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The Nobel Committee announced today that it has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to three scientists for their discovery of regulatory T cells, which are a critical part of the way the body prevents autoimmune attacks.
Like a scene from a movie, a British beauty influencer and a German disabled war veteran could provide just the spark that Europe needs to open its financial heart to med-tech companies in need of love and cash. The Beauty Tech Group, which sells a range of U.S. FDA-cleared aesthetics devices popular with global influencers, raised £106.5 million ($144 million) in an IPO Oct. 3 on the beleaguered London Stock Exchange.
Researchers at Heriot-Watt University received more than £475,000 ($637,000) in funding to advance clinical work on a vibroacoustic sensor which could change how eczema is diagnosed and treated.
The U.S. FDA device center’s guidance agenda for fiscal 2026 is the classic case of something old and something new, but what was borrowed from FY 2025 may make some blue.
Med-tech financings with publicly reported values totaled $23.2 billion in the first three quarters of 2025, marking an improvement over 2023 and 2024. The rebound was driven by a resurgence in IPOs and solid private financings, while follow-on offerings lagged compared to historical averages.