In response to the news of reported layoffs at the U.S. FDA over the weekend, Advanced Medical Association president and CEO Scott Whitaker said in press release that these “significant job cuts could have a very negative impact on patient care in this country.”

Approxima Srl raised €7.3 million (US$7.65 million) in the first close of its series A financing round for its tricuspid valve repair system which is based on reshaping the right ventricle.

Using ALK+ lung cancer patient-derived cell lines, researchers have performed phosphoproteomic screening and identified guanylate kinase 1 (GUK1) as a TKI sensitive metabolic molecule in ALK-driven lung cancer.

A new version of Evo, the AI developed at the Arc Institute that can be used to design genomes as long as that of a bacterium, has been retrained with the DNA sequences of three domains of life – viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes.

With massive terminations, data removals, holds on U.S. government funding, cancellation of various programs and meetings, the potential for 25% tariffs on medical products and a multitude of court challenges and appeals, the dust is flying thick at the FDA, NIH and throughout the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).