The business world was roiled earlier this year when a finance worker in Hong Kong was duped into handing over $25.6 million (200 million Hong Kong Dollars) after he joined a video call that…
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Big data analysis is an invaluable resource in healthcare and life sciences. Data can tell a pharmaceutical company which drugs a medical specialist prescribes and where they are based. This knowledge is key to…
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Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer is starting to serve consumers directly through its new telehealth platform called PfizerForAll, the company announced Tuesday. Pfizer declared that the platform is needed as consumers battle a confusing healthcare system.
PfizerForAll…
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There is still a lot we don’t know when it comes to GLP-1s. How do these drugs’ side effects vary across different patients? How effective are these medications in the long term? Are barriers…
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AI startup Paige launched a new AI product this week. The New York City-based company unveiled an AI-powered biomarker module that the company says can evaluate more than 505 genes and identify 1,228 molecular…
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Gameto, a biotechnology company, has raised $33 million in Series B funding, which it will use to support the clinical development of its in vitro maturation (IVM) product called Fertilo.
New York City-based Gameto develops…
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Here’s part 2 of MedCity News’ Q&A with Astellas Pharma CEO Naoki Okamura who was in South San Francisco last week for the opening of the Japanese pharma company’s West Coast Innovation Center. You…
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A new company emerged out of stealth mode this week at the SynBioBeta conference in San Jose. The startup, called CybergenX, is seeking to integrate AI-powered cybergenetic technology into the synthetic biology field.
The company,…
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Last month, an app named Rejoyn became the first FDA-cleared prescription digital therapeutic for patients with major depressive disorder. The app, which changes users’ behavior through various lessons and exercises, was developed by Otsuka…
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Diagnostics startup Geneoscopy earned its first-ever FDA approval this week.
The St. Louis-based company received approval for ColoSense, its noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test. The test — which the FDA designated as a breakthrough device…
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