Research supporting the role of the microbiome in human, animal, and plant health continues to grow at a staggering rate. While the wave of new health technologies emerging from this research rises, companies working in the...more
In recent years, market interest in meat substitutes has aligned with advances in cell culture techniques to support the emergence of lab-grown meat or ”cultured meat” as an alternative to farm-grown meat products. A product...more
On February 14, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Janssen Therapeutics’ Erleada (apalutamide), a non-steroidal antiandrogen for the treatment of castration-resistant non-metastatic prostate cancer....more
On August 1, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its draft guidance titled Antibacterial Therapies for Patients With an Unmet Medical Need for the Treatment of Serious Bacterial Diseases, detailing proposals...more
On April 6, 2017 the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health formally approved 23andMe’s Personal Genome Services Test as a Class II Medical Device. Approved tests include assessment of an individual’s genetic risk of...more