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Biomarker-Guided Drug Development

Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Biomarker That Tracks Recovery From Treatment-Resistant Depression

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/20/2023 Leave a Comment

Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Biomarker That Tracks Recovery From Treatment-Resistant Depression

What You Should Know: A team of leading clinicians, engineers, and neuroscientists has made a groundbreaking discovery in the field of treatment-resistant depression. By analyzing the brain activity of patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS), a promising therapy involving implanted electrodes that stimulate the brain, the researchers identified a unique pattern in brain activity that reflects the recovery process in patients with treatment-resistant depression.This pattern, known as
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GrayMatters Health Raises $10M for Biomarker-Based PTSD Therapeutics

by Fred Pennic 01/12/2022 Leave a Comment

GrayMatters Health Raises $10M for Biomarker-Based PTSD Therapeutics

What You Should Know: - GrayMatters Health (GMH), a company set to change the standards of mental health care with biomarker-based therapeutics, beginning with PTSD raises $10 million in Series A funding round led by Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd., bringing total funding to $13.5 million. Additional investors in the Series A round included Joy Ventures, J-Ventures, and J-Impact. Existing GMH investors, Marius Nacht and Joyance Ventures, also
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UPMC Launches Drug Discovery Company Novasenta to Develop Targeted Immunotherapy Drugs for Cancer

by Fred Pennic 08/23/2021 Leave a Comment

UPMC Launches Drug Discovery Company Novasenta to Develop Targeted Immunotherapy Drugs for Cancer

What You Should Know: - UPMC today announced the launch of Novasenta, a drug discovery and development company seeking novel and effective treatments for cancer.  Co-founded in late 2018 by Robert Ferris, M.D., Ph.D., Dario Vignali, Ph.D., and Greg Delgoffe, Ph.D., all of the UPMC Hillman Cancer Center and Pitt, Novasenta is currently focused on T-cell targets and rapidly advancing programs with the goal of launching its first clinical trial by the end of 2023. - Based on years
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Exscientia to Screen 15,000 Drugs in Search for Coronavirus Treatment

by Jasmine Pennic 04/07/2020 Leave a Comment

Exscientia to Screen 15,000 Drugs in Search for Coronavirus Treatment

What You Should Know: - Exscientia announced a joint transatlantic initiative with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron facility and Calibr, a division of Scripps Research (USA), to screen nearly every known approved and investigational drug against key COVID-19 drug targets to progress compounds that could rapidly become viable drugs for the rapid treatment of the coronavirus. - Exscientia has gained access to Calibr’s world’s leading collection of 15,000 clinically-ready
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Analysis: Applying AI in the Fight Against The Coronavirus

by Dr. Ulrik Kristensen, Senior Market Analyst at Signify Research 04/01/2020 Leave a Comment

The Many Faces of AI in Clinical Trials

Drug discovery is a notoriously long, complex and expensive process requiring the concerted efforts of the world’s brightest minds. The complexity in understanding human physiology and molecular mechanisms is increasing with every new research paper published and for every new compound tested. As the world is facing a new challenge in trying to both adapt to and defend itself against the coronavirus, artificial intelligence is offering new hope that a cure might be developed faster than ever
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Life Image, Graticule Partner to Help Biopharma Accelerate Drug Development

by Jasmine Pennic 10/09/2019 Leave a Comment

Life Image, Graticule Partner to Help Biopharma Accelerate Drug Development

- Life Image partners with Graticule to help biopharma realize the full potential of advanced data in real-world evidence programs. - Partnership combines Life Image’s global medical evidence network specializing in imaging data with Graticule’s deep expertise applying advanced data to high-value use cases. Life Image, the world’s largest medical evidence network for clinical and imaging data has announced a new partnership with Graticule to help life sciences companies accelerate drug
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Quest Diagnostics to Contribute Biomarker Datasets to Support One Brave Idea Initiative

by Fred Pennic 08/07/2019 Leave a Comment

Quest Diagnostics to Contribute Biomarker Datasets to Support One Brave Idea Initiative

In a move to advance the ground-breaking work to identify coronary heart disease at the earliest transition from wellness to disease, Quest Diagnostics announced it will contribute biomarker implementation, population health analytics and a national lab platform as a pillar supporter of One Brave Idea, the research initiative co-founded by the American Heart Association (AHA) and Verily Life Sciences with significant support from AstraZeneca.The Burden of Cardiovascular DiseaseHeart disease is
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Altoida Raises $6.3M for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Using AI & Augmented Reality

by Fred Pennic 05/31/2019 Leave a Comment

Altoida Raises $6.3M for Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Using AI & Augmented Reality

Altoida Inc., a digital health company using digital biomarkers to drive better clinical outcomes for brain diseases has raised $6.3M in Series A funding led by M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of the science and technology company Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. The round also includes participation from Grey Sky Venture Partners, VI Partners AG, Alpana Ventures, and FYRFLY Venture Partners. Taking Aim at the Alzheimer’s Disease Epidemic The number of people living with
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ICON Acquires Precision Medicine for Oncology Company MolecularMD

by Fred Pennic 02/21/2019 Leave a Comment

ICON Acquires Precision Medicine for Oncology Company MolecularMD

ICON, a global provider of drug development solutions and services has acquired MolecularMD, a molecular diagnostic specialty laboratory that enables the development and commercialization of precision medicines in oncology. The acquisition of MolecularMD’s extensive scientific and clinical biomarker experience expands the ICON’s capabilities in molecular diagnostic testing and also adds expanded testing platforms, including next-generation sequencing and immunohistochemistry, to ICON’s
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H1 Launches ‘Strategy as a Service’ Offering for Life Science Companies

by Jasmine Pennic 09/20/2018 Leave a Comment

H1 Launches ‘Strategy as a Service’ Offering for Life Science Companies

H1, a company helping healthcare organizations with live data insights to help fight diseases, today launched a new Strategy as a Service offering designed to help clients accelerate the market research phase of drug development.The company’s new DaVinci service begins at $10,000, which can help clients cut time-to-market in half, spans:- Market Landscape: Validate your strategy against an up-to-date, comprehensive picture of products and patient needs in your market.- Competitive
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