News of the sale of Masimo Corp.’s consumer audio unit may be music to the ears of investors, even at the steep discount from its original purchase price. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s Harman International Industries Inc. unit snapped up the Sound United business for about $350 million – roughly one-third of the $1.025 billion Masimo paid for the company in 2022. Read More
The recent 510(k) clearance by the U.S. FDA for a core part of Precision Neuroscience Corp. brain-computer interface technology is certainly a boon for the company, and others developing the devices. For the millions of people suffering from health disorders, such as motor neuron disease, spinal cord injury or severe stroke, its sign that a solution which could transform their lives could be just a few years away. Read More
The U.S. FDA in 2018 granted the de novo petition by Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. for the company’s DNA test for evaluation of residual hematological malignancies, but waited until March 8, 2025, to post notice of the attendant regulation. Read More
Oncosil Medical Ltd.’s brachytherapy device outperformed stereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy in patients with unresectable or borderline-resectable locally advanced pancreatic cancer, according to a comparative analysis. Read More
In the first quarter of 2025, the med-tech sector saw a total of $149.08 million raised through 475 deals. This marked a significant decline from the $519.14 million raised in Q4 2024, representing the smallest quarterly total recorded by BioWorld MedTech since 2018. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Dariohealth, Laborie Medical, Mictrostransponder, Novorad, Openwater. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Accelerate Diagnostics, Clinical Accelerator, Doktorconnect, Ezra, Fastwave Medical, Function Health, Vitalflo, Luminopia, Nextgen Jane, SS Innovations. Read More
