Dr. Kuo-Chen Wei Presents Recent Clinical Findings in SNO/FUS Foundation Online Webinar

 On October 13, 2020, the Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) hosted a webinar on ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier disruption (BBBD). Multiple clinical trials are ongoing or planned to investigate this rapidly developing approach to enhance small molecule, antibody, and cell delivery to brain tumors. This webinar brought together the pharmaceutical and biotech companies that are advancing this technology with investigators to provide an update on opportunities and challenges for using ultrasound BBBD to deliver therapeutics to brain tumor patients. Five brief presentations by experts across the field were followed by a Q&A discussion.  


WATCH THE RECORDING >





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

NaviFUS eyeing next year to launch new NAVIRFA Scope product in Taiwan and U.S. market

Image
 NaviFUS, a subsidiary of Genovate Biotech (4130), is developing a Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) product called the NAVIRFA Scope. Simultaneous applications for regulatory approval are underway in both the United States and Taiwan.  NaviFUS has already submitted a pre-market notification 510(k) application to the U.S. FDA on December 4, 2020, and it expects to receive approval as early as mid-2021; at the same time, NaviFUS will also seek regulatory approval in Taiwan for the NAVIRFA Scope, and it has previously signed a sales distributor contract with UniPharma on October 31, 2020. NaviFUS believes that regulatory approval can also be acquired in 2021 and thus begin commercial sales in Taiwan.  There are approximately one million liver cancer patients worldwide, and the Asia-Pacific market has an annual growth rate of 12.67%; it is a market that urgently needs new treatment methods. In comparison with other first-line treatments such as surgery and hepatic artery embolization, RFA has
Read more

NaviFUS highlights clinical trial data and device capabilities at virtual International Focused Ultrasound Symposium

Image
 TAIPEI, Nov. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The 7th International Focused Ultrasound Symposium organized by the U.S. Focused Ultrasound Foundation took place from 11/9 to 11/13 in virtual format this year due to the Covid-19 epidemic. During the 5-day conference, participants presented and exchanged information on the newest developments and applications of non-invasive Focused Ultrasound (FUS) technology. Likely the largest FUS event of the year, the virtual conference hosted over 1,700 industry, medical, and academic professionals from all over the world. NaviFUS was heavily involved in the virtual conference this year; posting 3 recorded oral presentations and 1 poster presentation, and also participating in 2 panel discussions during the first two days of the conference. Notable highlights from NaviFUS at the conference include its Epilepsy neuromodulation clinical trial that just finished its safety phase, preliminary progress from its FUS combined with Avastin in rGBM patients clinica
Read more

NaviFUS System Approved For Use in Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Trial in Australia

Genovate Biotech (4130) subsidiary NaviFUS has scored some more good news on its R&D front. Not long after receiving approval for its rGBM clinical trial in Taiwan, NaviFUS has also received approval to begin human clinical trials for Alzheimer’s Disease treatment in Australia. The company is a world-leading developer of transcranial focused ultrasound (FUS) technology specializing in safely and non-invasively delivering FUS energy into the brain. Genovate has stated that the NaviFUS system can be used to treat Central Nervous System (CNS) diseases and plans to conduct its first clinical trial for the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease in Australia to evaluate safety and efficacy. This trial was approved by the Innovations Committee and Ethics Committee in mid-August at The Alfred Hospital in Monash University, one of the most prestigious academic-medical institutions in Australia. NaviFUS System is the world’s first FUS device that combines Neuronavigation – an optical tracking
Read more