Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Adela, C the Signs, Calyxo, EDAP, Heartbeam, Inocras.
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Akoya Biosciences, Allora, Astrazeneca, Evvy, Healthy.io, Heartcor, Icad, Labrador Health, Mainstay Medical, Microsoft, Neogenomics, Quanterix, Sophia Genetics, Ultima Genomic, Wellysis.
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Promega, Telix.
With April 29 being Day 100 for U.S. President Donald Trump, his staff observed the day by touting the achievements of the administration’s first 100 days in office, especially new commitments made by the private sector to invest more than $5 trillion in U.S.-based manufacturing, R&D, infrastructure and technology.
Vivasure Medical Ltd. received CE mark approval for its Perqseal Elite vascular closure system which manages bleeding complications associated with large-bore arterial vessel closure. The sutureless, fully bioresorbable device has the potential to reduce problems associated with traditional closure methods in patients undergoing complex structural heart procedures.
The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology published guidance for same-day discharge of cardiac ablation patients during Heart Rhythm 2025, the society’s annual meeting, which was held in San Diego April 26-27.
Using step counts and heart rate readings from Google’s Fitbit devices, a machine learning model accurately predicted the risk of hospitalization, a study presented at Heart Rhythm 2025 found. The study used data from participants in the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us research program.