Planting seed money and “wishing” is not enough to claim “irreparable harm” to secure a preliminary injunction or to establish the standing required to appeal a patent board decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled May 7 in two decisions involving Incyte Corp. and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
The promise of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to heal heart disease could be around the corner thanks to a new delivery method tested by regenerative medicine company Cynata Therapeutics Ltd.
News of the sale of Masimo Corp.’s consumer audio unit may be music to the ears of investors, even at the steep discount from its original purchase price. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Harman International Industries Inc. unit snapped up the Sound United business for about $350 million – roughly one-third of the $1.025 billion Masimo paid for the company in 2022.
The recent 510(k) clearance by the U.S. FDA for a core part of Precision Neuroscience Corp. brain-computer interface technology is certainly a boon for the company, and others developing the devices. For the millions of people suffering from health disorders, such as motor neuron disease, spinal cord injury or severe stroke, its sign that a solution which could transform their lives could be just a few years away.
The U.S. FDA in 2018 granted the de novo petition by Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. for the company’s DNA test for evaluation of residual hematological malignancies, but waited until March 8, 2025, to post notice of the attendant regulation.
Oncosil Medical Ltd.’s brachytherapy device outperformed stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy in patients with unresectable or borderline-resectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, according to a comparative analysis.
In the first quarter of 2025, the med-tech sector saw a total of $149.08 million raised through 475 deals. This marked a significant decline from the $519.14 million raised in Q4 2024, representing the smallest quarterly total recorded by BioWorld MedTech since 2018.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Dariohealth, Laborie Medical, Mictrostransponder, Novorad, Openwater.