The trade secret dispute between Acton, Mass.-based Insulet Corp. and Eoflow Co. Ltd., of Seongnam, South Korea, addresses several key questions in the area of intellectual property law, including the circumstances in which injunctive relief is and is not appropriate.

Cureosity GmbH has raised €3.8 million (US$4.1 million) in growth financing to expand the use of its virtual reality therapy which promotes the sensorimotor and cognitive rehabilitation in patients who have suffered a stroke or with neurodegenerative diseases. The funding came from existing and new investors including Techvision Fonds and Nomainvest, a Belgian family office.

All eyes were on Tandem Diabetes Care Inc.’s presentation of the tiny Mobi pump at a standing-room-only event during the American Diabetes Association’s 84th Scientific Sessions in Orlando. In addition to showcasing the 18 ways the device can be worn, Tandem highlighted results from its user survey which found that 86% of respondents reported that the device improved their quality of life.

Endogenex Inc. closed an oversubscribed $88 million series C financing round to support completion of its investigational device exemption trial for the Recet system. The Recet system uses non-thermal pulsed electric fields to remodel the duodenal tissue to treat adults with type 2 diabetes.

Medtronic plc’s diabetes unit has not received the positive attention lavished on competitors in recent years, but that may be about to change, if its presentations and analysts’ views from the American Diabetes Association 84th Scientific Sessions this weekend provide a good measure. Perhaps most notably, Medtronic’s Mimimed 780G, a hybrid closed-loop automated insulin delivery system that received U.S. FDA clearance in April 2023, posted strong results and could be the catalyst for increased traction of the diabetes franchise.

Results presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 84th Scientific Sessions in Orlando this weekend demonstrated significant reductions in blood glucose and insulin requirements in people with type 2 diabetes using Insulet Corp.’s Omnipod 5 automated insulin delivery (AID) system, providing a solid base for the company’s expansion into a much larger market.

A team of researchers have developed a blood test which uses artificial intelligence to predict Parkinson’s disease in patients up to seven years before symptoms appear. The test, based on the identification of eight biomarkers in the blood, will be able to identify patients who can be treated earlier with therapies to slow down the progression of the disease or even prevent it from occurring.

The recent conviction of Ontrak Inc. CEO Terren Peizer for insider trading was conspicuous on two counts, including that it was the first time such a conviction had been obtained solely for trading conducted under a government-approved insider trading policy. More worrisome for industry, generally, is the case is another example of federal prosecutors’ ever-growing use of data and analytics to root out violations of SEC law. This is a trend that seems destined to grow with advances in artificial intelligence.