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.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) spoke to an industry meeting in Washington and expressed concerns about the situation at the U.S. FDA, but she also blasted the tariffs put in place by the Trump administration as lacking the proper statutory authority.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Avenda Health, Castle Biosciences, Paragonix, Spectral AI.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alivmentiv, Biocardia, Compco, Dova, ICU Medical, Innovative Lab Services, Otsuka, Satisfai.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Element Science, Intuitive.
Presentations at Heart Rhythm 2025 for Field Medical Inc. and Adagio Medical Holdings Inc. demonstrated success in two very different types of ablation for ventricular tachycardia, potentially offering new options for a harder-to-treat type of arrhythmia.
Med tech companies were reminded that there are opportunities in emerging and growing markets as they look for ways to adapt to the uncertainties created by the U.S. administration threats of import tariffs. With large populations, and relatively untapped markets, these opportunities represent new destinations for the med tech products. However, the U.S. cannot easily be replaced and there will be challenges in these markets, delegates heard at the LSX World Congress, in London.