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Topic: personalized medicine

Health IT firm focused on personalized medicine raising up to $10.1 million

Health IT firm focused on personalized medicine raising up to $10.1 million

July 27, 2012 1:31 pm by | 0 Comments

A health IT firm aiming to make data useful to health providers, payers and researchers for application of personalized medicine has raised nearly $1 million. ... Read more
Physicians need more education on personalized medicine

Physicians need more education on personalized medicine

July 10, 2012 5:17 pm by | 0 Comments

Consumers armed with genetic testing information from the likes of 23andMe and a whole host of gene testing companies are showing up at the emergency room or their primary care ... Read more
Rare diseases expert: Marketable orphan drugs will soon require diagnostic+therapy

Rare diseases expert: Marketable orphan drugs will soon require diagnostic+therapy

June 13, 2012 12:24 am by | 0 Comments

Personalized medicine and rare diseases go hand in hand. With the help of advancements in genomics and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Orphan Drug Act, more than 350 new ... Read more
20 personalized medicine thought leaders to follow on Twitter

20 personalized medicine thought leaders to follow on Twitter

June 6, 2012 9:54 am by | 1 Comments

Have an interest in staying up with the latest in personalized medicine, as well as a Twitter account?Then consider following these 20 personalized medicine thought leaders.This list is restricted to ... Read more
Genomic analysis company gets $250K JumpStart investment

Genomic analysis company gets $250K JumpStart investment

June 5, 2012 12:55 pm by | 0 Comments

A bioinformatics company that’s developed software to analyze sequenced genomic data from cancer patients and their tumors has received a $250,000 investment from nonprofit business development group JumpStart.Cleveland-area GenomOncology had ... Read more
Personalized medicine study using genetic data in EMRs signs up Air Force

Personalized medicine study using genetic data in EMRs signs up Air Force

May 31, 2012 8:11 pm by | 0 Comments

As the cost of mapping out personal genomes goes down, the more potentially lifesaving but sensitive genetic data is available. Although the day when it’s commonplace to have that personal ... Read more
Personalized medicine test maker AssureRx raises $12.5M series C round

Personalized medicine test maker AssureRx raises $12.5M series C round

May 30, 2012 4:31 pm by | 0 Comments

Personalized medicine test maker AssureRx Health has raised a $12.5 million series C round of investment that it’ll use to help commercialize its tests that help doctors pick the right ... Read more
Software fast enough for custom-made cancer treatments?

Software fast enough for custom-made cancer treatments?

May 25, 2012 2:12 pm by | 0 Comments

A new approach to review the genetic makeup of cancer patients and their tumors could enable customized cancer treatments.It’s been too hard for scientists to analyze peoples’ genetic data. Figuring ... Read more
Food for thought: Nutrigenomics as personalized medicine (Best of MedCitizens)

Food for thought: Nutrigenomics as personalized medicine (Best of MedCitizens)

May 12, 2012 8:40 am by | 0 Comments

Every week, MedCity News highlights the best of its MedCitizens: syndication partners and MedCity News readers who discuss life science current events on MedCityNews.com. Now here's the best of what ... Read more
Argos raises $25M for kidney cancer immunotherapy phase 3 study

Argos raises $25M for kidney cancer immunotherapy phase 3 study

April 24, 2012 10:42 am by | 0 Comments

Immunotherapy company Argos Therapeutics, which last month withdrew plans for a $65 million initial public offering, has now secured a $25 million round of financing to start phase 3 clinical ... Read more
Takeda partners with Metabolon to find biomarkers for pharma R&D

Takeda partners with Metabolon to find biomarkers for pharma R&D

April 18, 2012 12:49 pm by | 0 Comments

Takeda Pharmaceutical (TYO:4502) will use biochemical discovery technology from Metabolon to find new therapeutic targets and biomarkers.No financial terms of the research alliance were disclosed. But Metabolon said that the ... Read more
Personalized medicine: A long path, uncertain directions and distant goals

Personalized medicine: A long path, uncertain directions and distant goals

April 12, 2012 6:34 pm by | 0 Comments

If personalized medicine’s promise isn’t easily understood, Dr. Kristin Newby can readily explain it through her clinical practice.The cardiologist at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina routinely ... Read more
What venture capitalists look for in personalized medicine investments

What venture capitalists look for in personalized medicine investments

April 2, 2012 5:04 pm by | 0 Comments

Companies like Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX), Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) aren’t healthcare companies, but one venture capitalist believes their example can guide personalized medicine.Bob Kocher, a partner at venture capital firm ... Read more
Personalized medicine’s promise and challenges discussed at Duke forum

Personalized medicine’s promise and challenges discussed at Duke forum

March 30, 2012 5:46 pm by | 1 Comments

For those counting, today is day 3,273 since the sequencing of the human genome was completed.Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, is among those counting. Medicine ... Read more
Advances in regenerative medicine spark skin cell banking startup

Advances in regenerative medicine spark skin cell banking startup

March 22, 2012 5:15 pm by | 0 Comments

We’ve heard of people freezing their eggs, blood and stem cells for use later on, but a health service startup is now enabling patients to freeze their own skin cells ... Read more