The late-breaking clinical trial presentations at this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics conference in Boston included new results from trials of three different minimally invasive approaches to treat uncontrolled hypertension.
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The US Medicare agency will hold three public meetings in June and July addressing tremor treatment devices and clinical diagnostic lab tests. The first meeting on June 25 will focus on endpoints for Parkinson’s device trials, while subsequent meetings will address payment rates and codes for laboratory tests.
Precision’s recent FDA clearance for a core part of its next-generation wireless brain-computer interface system opens the pathway to a safer, more humane BCI for researchers to use compared to higher-risk intracortical arrays, according to BCI expert Naveen Rao.
Congress has launched an inquiry into 23andMe amid privacy concerns following its bankruptcy, particularly regarding the potential sale of sensitive user data. Additionally, a Cybernews report gave 40 DNA testing firms an average cybersecurity grade of D, citing widespread vulnerabilities and data breaches, along with inadequate public information about their security practices.
