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Lyric and Concert Expand Partnership to Deliver Laboratory Payment Accuracy Solution

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星期三, 五月 1, 2024
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PHILADELPHIA, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyric, an AI-first leader in payment accuracy, has expanded its partnership with Concert to deliver payment accuracy across a rapidly expanding set of advanced and routine laboratory tests, the companies announced today.

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  • PHILADELPHIA, May 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Lyric, an AI-first leader in payment accuracy, has expanded its partnership with Concert to deliver payment accuracy across a rapidly expanding set of advanced and routine laboratory tests, the companies announced today.
  • Together, Concert and Lyric will deliver a technology solution for laboratory payment accuracy that is transparent, reduces the chance for errors, and is minimally abrasive.
  • The solution will deliver Concert's claim editing—based on its integrated payment policy and medical policy content—through a seamless customer experience.
  • Lyric and Concert first partnered in 2023 to deliver an integrated genetic test management solution.

Sheppard Mullin Welcomes IP Partner Alex Chung in Washington D.C.

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星期三, 四月 24, 2024
Professional Services, Patent Law, Health, Legal, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, University, Bangladesh Technical Education Board, IP, CRISPR, RNA interference, NIH, Intellectual property, Perkins Coie, Monoclonal antibody, Genetic, RNA, Research, Seoul National University, Genetic engineering, AAV, B cell, Patent, ADC, Chung, TPD, Conjugation, National university

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Kwan-Ho “Alex” Chung, Ph.D. has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group and Life Sciences industry team in Washington, D.C. Chung was most recently a partner at Perkins Coie LLP.

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  • Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is pleased to announce that Kwan-Ho “Alex” Chung, Ph.D. has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property practice group and Life Sciences industry team in Washington, D.C. Chung was most recently a partner at Perkins Coie LLP.
  • Chung’s move to Sheppard Mullin follows the recent hire of life sciences IP partner, Jaime Choi , Ph.D., in February.
  • His extensive experience includes procuring, managing, evaluating, enforcing and defending patents and providing clients strategic IP counsel.
  • “Alex is another pillar in our strategic effort to continue to grow our Life Sciences team,” said Luca Salvi, chair of Sheppard Mullin.

Prevent Blindness Declares May as First-ever Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month

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星期三, 四月 24, 2024
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CHICAGO, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness, the nation's leading nonprofit eye health and safety organization, has designated May as "Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month," expanding its previous IRD and Genetic Testing Awareness Week initiative. The group is providing a variety of tools to promote awareness and education for IRDs and the importance of genetic testing, including a free webinar, expert and patient videos, shareable social media graphics, and fact sheets in English and Spanish. IRD Genetic Testing Awareness Month is supported by funding from Johnson & Johnson, and Spark® Therapeutics.

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  • Prevent Blindness expands IRD and genetic testing awareness initiative to educate patients on various forms of IRDs, and the importance of genetic testing to confirm diagnosis and possible treatments.
  • CHICAGO, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Prevent Blindness , the nation's leading nonprofit eye health and safety organization, has designated May as "Inherited Retinal Disease (IRD) Genetic Testing Awareness Month," expanding its previous IRD and Genetic Testing Awareness Week initiative.
  • ET, the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness will be hosting the free webinar, " Pathway to Diagnosis: Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Diseases ."
  • To register for the "Pathway to Diagnosis: Genetic Testing for Inherited Retinal Diseases" webinar, visit PreventBlindness.org/IRD-webinar-2024.

Ascential Medical & Life Sciences Appoints Anupam Girdhar as Divisional CEO

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星期二, 四月 16, 2024
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SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascential Medical & Life Sciences today announced the appointment of Anupam Girdhar as divisional CEO. A business leader with 25 years of operational and strategic experience, Mr. Girdhar has managed complex life science tools and medical devices businesses. He has a proven track record fostering growth and cultivating top-tier organizations and will work towards positioning Ascential Medical & Life Sciences for lasting success.

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  • With more than two decades of relevant experience, Girdhar has held leadership positions at Thermo Fisher Scientific and Baxter Healthcare
    SAN DIEGO, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascential Medical & Life Sciences today announced the appointment of Anupam Girdhar as divisional CEO.
  • He has a proven track record fostering growth and cultivating top-tier organizations and will work towards positioning Ascential Medical & Life Sciences for lasting success.
  • "Anupam has an impressive background that combines technical and business expertise and a proven reputation in the medical and life sciences industry," said Jeff Moss, CEO of Ascential Technologies.
  • Ascential Medical & Life Sciences provides end-to-end capabilities for complex medical device assembly and total commercialization services from ideation to scaled manufacturing.

ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine Elects Four Highly Accomplished Medical Genetics Professionals to its Board of Directors

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星期四, 四月 11, 2024
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The ACMG Foundation is a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to facilitating the integration of genetics and genomics into medical practice.

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  • The ACMG Foundation is a national nonprofit foundation dedicated to facilitating the integration of genetics and genomics into medical practice.
  • The board members are active participants, serving as advocates for the ACMG Foundation and for advancing its policies and programs.
  • ACMG Foundation President Nancy J. Mendelsohn, MD, FACMG said, "We are pleased to welcome these four new members to the ACMG Foundation Board of Directors.
  • "I am honored for the opportunity to serve the ACMG again through participation in the Foundation Board of Directors.

Travere Therapeutics to Present Abstracts at the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders and Genetic Metabolic Dieticians International

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星期四, 四月 4, 2024
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SAN DIEGO, April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Travere Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: TVTX) today announced that the Company will present eight posters in classical homocystinuria (HCU) at Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 14-17, 2024, and Genetic Metabolic Dieticians International (GMDI) in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 17-20, 2024.

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  • SAN DIEGO, April 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Travere Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: TVTX) today announced that the Company will present eight posters in classical homocystinuria (HCU) at Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (SIMD) in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 14-17, 2024, and Genetic Metabolic Dieticians International (GMDI) in Charlotte, North Carolina from April 17-20, 2024.
  • At SIMD and GMDI, the Company will present the trial design of the pivotal Phase 3 HARMONY Study of pegtibatinase, a novel investigational enzyme replacement therapy for the treatment of classical HCU.
  • Additionally, the Company will share insights on the development of an innovative tool used for dietary management and monitoring in the Phase 3 HARMONY Study and open-label extension ENSEMBLE Study, and the positive results from cohort 6 in the placebo-controlled Phase 1/2 COMPOSE Study of pegtibatinase in classical HCU.
  • “Classical HCU is an isolating and devastating rare disorder with very limited treatment options, including adherence to highly restrictive diets, leaving patients and their caregivers with immense challenges,” said Jula Inrig, M.D., chief medical officer of Travere Therapeutics.

Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the Recipient of the 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award from the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

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星期三, 三月 13, 2024
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BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award—the "Watson Award"—named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Michael S. Watson, MS, PhD, FACMG.

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  • BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Natalia Gomez-Ospina, MD, PhD is the recipient of the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's 2024 Dr. Michael S. Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award—the "Watson Award"—named for the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics first and longstanding executive director, Michael S. Watson, MS, PhD, FACMG.
  • "I am honored to receive this award in recognition of my dedication to advancing genetic and genomic medicine and my commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of patients with genetic diseases.
  • This award affirms the need for innovative approaches to treat such diseases and the immense potential that genome editing has in this regard.
  • "Dr. Gomez-Espina is a promising physician-scientist whose work is befitting the Dr. Michael Watson Genetic and Genomic Medicine Innovation Award, an award that honors an individual whose work has had a significant impact on genetic and genomic medicine.

Acclaimed Clinical Geneticist Dr. Bruce Korf Honored with 2024 David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Genetics from the ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine

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星期三, 三月 13, 2024
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BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned clinical geneticist Bruce Korf, MD, PhD, FACMG, has been named the recipient of the 2024 ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Genetics.

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  • BETHESDA, Md., March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Renowned clinical geneticist Bruce Korf, MD, PhD, FACMG, has been named the recipient of the 2024 ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine's David L. Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Genetics.
  • Dr. Korf is an authentic, kind and ethical human being whose life and career in medical genetics are unparalleled."
  • "Dr. Korf's extraordinary accomplishments in clinical genetics, neurofibromatosis, and genomics, as well as his dedication to education make him a well deserving winner of the David Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award.
  • Before he died, David appreciated the opportunity to work with Bruce first-hand in the editing of Principles and Practice of Medical Genetics as well as on numerous committees for the ACMG.

Rejuve.Bio Launches Groundbreaking Crowd Fund on NetCapital to Pioneer the Future of Artificial General Intelligence and Longevity

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星期二, 三月 12, 2024
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LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rejuve.Bio, a leading AI biotechnology firm at the forefront of the longevity revolution, announces its latest initiative: a Crowd Fundraise on the NetCapital platform. This pivotal move opens a gateway for investors to be part of a transformative journey, leveraging artificial intelligence and genetics to challenge the conventional notions of aging and human healthspan. [See https://netcapital.com/companies/rejuvebiotech for more information.]

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  • LOS ANGELES, March 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Rejuve.Bio, a leading AI biotechnology firm at the forefront of the longevity revolution, announces its latest initiative: a Crowd Fundraise on the NetCapital platform.
  • This pivotal move opens a gateway for investors to be part of a transformative journey, leveraging artificial intelligence and genetics to challenge the conventional notions of aging and human healthspan.
  • Focused on harnessing the power of artificial intelligence (AI) and genetics, Rejuve.Bio aims to revolutionize the healthcare and biotech industries by extending human healthspan and redefining the aging process.
  • All investments involve risk and the past performance of a security or financial product does not guarantee future results or returns.

23andMe Launches New Genetic Reports on Common Forms of Cancer

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星期三, 三月 6, 2024
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The reports are based on statistical models known as polygenic risk scores (PRS), developed by 23andMe through its proprietary research database.

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  • The reports are based on statistical models known as polygenic risk scores (PRS), developed by 23andMe through its proprietary research database.
  • Availability of the breast cancer and prostate cancer PRS reports is based on self-reported birth sex.
  • The PRS models on which the new 23andMe reports are based were developed using the 23andMe database, and further validated using an external database.
  • To learn more about the new 23andMe PRS reports on cancer, and becoming a 23andMe+ Premium member, visit https://www.23andme.com/membership/ .