Roche AG received regulatory clearance from the U.S. and European authorities for a new diagnostic test that detects Bordetella infections, including whooping cough, as cases surge globally. The point-of-care test, which delivers PCR-accurate results in just 15 minutes, will help health care providers to quickly identify infections and act to prevent severe complications, onward transmission and deaths.

Abbott Laboratories announced a recall of Freestyle Libre 3 and Libre 3 Plus sensors used in continuous glucose monitors after receiving reports of more than 700 injuries and seven fatalities that may be associated with the sensor malfunction. The company did not describe the nature of the malfunction let alone a root cause, but said the affected product comes from only one of three production lines, and thus it expects no shortages associated with the recall.

A new oral HER2-directed breast cancer therapy from Bayer AG, and its companion diagnostic from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., have been approved by the U.S. FDA. Hyrnuo (sevabertinib), a reversible tyrosine kinase inhibitor, was greenlit by the agency for adults with locally advanced or metastatic non-squamous advanced HER2-mutant non-small-cell lung cancer.

Dexcom Inc. received U.S. FDA clearance for its Smart Basal CGM-integrated basal insulin dosing optimizer. Designed for adults with type 2 diabetes using glargine U-100 long-acting insulin therapy, Smart Basal uses data from Dexcom’s G7 15 Day sensor with doses logged by the user to personalize recommendations and adjust long-acting insulin doses, with direction from the patient’s health care provider.

U.S. and European organ-on-a-chip specialty biotechnology companies are driving development of organ-on-a-chip technologies, fueled by the U.S. FDA’s decision to phase out animal testing for investigational new drugs.

Withings SA received U.S. FDA clearance for Beamo, its health check-up tool designed to monitor heart and lung function. Described as the ‘thermometer of the future’, Beamo combines the sensors of an electrocardiogram, a stethoscope and a thermometer into a hand-held device to allow users to check their body temperature, cardiac and pulmonary health in less than a minute.

A team of five members of the U.S. FDA staff published a review of the use of AI in health care and concluded that while hallucinations in AI systems can be minimized, the trade-off is that efforts to minimize hallucinations tend to diminish the AI’s performance.

Magstim Co. Ltd. reported that the U.S. FDA cleared its Magstim Rapid magnetic stimulation system for the treatment of chronic pain. The clearance provides a clinically validated therapy that directly targets neural pathways involved in pain processing to deliver a non-invasive, drug-free treatment for chronic pain.