict outcomes and potentially reduce the number of people required in selected control groups.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Perfuze Millipede88 restores blood flow in 89% of patients in pivotal stroke thrombectomy study

Final MARRS pivotal-trial results show Perfuze’s FDA-cleared Millipede88 aspiration catheter achieved 89% successful reperfusion without rescue therapy and a 75% first-pass effect in M1 middle cerebral artery occlusions.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Had a mammogram at this California center since December 2023? FDA says the images may need another review

The FDA is warning patients who received mammograms at Mammography Center of Monterey on or after December 22, 2023 about possible image-quality problems after the facility failed an additional review and some deficiencies were classified as severe.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

A new generation of CT can sort X-ray photons by energy. GE HealthCare is taking it global

GE HealthCare’s Photonova Spectra has secured CE Mark after earlier U.S. FDA clearance and Japanese approval, accelerating the global expansion of photon-counting CT technology that promises higher-resolution and spectral imaging from individual X-ray photons.

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