Abbott’s i-STAT TBI cartridge has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be used with whole blood, allowing doctors to help assess patients with suspected concussion at the patient’s bedside and obtain lab-quality results in 15 minutes. Previously, the tests to help with the assessment of TBI were only cleared for use with plasma or serum, requiring samples to be sent to a lab for processing and testing.
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The company said its results showed it was overcoming a slump in demand for its COVID-19 products and a decline in sales of a trio of established cancer drugs.
The Curry Rockefeller Group (CRG) is a full-service medical communications company, based in Tarrytown, NY.
Although the profile is not precise enough to definitively diagnose Alzheimer’s, it offers a convenient way for doctors to determine which patients need advanced testing, according to the company.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a lawsuit by CareDx over organ-rejection tests made by Natera and Eurofins Viracor, turning down another request to revisit the contentious issue of patent eligibility.
HHS also announced an investment of $600 million in 12 domestic COVID-19 test manufacturers.
Quest’s DTC test is aimed at adults aged 18 and older who may have mild memory loss or a family history of Alzheimer’s and want to understand their own risk for the disease.
San Diego-based Illumina is arguing that the FTC “violated due process by depriving Illumina and Grail of a fair proceeding before an impartial tribunal,” according to the filing in the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The FDA has cleared Thermo Fisher Scientific’s test, the first of its kind in the country, to detect women with risk of severe preeclampsia, the company said.
U.S. District Judge Edward Davila set the date on Wednesday for Holmes, 39, to begin serving 11 years and three months in prison.
