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FDA approves Ionis ZANVASTRO as first disease-modifying treatment for Alexander disease

The FDA has approved Ionis Pharmaceuticals’ ZANVASTRO for pediatric and adult Alexander disease after a 54-patient study showed significant stabilization of gait at 61 weeks.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

One cardiac MRI can take an hour to measure manually. Heartvue has FDA clearance to automate much of that work

Heartvue.ai has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Heartvue.Proton, machine-learning software that automates key cardiac MRI measurements and includes an authorized Predetermined Change Control Plan.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Nyxoah Genio hits both pivotal endpoints in sleep apnea patients excluded from current U.S. neurostimulation

Nyxoah’s ACCCESS pivotal study produced a 77.2% AHI responder rate and 87.7% oxygen-desaturation responder rate with no device-related serious adverse events through 12 months.

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Pharma & Biotech

Scholar Rock takes apitegromab beyond SMA with 60-patient FSHD trial and new FDA designations

Scholar Rock has started dosing in the 60-patient Phase 2 FORGE trial of apitegromab in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy after receiving FDA Fast Track and Orphan Drug designations.

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Pharma & Biotech

FDA accepts United Therapeutics’ Tyvaso application for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

The FDA has accepted United Therapeutics’ supplemental Tyvaso application for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis after combined TETON data showed a 111.8 mL advantage in forced vital capacity over placebo at 52 weeks.

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Pharma & Biotech

AMT-130 slowed Huntington’s progression by 75%. uniQure has now filed for FDA approval

uniQure has submitted AMT-130 for accelerated U.S. approval after three-year Phase 1/2 data showed a 75% slowing of Huntington’s disease progression against a matched natural-history control.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Bayesian Health sepsis AI wins Medicare NTAP reimbursement starting October 2026

CMS has approved a New Technology Add-on Payment for Bayesian Health’s FDA-cleared continuous sepsis flagging software, creating an additional Medicare reimbursement pathway for eligible inpatient use beginning October 1.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FDA clears Hamamatsu NanoZoomer S20MD and S540MD as digital pathology competition expands

Hamamatsu has announced U.S. FDA 510(k) clearances for the NanoZoomer S20MD and S540MD whole-slide imaging systems, extending its regulated digital pathology portfolio from compact benchtop use to high-throughput laboratories.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Norroy starts 600-patient Phase 3 trial of 177Lu-NYM032 in metastatic prostate cancer

Norroy Bioscience has started pivotal Phase 3 development of 177Lu-NYM032 in PSMA-positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, with a registered target enrollment of about 600 patients and overall survival as the primary objective.

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Pharma & Biotech

Fewer than 100 children are known to have ML4. Families spent nearly a decade building its first gene therapy trial

The ML4 Foundation says the FDA has allowed the first U.S. human trial of an AAV9 gene therapy for mucolipidosis type IV to proceed, opening clinical testing for an ultra-rare neurodegenerative disease with no approved disease-modifying therapy.

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