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- EyeCare Partners Announces Completion of Six New Practice Acquisitions in Second Quarterhttps://modernod.com/news/eyecare-partners-announces-completion-of-six-new-practice-acquisitions-in-second-quarter/2478055/EyeCare Partners (ECP) announced the acquisition of six new optometry, ophthalmology and eye surgery centers in regional markets around the country. ECP closed on the following acquisitions during the second quarter: Vitreous Retina Macula Specialists of New Jersey in Somerset, New J
- Epipole Raises $1.9 million, Appoints Former Optos Exec as Chairmanhttps://modernod.com/news/epipole-raises-1-9-million-appoints-former-optos-exec-as-chairman/2477943/Video retinal imaging company Epipole announced that it has secured £1.5 million ($1.9 million) in new funding to prepare for introduction into the United States ophthalmic imaging market. Epipole’s patented technology enables clinicians to scan the retina using real-time video and then e
- US States Sue 26 Generic Drugmakers for Alleged Price Fixinghttps://modernod.com/news/us-states-sue-26-generic-drugmakers-for-alleged-price-fixing/2479522/A coalition of 51 US states and territories filed a lawsuit in federal court in Connecticut on Wednesday, accusing 26 drug companies, including Taro, Perrigo, Novartis’ Sandoz unit, Actavis, Mylan, Teva, G&W and Glenmark, of conspiring to fix prices and allocate markets for at least 80
- Novartis Provides Update On Use and Safety of Beovu (brolucizumab)https://modernod.com/news/novartis-provides-update-on-use-and-safety-of-beovu-brolucizumab/2477873/An internal review of post-marketing safety case reports of brolucizumab (Beovu; Novartis) has confirmed a rare occurrence of intraocular inflammation (IOI) in association with retinal vasculitis and retinal vascular occlusion. Following FDA approval of Beovu in October 2019, Novartis rece
- AMA Issues Guidance to Physicians on Using COVID-19 Antibody Testshttps://modernod.com/news/ama-issues-guidance-to-physicians-on-using-covid-19-antibody-tests/2477783/As new serology tests for COVID-19 rapidly come to the market, the American Medical Association (AMA) is cautioning physicians about using these tests to make healthcare decisions for individual patients, according to a FierceHealthcare
- Report: More Than Half of All Age-Related Macular Degeneration Cases Go Undiagnosedhttps://modernod.com/news/report-more-than-half-of-all-age-related-macular-degeneration-cases-go-undiagnosed/2477776/In the nine major pharmaceutical markets, less than half of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) cases were diagnosed in 2019 in adults aged 50 years and older, according to analytics company GlobalData. The company’s latest report, ‘
- FDA Approves Quidel’s Sofia 2, First Antigen Test to Help in the Rapid Detection of COVID-19https://modernod.com/news/quidel-receives-emergency-authorization-for-rapid-antigen-covid-19-diagnostic-assay/2477735/Quidel, which makes diagnostic tests for a variety of conditions including acute conjunctivitis and dry eye disease, announced that it has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the FDA to market its Sofia 2
- FDA Increases Oversight, Requirements for COVID-19 Antibody Testshttps://modernod.com/news/fda-increases-oversight-requirements-for-covid-19-antibody-tests/2477723/After allowing unreviewed antibody tests to pervade the U.S. market for weeks, the FDA is closing its open-door policy for coronavirus blood serology tests—bringing their oversight more in line with the molecular diagnostics used to confirm active cases of COVID-19, according to a Fierc
- Congress Urges FDA to Better Police, Evaluate COVID-19 Antibody Testshttps://modernod.com/news/congress-urges-fda-to-better-police-evaluate-covid-19-antibody-tests/2477665/Members of Congress have called on the FDA to re-evaluate its stance toward COVID-19 antibody tests. Since mid-March, the agency has allowed diagnostic developers to bring their products to market without any outside evaluation that the results they produce are accurate, according to a
- ‘A Disaster’: Roche CEO’s Verdict on Some COVID-19 Antibody Testshttps://modernod.com/news/a-disaster-roche-ceos-verdict-on-some-covid-19-antibody-tests/2477636/Some blood tests being marketed to tell people if they have had the new coronavirus are a “disaster,” Roche Chief Executive Severin Schwan said on Wednesday as he prepares to launch the drugmaker’s own antibody test next month, according to a Reuters report. </