Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Cornav, Cytosorbents, Dotmatics, Grace Medical, Hurricane Medical, Innovia, Lunit, Median Technologies, Microsoft, Siemens.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Fasikl, Intuitive, Life Molecular, Moon Surgical, Piur Imaging.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services posted the draft home health rule for calendar year 2026, which includes a proposal to subject continuous glucose monitors and insulin pumps to competitive bidding, but the agency is also considering a more rapid pace of replacement of these technologies.
Anaconda Biomed SL recently received CE mark for the Ana5 funnel catheter, designed to improve mechanical thrombectomy in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. The company hopes that the device, which has a vessel-matching diameter funnel to maximize the capture of blood clots, could be the holy grail in mechanical thrombectomy.
Aortic valve repair and replacement continue to grab attention appropriate for the number of people affected, but the heart’s other three valves are finally gaining some respect as med-tech companies and analysts recognize the size of the potential total addressable market.
The U.S. Department of Justice reported June 30 that several hundred defendants were charged with health care fraud of more than $14 billion, but the more important news may be that federal agencies are standing up a data sharing system that will make this kind of enforcement more effective.
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Cognito, Elutia, Implantica, Novocure, Stereotaxis.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Acutus Medical, Adaptive Biotechnologies, Bergenbio, Eko Health, Enchannel Medical, Flatiron, Neurent, Oncoinvent, Onward, Vitrolife, Vivos.
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