Yearly Archives: 2020

FDA Approves New Therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer That Has Spread, Not Responded to Other Treatments

FDA notes patients must have received at least two prior therapies before taking Trodelvy.

LabCorp Broadens Availability of COVID-19 Serological Antibody Tests to Hospitals, Healthcare Organizations and Through Its Patient Service Centers

The COVID-19 serological tests are in addition to the company’s existing molecular test for COVID-19 that is available nationwide through healthcare providers, and to healthcare workers and emergency responders through its Pixel by LabCorp™ at-home self-collection test kit.

First U.S. Commercial Use of Tack Endovascular System (4F) in Below-the-Knee Arteries

Notably the first FDA-approved vascular implant for below-the-knee post-angioplasty dissection repair, Tack® implants are designed to optimize balloon angioplasty outcomes in the challenging critical limb ischemia (CLI) patient population.

Mount Sinai Health System NYC: CPAP/COVID Funded by Itamar Medical

The study is a prospective, single-center, parallel-group, open-label, randomized clinical trial to assess the efficacy of CPAP in 200 COVID-19 confirmed or suspected patients within the Mount Sinai Health System with respiratory symptoms who do not require hospital admission and are discharged home from the emergency room reports Itamar Medical.

LabCorp COVID-19 At-Home Test Kit Receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization

The EUA permits nasal swab specimens to be collected at home using the Pixel by LabCorp™ COVID-19 test home collection kit if recommended by a healthcare provider after completing a COVID-19 questionnaire.