Boston Scientific announces new app to track stent implants in those with kidney stones
Currently, implanted stents are sometimes forgotten or left in for too long - 13 out of 100 according to the company.
Just like kidney stone therapy: Shockwave Medical gets $40M for tech that breaks up calcium plaques in advanced vascular disease
Shockwave Medical just got $40M for its technology that breaks up plaques in vascular disease - much like the lithotripsy used to treat kidney stones.
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Allena Pharma’s kidney stone-preventing enzyme attracts $25M
Kidney stones are on the rise. One cause is a condition called hyperoxaluria – a potentially serious metabolic disorder that’s found in about 20-30 percent of patients with recurrent stones. It that lead to chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease and dialysis. To date, there’s no approved therapy to treat hyperoxaluria. An enzyme that can degrade oxalates – the […]