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Ultrasonic Biopsy Needle for Larger Tissue Samples

Researchers at Aalto University in Finland have developed an ultrasonically actuated needle that can retrieve a large amount of tissue during a biopsy, without the pain and complications associated with using bigger needles. The technique could be very useful when clinicians need to obtain tissue samples for molecular tumor diagnostics, since obtaining high quality samples… Read More »

Akebia crashes on vadadustat flop in larger anemia indication. Will AZ, FibroGen own the market?

What was previously expected to be a three-way battle in the novel HIF-PHI renal anemia drug class now has one man down. Akebia Therapeutics has posted a surprise trial flop, which one analyst said could hand the rival FibroGen-AstraZeneca team an early monopoly of the market. On Thursday, Akebia said its Otsuka-partnered vadadustat was linked to… Read More »