The U.S. FDA accepted Novocure GmbH’s premarket approval (PMA) application to use its Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) technology together with standard systemic therapies to treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) following progression on or after platinum-based therapy. Novocure hopes that the application, under review, will get the green light and the therapy, which uses electric fields to disrupt solid tumors and kill cancer cells, will be on the market in the second half of 2024.
Pearsanta Inc., a subsidiary of Aditxt Inc. formed in Feb. 2023, acquired MDNA Life Sciences Inc. for $25 million in stock, marking Aditxt’s second deal announced in a month. The company moved into the women’s health market with the $100 million planned acquisition of Evofem Biosciences Inc., maker of the contraceptive gel Phexxi, which it reported on Dec. 12. The deals show boldness on the part of Aditxt’s management team as the company just announced it regained compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing rule for minimum stockholder’s equity on Jan. 2.
A new study published by researchers from the Tokyo University of Science (TUS) unveiled a new machine learning-aided, non-invasive imaging framework for rapid liver lipid visualization, which could help diagnose and treat steatotic liver diseases (SLD).
