Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Inc. agreed to purchase select assets of Bioreference Health from Opko Health Inc. for $237.5 million in a deal slated to close in the second half of 2024. The transaction could be the start of a buying spree for the country’s second-largest independent laboratory testing service provider, as Labcorp management has laid out an acquisition strategy that focuses on higher-growth areas, particularly reproductive and women’s health. Read More

Abbott Laboratories reported the U.S. FDA approval of a new device specifically designed for the repair of leaky tricuspid heart valves. The Triclip was granted a PMA for the treatment of tricuspid regurgitation following the recent recommendation of the Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee for the FDA, whose vote confirmed 13 to 1, with 0 abstention that the benefits of Triclip outweighed the risks. Read More

The U.K. Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency is in the thick of its proposed regulatory overhaul for medical technology, which the agency promises will hew closely to the regulations still in deployment in the European Union. Read More

Angiodynamics Inc. said it has settled with the parent company of C.R. Bard Inc., over a series of conflicts over patents held by Bard that will cost Angiodynamics nearly $10 million just in 2024, potentially significantly more. Read More

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is recognized worldwide for its debilitating symptoms of declining cognitive function and gradual memory loss. What remains less clear is exactly what causes the neurodegenerative disease, and how to treat it. “Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by two key pathologies – beta-amyloid plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles.” Seung-Yong Yoon, CEO of Adel Inc., told BioWorld. “Adel is looking to develop a tau-targeting drug, considering tau has been more correlated with AD symptom progression, and the industry’s need for tau pipelines.” Read More

New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Digital Diagnostics, Ceribell, Fractyl Health, Maverix Medical, Spectral, Transverse Medical. Read More

Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: Earlitec Diagnostics, Miach Orthopaedics, Pantheon Vision. Read More

Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Freenome, Vektor Medical. Read More

Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: GE Healthcare, Harrick Scientific, Icecure, Kardium, MIM, Onward Medical, Precisedx, Specac, Zoll Medical. Read More

Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Concept Medical, Eko Health, Quidelortho Thorne Healthtech, Wat Medical. Read More