GC Genome Corp. priced a Kosdaq offering of 4 million shares at ₩10,500 per share May 27, entailing a gross ₩42 billion (US$30.5 million) raise in early June. The Yongin, South Korea-based genomics subsidiary of GC Biopharma Corp. fixed its shares price to the top of its ₩9,000 to ₩15,000 price band May 27 after conducting demand forecasting on domestic and international institutional investors from May 19 to May 23.

Rebrain SAS's Optimmri platform received European Medical Device Regulation CE mark certification to enable surgeons to identify areas of interest in the brain during deep brain stimulation procedures for Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

Step aside, Marco Polo: Kakao Healthcare Corp. plans to bring PASTA to Japan. PASTA is Kakao's AI-based continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) management mobile application, which will be available in Japan through a new subsidiary as the health care company works to expand its global presence.  

In what represents just the company’s third PCT filing, Houston-based Starling Medical Inc.’s co-founders, Hannah McKenney and William Hendricks, seek to gain further protection for their at-home urine diagnostic patient-monitoring platform that eliminates the traditional use of catching containers and dipsticks.

Mentaily Ltd. raised $3 million in seed funding for its AI-powered mental health diagnosis, triage and support tool, Liv. The platform is designed to help patients suffering from psychological distress and mental illness.

The U.S. FDA typically announces its inspections at facilities located outside the U.S. – a courtesy not extended to domestic manufacturing sites. This is about to change per an agency press release quoting commissioner Marty Makary as describing the disparate treatment as a double standard.

The U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) opened a late-stage assessment for drug-eluting stents (DES) with an eye toward costs, advising clinicians that they should implant the least expensive DES unit that is clinically appropriate for that patient while the assessment is underway.

Seoul, South Korea-based Voinosis Co. Ltd. filed for potential worldwide protection of its AI-based system that allows for the early detection cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and hearing loss through voice analysis.

Using step counts and heart rate readings from Google’s Fitbit devices, a machine learning model accurately predicted the risk of hospitalization, a study presented at Heart Rhythm 2025 found. The study used data from participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research program.

The use of Renalytix plc’s Kidneyintelx biomarker-based prognostic test led to increased and targeted use of sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors in patients at risk of diabetic kidney disease, compared to untested patients, according to data from a study.