Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Basel Medical, Globus Medical, Medvasc, Royal Philips, Senseonics, Staar Surgical.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Affluent Medical, Bright Uro, Endoquest Robotics, Nitinotes, Viromed Medical.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: ABM Respiratory Care, Biacure Therapies, Catheter Precision, Delve Health, Qhslab, Siemens Healthineers.
A pair of studies published in Diabetologia demonstrate that use of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) reduces hospitalizations in people with type 1 diabetes and in those with type 2 diabetes who use insulin compared to use of capillary blood glucose monitoring. Abbott Laboratories’s REFLECT real-world studies showed that use of its Freestyle Libre CGMs reduced the severity of cardiovascular conditions associated with diabetes and, consequently, led to fewer in-patient stays.
PhaseV Inc. raised $50 million in a series A funding round to further develop its machine learning (ML) platform which helps companies reduce the cost and duration of clinical trials, and increase their possibility of success.
Royal Philips NV unveiled its Future Health Index report for 2025, and it reveals the widening trust gap between health care professionals and patients concerning the adoption of AI in health care.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services reported a request for information for a modernized digital health ecosystem that would presumably improve beneficiary access to digital health technologies.