How can biotech companies avoid losing public’s trust?
Are people wary of genomics and biotech companies, or just what a clinical study might reveal? Two case studies of consent rates for newborn sequencing might shed light on the answer.
Developers of FDA-cleared smart bottle for premature infants building discharge decision tool
Nfant Labs developed a connected baby bottle for use in nenonatal intensive care and is currently developing a tool to harness data generated from the device to help decide when infants should be discharged from the hospital.
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The pediatric landscape is changing: It’s time to jump on the bandwagon
Larger medtech companies have traditionally shied away from investing in the pediatric market...
Cellular therapy just got real: Novartis is the first to get FDA approval for CAR-T treatment (Updated)
At $475,000, the therapy isn't cheap but for its part, Novartis has said patients would only pay the full whack if they respond to the therapy by the end of the first month.
A Medicaid program to help first time mothers succeed gets funding from private donors
An expansion of a program will zero in on pregnant teenagers and young women with less formal education at higher risk for complications, said Chris Bishop, executive director of the Nurse-Family Partnership in South Carolina.
The appetite for breast milk has produced a growing commodity market
Increasing numbers of women who produce more breast milk than they need are handing it over — or selling it — for others to use. Some states, including California and New York, regulate milk banks the way they do tissue banks, enforcing some safety standards.
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Ostiio wants to improve quality of life for kids with craniofacial defects
Ostiio has developed a distractor device used in distraction osteogenesis to increase bone for children with craniofacial defects.
TytoCare data suggests its technology is as accurate as in-person exams
Data will be presented at the American Telemedicine Association's annual meeting in April. The researchers also are preparing a paper for publication in an unspecified medical journal.
Pediatric device consortia wants to close the supply-demand gap
The Pediatric Device Consortia Grant Program encourages inventors to think small, developing much-needed pediatric devices that may not make a lot of money.
Child prodigy’s approach to diagnosing concussions nabs spot in pediatric medical device contest
Averia, co-founded by Rohan Suri, has developed a way to diagnose concussions which combines an iPhone, an app and a cardboard headset.
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Gobiquity raises $6M to expand vision screening app for children to more devices, markets
The company wants to make its GoCheckKids photoscreening app available to improve access to screening for amblyopia and visual acuity.
Pediatric hospital readmissions rate may approach 30 percent
The most common hospital-related reasons had to do with how patients are assessed, postoperative complications or hospital-acquired conditions.
Docs try technology to distract, relax kids before surgery
They called it BERT, short for Bedside Entertainment Theater. It looks high-tech, but the whole thing costs about $900 to build. Lucile Packard now has 10 BERT units across the hospital. They’re using it in surgery, of course, but they’re also using it to calm kids getting radiation therapy and MRIs.
Children’s hospitals change strategies to help kids sleep better
Many nighttime interruptions — like bathing a child at 3 a.m. — happen because they suit the staff’s schedule. Getting away from that required a major recalibration of the ICU’s workflow and culture.
Stem cells and biomechanics help predict and treat inherited heart defects
The technology, developed by a multi-institutional team led by the Cincinnati Children's Heart Institute, would allow doctors to intervene earlier to help patients manage their conditions and help inform future pharmacologic treatment options.