Candid Therapeutics brings to UCB two clinical-stage T cell engagers in development for autoimmune disorders. To accept UCB’s offer, Candid terminated its reverse merger with Rallybio. The post UCB Joins the Chase for Immune System Reset With $2B Acquisition appeared first on MedCity News.
Pfizer’s Braftovi received accelerated FDA approval in December as a first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer with a particular genetic mutation. The pharma giant now says the drug has hit primary and secondary goals of its Phase 3 clinical trial. The post Pfizer Drug Hits Goals of Colorectal Cancer Study, Clearing Way to Seek Full…
Not really. At least according a study by Wilson et al. 2025 in Science. In 11 studies, we found that participants typically did not enjoy spending 6 to 15 minutes in a room by themselves with nothing to do but think, that they enjoyed doing mundane external activities much more, and that many preferred to…
This requires leveraging technology and partnerships in new ways to break down traditional barriers, designing therapies to fit more seamlessly into patients’ lives, and creating more equitable access to life-sustaining treatments. The post Meeting Patients Where They Are: The Value of Innovation & Collaboration in Expanding Kidney Care Access appeared first on MedCity News.
Caris Life Sciences applies AI and machine learning to patient samples to detect cancer and as a companion diagnostic guiding the use of targeted cancer therapies. As a commercial-stage company, Caris’s upsized public markets debut is an outlier amid the continuing IPO freeze for clinical-stage biotechs developing new drugs. The post Precision Medicine Firm Caris…
Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her legs hurt. Registered nurse Ana Kanellos, rolling up two small white towels, demonstrated how to elevate her ankles to ease the…
Whitney Haggerson — vice president of health equity and Medicaid at Providence — discussed the significance of her role, as well as how her health system is working to give all employees, regardless of title, the skills needed to help reduce health inequities. The post Inside Providence’s Health Equity & Medicaid Strategy appeared first on…
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[Sponsored] A white paper from RingCentral shares the different types of questions and steps in this process that medical practices should consider, The post Health Tech Vendor Due Diligence: A HIPAA Security Guide for Medical Practices appeared first on MedCity News.
Sara McGinnis was pregnant with her second child and something felt off. Her body was swollen. She was tired and dizzy. Her husband, Bradley McGinnis, said she had told her doctor and nurses about her symptoms and even went to the emergency room when they worsened. But, Bradley said, what his wife was told in…