Mother’s Milk Is Best has a medical device that increases the ability to use a mother’s milk or a donor’s milk versus other fortification processes. Last month, judges selected the company as the winner of the consumer/employer track of MedCity News’ INVEST Pitch Perfect contest.
Digital tools like remote monitoring devices, virtual care, and clinical intelligence platforms – all can be leveraged to fill gaps in care in rural hospitals as it relates to care in neonatal intensive care units. In the hands of a collective many, they can be deployed to level the playing field in caring for babies needing special attention and to increase bandwidth and improve adherence to quality guidelines.
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
FDA withdrawal of Makena from the market comes four years after the drug, granted accelerated approval in 2011, failed a post-marketing study to confirm the drug’s benefit. The FDA decision also affects generic versions of the drug.
Preterm infants have poorly formed lungs, and struggle to breathe. Maryland startup Therabron Therapeutics just raised $6.75 million for its Phase 2 drug that helps regulate breathing in infants with respiratory difficulties.