U.S. Food and Drug Administration

With U.S. HQ in Dallas, Epiminder Gets FDA Authorization for Implantable Monitor for Epilepsy Patients

by | Apr 23, 2025
"As the first and only implantable continuous EEG monitor approved in the U.S., Minder can provide health care professionals and their patients with more accurate and timely diagnoses, enhanced therapeutic drug monitoring, and can better inform decisions on non-drug treatments like surgery," said Epiminder CEO Rohan Hoare.
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3 UT Dallas Professors Win 2024 Cerami Award for Bioelectronic Medicine Research
by | Feb 6, 2025
The honors to UTD's Michael Kilgard, PhD, Robert Rennaker, PhD, and Seth Hays, PhD, are the first time the award will go to scientists who have made significant strides in translational bioelectronic medicine research.
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North Texas’ Caris Life Sciences Gets FDA Approval for its ‘MI Cancer Seek’ Companion Diagnostic Test
by | Nov 6, 2024
Caris said MI Cancer Seek will be used as a companion diagnostic to identify cancer patients who may benefit from treatment with targeted therapies.
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Dallas’ Articulate Labs Tapped by Medical Device Innovation Consortium for Advanced Tech Initiative
by | Aug 12, 2024
MDIC is piloting the AMCH program, with support from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, to help encourage the medical device industry to adopt advanced technology not just during device production but across the total product life cycle.
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Nanoscope Therapeutics Strengthens Clinical, Regulatory Expertise with Appointment of Chief Medical Officer

by | Sep 22, 2023
Samuel Barone, M.D., is a former Federal Drug Administration official and leader in the pharmaceutical space.
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Plano’s Reata Pharmaceuticals Launches First Product: The Rare-Disease Drug Skylarys
by | Jun 29, 2023
Reata cleared the final FDA hurdle to get its rare-disease drug Skylarys on the market, the company announced Tuesday. The drug is now available to U.S. patients who've been diagnosed with Friedreich’s ataxia—a genetic disorder that can cause progressive damage to the nervous system. The announcement marks Reata’s first drug approval since the company was founded in 2002, according to the Dallas Morning News.
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On Rare Disease Day, Plano Biotech Reata Pharmaceuticals Gets Its First FDA Approval
by | Mar 2, 2023
The FDA approval is not only a first for Reata's treatment of ultra-rare disease Friedreich's Ataxia. It's a first in the company's history, reports FiercePharma. On the news, Reata’s stock skyrocketed nearly 200% Wednesday, according to the Dallas Morning News, which cited an estimate that the drug will create a revenue stream in excess of $1 billion.
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Nanoscope Therapeutics Names New Vice President of Quality
by | Jan 11, 2023

Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a Dallas-based clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, has appointed Massoud Motamed, Ph.D., as vice president of quality.

Motamed brings nearly a decade of CGMP quality and compliance experience, including extensive experience in manufacturing and regulatory review of gene therapy products....

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Spectral MD Gets $27M to Advance Trials of AI-Powered Wound, Burn Care Device

by | Jul 24, 2019
Spectral's device uses real-time data and artificial intelligence to help look beneath the skin's surface and assess wound and burn damage, which can help doctors improve treatments and outcomes — as well as be a tool in the response to mass burn casualties in a national emergency.
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Discovery: UTA Team Creating Water Modeling Tool for Trinity River; UTSW Finds How ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Enters Artery Walls
by | May 3, 2019
You'll also find out about how the FDA has granted Breakthrough Device status to a new Caris Life Sciences cancer test in this roundup of research and development activity in North Texas.
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