The Galleri blood test is one of the most promising medical developments in recent years. It is a simple blood test that can detect up to 50 types of cancer before the disease has any symptoms. The British NHS has just begun recruiting 140,000 volunteers for a study to test the effectiveness of this diagnostic…
The pandemic has negatively affected the frequency of preventive examinations among patients who increasingly often contact doctors with advanced health problems. The issue also concerns patients struggling with cancer, in the case of which delayed diagnosis is associated with decreasing chances of recovery. One of the solutions that can improve the process of diagnosing skin…
Although Krakow has the only centre in Poland offering cancer treatment with proton therapy, children cannot use its services. The Cyclotron Centre (CCB IFJ) has been looking for subcontractors for paediatric patients since March. Cyclotron Centre no longer treats children The competition for proton treatment was signed by the National Health Fund with the Centrum…
Celon Pharma has secured a contract with the Medical Research Agency for the execution and finance of a commercial clinical trial project called “TransformRNA – mRNA Therapeutics generation platform” to create breakthrough therapeutic solutions using RNA technology. The project’s overall cost is PLN 141.6 million, with co-financing totaling approximately PLN 83.5m. As part of the…
The Ministry of Health explained that the decreasing number of those vaccinated with the third dose, in the daily statistics on COVID-19 vaccinations, is related to the correction of vaccination cards by the vaccination points. It has been discovered that booster injections are entered as the “third dose” instead of booster. Specifically, as the ministry communicated: “Despite the information…
Sanofi-Aventis has appointed Agnieszka Grzybowska-Zalewska to the position of CEO. Previously, since 2013, she served as CEO of Sanofi Genzyme in Poland, one of Sanofi’s core business units. Magdalena Kruszewska, previously CEO of Sanofi in Poland, moves to the global structure. Magdalena Kruszewska, who has been promoted to head the newly created Central and Southern…
Innovations in medicine increasingly often mean the use of modern technologies, such as the da Vinci robot. Although such solutions significantly improve the work of surgeons, they are still not included in the NFZ (National Health Fund) service basket. Moreover, there is a shortage of modern equipment in Poland, which makes it difficult for patients…
Thanks to the newly opened research and development laboratory, OncoArendi Therapeutics will be able to increase the scope of its research work in the field of medicinal chemistry and molecular biology by conducting screening tests. This will allow the company to develop new projects with huge market potential. A new R&D laboratory has been established…
A new SARS-CoV-2 sequencing method has helped detect a Delta variant that could not be identified using older NGS technology. Currently, Polish startup genXone is using the latest technology in the field of diagnostics, thanks to which approximately 70% of coronaviruses in Poland are being sequenced. As Professor Jakub Swadźba, President of Diagnostyka SA and…
Google has completed recruitment for a project supporting startups in the area of medicine and health. The technology giant has selected fifteen most promising projects and three of them belong to Polish companies. Google for Startups is an over three-month programme aimed at young entrepreneurs who need technical support and training to develop their business….
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