Viromed Medical AG recently signed a couple of deals to get its devices based on cold plasma technology into the hands of clinicians to treat patients with skin diseases and pneumological infections.
First quarter 2025 results presentations were the first chance analysts have had to quiz pharma companies in public about their exposure to the threat of U.S. import tariffs and what action they are taking to mitigate the risks. BioWorld reporters have listened in to the analyst meetings and filleted out responses to the tariff question by CEOs and senior executives, to get an overview of how the sector as a whole is responding. One thing is very clear: While pharmaceuticals are for now exempt from tariffs, the industry has been bracing for their imposition whilst at the same time lobbying strongly against them, on the grounds that drug shortages could result.
Deepull Diagnostics SL raised €50 million (US$56.93 million) in an oversubscribed series C financing round to complete clinical validation studies of its UllCORE diagnostic system for direct-from-blood rapid pathogen detection.
“We are prepared for every scenario, even though we don’t know what some of those are.” That sums up the message from executives of Astrazeneca plc, GSK plc and Sanofi SA, when quizzed during presentations of their first-quarter 2025 results this week, about the fallout if pharmaceuticals they import to the U.S. are subject to tariffs.
Pulsed field ablation dominated discussions and scientific sessions at Heart Rhythm 2025 in San Diego with researchers and manufacturers touting new applications in persistent atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and addressing specific challenges for existing systems.
Europe was a bigger counterpart to China in pharmaceutical dealmaking than the U.S. last year, speakers at Chinabio Partnering Forum said April 23, and the trend is likely to continue in 2025 with the shuttering of U.S. capital and volatility ailing global markets.
Off-the-shelf cancer vaccine specialist Nouscom AG announced positive final results for its lead product, Nous-209, showing there was a “highly potent” and durable immune response in carriers of Lynch syndrome, a common hereditary condition that can increase the lifetime risk of cancer by as much as 80%. The data, presented at the annual American Association for Cancer Research meeting on April 29, indicate Nous-209 elicits a cancer-preventing effect.
Vivasure Medical Ltd. received CE mark approval for its Perqseal Elite vascular closure system which manages bleeding complications associated with large-bore arterial vessel closure. The sutureless, fully bioresorbable device has the potential to reduce problems associated with traditional closure methods in patients undergoing complex structural heart procedures.
The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology published guidance for same-day discharge of cardiac ablation patients during Heart Rhythm 2025, the society’s annual meeting, which was held in San Diego April 26-27.
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