Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Alcon, Allurion, Bio-Rad, Corflow, Fresenius Medical Care, Lumithera, Miach Orthopaedics, Novari Health, Panther, Vitalhub.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Boston Scientific, Morphic Medical, Sirtex Medical, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
Finding they were “arbitrary and capricious” under the Administrative Procedures Act, the District Court for the District of Columbia vacated a White House Office of Personnel Management memo and a subsequent Department of Health and Human Services’ guidance intended to implement President Donald Trump’s Day 1 executive order pertaining to gender ideology.
The EU is to harness the “silver economy” of its aging population to help drive innovation and growth as part of a new strategy to make Europe “the most attractive place in the world for life sciences by 2030.”
Field Medical Inc. continues to reap funding from investors for its pulsed field ablation (PFA) system with a $35 million oversubscribed series B financing round. With treatment of atrial fibrillation already upended by PFA technology, Field sees ventricular tachycardia as a fertile new territory for transformation.
The U.K. government revealed its much anticipated 10-year plan to get the National Health Service back on its feet and fit for the future. It is betting on five technologies – data, AI, Genomics, wearables and robotics – to drive the change needed to transform the health care system.
Lunit Inc. reported a new collaboration with Microsoft Corp. July 2 to jointly develop medical AI programs accessible on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.