Acute kidney injury

Insights on the Renal Biomarkers Global Market to 2027 - by Biomarker Type, Diagnostic Technique, End-user and Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, June 17, 2022

As they also aid in predicting disease progression and computing drug dosage, renal biomarkers find extensive applications in hospitals and diagnostic laboratories across the globe.

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  • As they also aid in predicting disease progression and computing drug dosage, renal biomarkers find extensive applications in hospitals and diagnostic laboratories across the globe.
  • How has the global renal biomarkers market performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
  • What has been the impact of COVID-19 on the global renal biomarkers market?
  • What is the structure of the global renal biomarkers market and who are the key players?

Potrero Medical CEO, Joe Urban, to Present at WSGR's 29th Annual Medical Device Conference

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Friday, June 17, 2022

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    Dr. Khanna and colleagues concluded that continuous high-fidelity monitoring of Intra-abdominal Pressure (IAP) shows high, persistent levels of IAP in cardiac surgery patients.
  • Many patients were in advanced grade intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), which may have otherwise been missed by intermittent-only IAP measurements.
  • Joe Urban, Potrero Medical CEO, stated "We celebrate the publication and partnership of the three large academic centers that contributed to the findings."
  • Potrero Medical was founded with a mission to improve patient care and save health systems money with the latest advances in artificial intelligence and sensors.Potrero Medical is headquartered inHayward, CA.For more information, visit www.potreromed.com .

Spectral and Dialco Announce Dr. John Kellum to be Featured as Keynote Lecturer at the 40th Vicenza Course on AKI and CRRT 2022

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

where he will discuss the rationale for polymyxin B hemoperfusion and other therapies in sepsis on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 10:40 AM CET.

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  • where he will discuss the rationale for polymyxin B hemoperfusion and other therapies in sepsis on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, at 10:40 AM CET.
  • Dr. Kellum has been invited to participate in the following featured panels:
    Dr. Kellum will discuss Endotoxemia and Endotoxic Shock and why we should care on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, at 6:30 AM Eastern Time.
  • Dr. Kellum will discuss availability of new tools for decision making on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 7:15 AM Eastern Time.
  • Spectral is a Phase 3 company seeking U.S. FDA approval for its unique product for the treatment of patients with septic shock, Toraymyxin (PMX).

Nuwellis Expands Pediatric Access to Ultrafiltration Therapy at Hospitals in Florida and Arkansas

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

The company today announced its Aquadex SmartFlow system is now available at two new pediatric hospitals in Florida and Arkansas.

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  • The company today announced its Aquadex SmartFlow system is now available at two new pediatric hospitals in Florida and Arkansas.
  • Nuwellis therapy meets an unmet need in pediatric patients, and the benefit of the clinically-proven5 technology can be demonstrated through its recent expansion to health centers in Florida and Arkansas.
  • In addition to bringing its existing technology to new pediatric health centers, Nuwellis is currently developing a new, fully integrated pediatric continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) device designed to provide care for small babies and children.
  • Were immensely grateful to the NIH, KBT, and our pediatric nephrologist medical advisors in supporting the development of our pediatric CRRT device.

Talaris Therapeutics Presents Additional Phase 2 Data and Analyses at American Transplant Congress 2022

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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Real-world data comparison of matched controls to Phase 2 treated patients.

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  • Real-world data comparison of matched controls to Phase 2 treated patients.
  • In an oral presentation at the 2022 ATC meeting, Talaris provided an update on the continued long-term follow-up of patients in its Phase 2 LDKT study.
  • ET to discuss its presentations at the American Transplant Congress (ATC) and provide a data update from its ongoing Phase 3 FREEDOM-1 study in living donor kidney transplant (LDKT) recipients, pending receipt of data from all participating sites.
  • Talaris maintains corporate offices in Boston, MA, its cell processing facility in Louisville, KY, and additional research operations in Houston, TX.

Unicycive to Present at JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference

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Monday, June 6, 2022

LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq: UNCY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for patients with kidney disease, today announced that Shalabh Gupta, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Unicycive, will participate in the JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference taking place June 15-16, 2022 in New York as follows:

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  • LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq: UNCY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for patients with kidney disease, today announced that Shalabh Gupta, M.D., Chief Executive Officer of Unicycive, will participate in the JMP Securities Life Sciences Conference taking place June 15-16, 2022 in New York as follows:
    To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Unicycive, please contact your JMP Securities representative.
  • For questions or further information about Unicycive, please contact Anne Marie Fields of Stern IR at 212-362-1200 or submit your request to [email protected] .
  • Unicycive Therapeutics is a biotechnology company developing novel treatments for kidney diseases.
  • UNI-494 is a patent-protected new chemical entity in late preclinical development for the treatment of acute kidney injury.For more information, please visit www.unicycive.com .

Unicycive Initiates Pivotal Clinical Bioequivalence Study of Renazorb to Treat Hyperphosphatemia

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq: UNCY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for patients with kidney disease today announced the initiation of its pivotal clinical bioequivalence (BE) study of Renazorb (lanthanum dioxycarbonate.)

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  • LOS ALTOS, Calif., June 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Unicycive Therapeutics, Inc.(Nasdaq: UNCY), a clinical stage biotechnology company developing therapies for patients with kidney disease today announced the initiation of its pivotal clinical bioequivalence (BE) study of Renazorb (lanthanum dioxycarbonate.)
  • Renazorb is a novel phosphate binding agent utilizing proprietary nanoparticle technology that is being developed by Unicycive for the treatment of hyperphosphatemia.
  • The study is a randomized, open label, two-way crossover BE study to establish pharmacodynamic bioequivalence between Renazorb and Fosrenol.
  • The Renazorb program is supported by a previously completed clinical trial that studied Renazorb in 32 healthy volunteers.

Trodelvy® Improved Progression-Free Survival by 34% in Heavily Pre-Treated HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients

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Saturday, June 4, 2022

In TROPiCS-02, we enrolled heavily pre-treated patients with metastatic breast cancer who had disease progression following multiple lines of chemotherapy.

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  • In TROPiCS-02, we enrolled heavily pre-treated patients with metastatic breast cancer who had disease progression following multiple lines of chemotherapy.
  • Trodelvy has not been approved by any regulatory agency for the treatment of HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.
  • Almost one in three cases of early-stage breast cancer eventually become metastatic, and among patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic disease, the five-year relative survival rate is 30%.
  • As patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer become resistant to endocrine-based therapy, their primary treatment option is limited to single-agent chemotherapy.

Bristol Myers Squibb Announces Topline Results Showing Treatment with Orencia (abatacept) Improved Survival in People Hospitalized with COVID-19

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Thursday, June 2, 2022

Given the positive findings from the topline data, Bristol Myers Squibb plans to discuss these data and potential next steps with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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  • Given the positive findings from the topline data, Bristol Myers Squibb plans to discuss these data and potential next steps with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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  • In certain countries outside the U.S., due to local laws, Celgene and Juno Therapeutics are referred to as, Celgene, a Bristol Myers Squibb company and Juno Therapeutics, a Bristol Myers Squibb company.

InsightRX Helps Boone County Hospital Improve Patient Safety with Precision Dosing

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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today InsightRX, a healthcare technology company which provides cloud-based precision dosing support to guide treatment decisions, announced that Boone County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Iowa, implemented model-informed precision dosing via its point-of-care InsightRX Nova platform to reduce acute kidney infections resulting in zero nephrotoxicity events. The hospital has also improved the number of patients achieving the desired therapeutic range for their antibiotic regimen by 27% in one year. 

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today InsightRX , a healthcare technology company which provides cloud-based precision dosing support to guide treatment decisions, announced that Boone County Hospital, a 25-bed critical access hospital in Iowa, implemented model-informed precision dosing via its point-of-care InsightRX Nova platform to reduce acute kidney infections resulting in zero nephrotoxicity events.
  • In May 2019, Boone County Hospital implemented InsightRX Nova, a precision dosing platform that uses pharmacokinetic model-informed Bayesian forecasting, to standardize its therapeutic drug monitoring for four key antibiotics, including vancomycin.
  • While many smaller hospitals assumed they would be unable to meet the new standard of treatment, Boone Hospital was already practicing next-generation precision dosing with its patients.
  • "Boone County Hospital is a great example of how even smaller, more rural facilities can leverage model-informed precision dosing to have a significant impact on patient safety," said Sirj Goswami, PhD, co-founder and CEO of InsightRX.