Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. secured a new gem for its maternal health with the acquisition of the Jada system from Organon & Co. The terms of the deal, first announced in November, included payment of $440 million at closing, with an additional $25 million tied to 2026 revenue targets.

Prenaital ApS has filed a patent for technology that may identify risks of spontaneous pre-term birth. Spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) is usually defined as birth occurring before 37 weeks of gestation. The invention relates to a method for predicting potential preterm birth from medical scan data, which may be used in practice by medical professionals for risk analysis and prognosis of potential pathologies.

Genedx Holding Corp. launched Genomedx Prenatal, its whole genome sequencing test, to provide more definitive diagnoses of the causes of fetal abnormalities identified by ultrasound. By combining the company’s decade of experience in prenatal exome testing and its massive Genedx Infinity rare disease dataset, the test can determine not just whether a pregnancy has a risk of a genetic disorder but whether the fetus actually has a genetic disorder.