BD Expands from Cancer Discovery and Diagnosis into Post-Treatment Monitoring with Acquisition of Cytognos from Vitro S.A.

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Feb. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Cytognos, a privately held company headquartered in Salamanca, Spain, specializing in flow cytometry solutions for blood cancer diagnosis, minimal residual disease (MRD) detection and immune monitoring... Read more

The Lancet publishes studies showing Roche’s faricimab improved and maintained vision in two leading causes of vision loss, extending time between treatments up to four months

Two papers in The Lancet highlight one-year results from Roche’s phase III trials evaluating faricimab in neovascular or “wet” age-related macular (nAMD) and diabetic macular edema (DME) Across four studies, about half of eligible faricimab patients were able to go four months between treatments, and approximately three-quarters could be treated every three months or longer... Read more

Xylem Clocks 113,000 Volunteer Hours in 2021, Doubling Time Donated to Help Tackle Water Challenges in 55 Countries

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan. 20, 2022– Global water technology company, Xylem (NYSE:XYL), announced today that almost 80 percent of its 16,000 employees volunteered their time to help solve urgent water challenges in 2021. Xylem’s global team collectively donated 113,000 hours in their communities, across 55 countries. The commitment of volunteer hours doubled from 2020 to... Read more