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Penumbra launched the Indigo® System with Lightning™ 7 and Lightning 12 Intelligent Aspiration in Europe On April 14, 2022, Penumbra, Inc., a leading medical device company focused on developing innovative therapies for neuro and vascular conditions, received the CE mark for its Indigo Aspiration System w...

GSK Acquires Sierra Oncology for USD 1.9 Billion GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy Sierra Oncology and its lead drug assets, momelotinib, for anemia caused by the blood malignancy myelofibrosis. GSK is paying USD 55 per share in cash for Sierra, a 39% premium to the company's closing share price yesterday, valui...

Alcon Announces Launch of Dry Eye Treatment Device On April 04, 2022, Alcon Inc. announced the launch of their latest dry eye innovation, the Systane® iLux2® Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) Thermal Pulsation System. It is an all-in-one handheld device equipped with new imaging technology to capture infrared ph...

Aidoc Expands AI Service to X-ray, Receiving FDA 510(k) Clearance for Pneumothorax On March 30, 2022, Aidoc, the leading developer of healthcare AI solutions, announced that its triage and notification of pneumothorax on X-ray exams has gained FDA 510(k) approval. Aidoc's other seven FDA-cleared clinical AI prod...

FDA Approves Yescarta as a First CAR T-cell Therapy for Initial Treatment of R/R Large B-cell Lymphoma Until now, existing CAR-T therapies have been reserved for patients with blood cancer who have tried multiple treatments. The FDA has approved Yescarta, a CD19-directed CAR-T therapy developed by Gilead Science...

Ypsomed Collaborated with CamDiab for Smartphone-based Automated Insulin Delivery On March 22, 2022, Ypsomed, a leading manufacturer of injection and infusion systems for self-medication partnered with CamDiab Ltd, developer of CamAPS FX, an app for the management of glucose levels via insulin pumps using an ada...

Smithfield BioScience and BioCircuit to Develop New Nerve Tape Device On March 16, 2022, BioCircuit Technologies, a National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded medical device company primarily focused on developing and commercializing tissue repair and neural interfacing products, and Smithfield BioScience, a uni...

NHS Grants Fast Track Access to Takeda’s Exkivity Takeda has secured UK approval for its lung cancer therapy Exkivity, with an NHS access deal that could see it prescribed to patients within the next few weeks. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has granted conditional marketing authorisa...

NeuroLogica Announces FDA 510(k) Clearance for Photon Counting Computed Tomography Using OmniTom Elite  On March 10, 2022, The state-of-the-art OmniTom Elite acquired 510(k) approval for the addition of Photon Counting Detector (PCD) technology, according to NeuroLogica Corp, a subsidiary of Samsung Electro...

FDA Clears AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza as an Adjuvant Breast Cancer Therapy The FDA approved the AstraZeneca and Merck drug for a specific group of patients with high-risk early breast cancer after chemotherapy treatment, either before or after surgery. Lynparza cements its position as the best-selling PARP...