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Diagnostics World News | At the Next Generation Dx Summit, a full program will explore point-of-care diagnostics, immuno-oncology, digital pathology and AI, and all of the accompanying regulatory and reimbursement questions.
May 31, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | A multicenter research team led jointly by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant to further evaluate whether brain imaging can help detect very high risk of autism spectrum disorder in early infancy. Researchers believe that if they can detect evidence of the disorder earlier, behavioral interventions can begin sooner than currently possible, which may help improve outcomes for affected children.
May 30, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | May featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Two Pore Guys, TTP, Caris, and more.
May 30, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Conducting a trial in various countries requires quite a learning curve, from varying regulatory requirements to the simple language barrier.
May 29, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | With the reliability of bioassays being a concern, change is inevitable. A certain level of re-education is required, both for the primary care doctors and the patients themselves.
May 28, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | The validity of variant calling and discordant data has recently been called into question. Kanwal Raghav is on a mission to address this issue, designing clinical trials that can assess patient outcome based on the various cell-free DNA assays available.
May 24, 2019
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Diagnostics World | Collaborating with engineers and clinicians at various universities and institutions allows Ping Wang, Chief of Clinical Chemistry and Director of the Core Laboratory Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, to see the emerging trends in clinical care. One such trend is at the point-of-care, which Wang believes should serve as a bridge between the engineering world and the medicine world.
May 22, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | There are many barriers to commercial entry for medical technologies, including FDA approval, significant and long-term capital investment, slow market adoption, large established competitors, and market penetration hurdles resulting from group purchasing organizations (GPOs). US patents can, and often are, the lifeline to emerging medical technologies.
May 17, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | AllianceChicago is one of the oldest Health Center Controlled Networks supporting HRSA-funded health centers, making it unique in terms of size and mission. A key objective is to turn their electronic health records (EHRs) into public health assets.
May 14, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Among the many changes at the Food and Drug Administration is a recently-issued draft guidance on developing and labeling in vitro companion diagnostic devices for oncology, and there are several draft guidances impacting diagnostics on the docket for 2019. These changes are of major importance to the diagnostics community. A host of FDA staff will be on hand at the Next-Generation Dx Summit, August 20-22 in DC, sharing updates on changes at the Agency and perspectives on precision medicine in the future.
May 9, 2019