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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Virtual Incision wins FDA clearance to use MIRA robotic surgery system in hysterectomy

Virtual Incision has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for its miniature MIRA robotic-assisted surgery system in benign hysterectomy, extending the platform beyond colectomy into gynecologic surgery.

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Pharma & Biotech

TEZSPIRE clears every major Phase 3 hurdle in EoE. Could blocking TSLP reshape another disease?

Amgen and AstraZeneca say TEZSPIRE achieved both co-primary and all key secondary endpoints in the Phase 3 CROSSING study, potentially extending the TSLP-blocking biologic into eosinophilic esophagitis.

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Pharma & Biotech

Genentech signs $1bn-plus DualityBio deal to develop next-generation ADCs

Genentech has entered a global collaboration with DualityBio to develop antibody-drug conjugates using novel payloads designed to address tumors resistant to widely used topoisomerase inhibitor ADCs.

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Features & Analysis

The next medical device may hold a conversation with you. The FDA is preparing for what comes next

Generative artificial intelligence is pushing medical software beyond fixed predictions toward systems capable of conversation, synthesis and potentially autonomous actions. The FDA is now exploring whether these devices should be evaluated more like clinical professionals than conventional software.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Could a routine ECG expose hidden pulmonary hypertension? Tempus AI just won FDA clearance

Tempus AI has received FDA 510(k) clearance for ECG-PH, artificial-intelligence software that analyzes routine 12-lead electrocardiograms for signs associated with elevated pulmonary artery pressure in symptomatic adults without a known pulmonary-hypertension diagnosis.

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Pharma & Biotech

CTX310 delivers one-year lipid reductions as CRISPR Therapeutics advances in vivo cardiovascular editing

CTX310 sustains deep ANGPTL3, LDL and triglyceride reductions for one year after one infusion. See what the data mean for CRISPR Therapeutics.

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Pharma & Biotech

Aficamten clears pivotal Phase 3 test in non-obstructive HCM as Cytokinetics prepares FDA filing

Aficamten hits both Phase 3 ACACIA-HCM endpoints as Cytokinetics prepares an FDA filing. See what the results mean for Myqorzo growth.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Abbott Libre Duo watches a diabetes danger signal CGMs have historically missed

Abbott Laboratories has secured FDA De Novo authorization for Libre Duo 10 Day, the first wearable in the United States to continuously monitor ketones and the first device globally to continuously measure glucose and ketones together.

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Pharma & Biotech

Gilead Sciences’ Bixlenvo turns up to 11 HIV pills into one, but who benefits most?

Gilead Sciences has secured U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Bixlenvo, a once-daily tablet combining bictegravir and lenacapavir for virologically suppressed adults with HIV, including patients whose resistance or treatment history has kept them on complex multi-tablet regimens.

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Pharma & Biotech

A once-daily pill just changed dermatomyositis treatment. What the FDA’s LISRAYA approval means

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Priovant Therapeutics’ LISRAYA, or brepocitinib, for adults with dermatomyositis, creating the first FDA-approved oral treatment for the rare systemic autoimmune disease. The decision converts positive Phase 3 VALOR data into Roivant Sciences’ first commercial opportunity for a drug that is also being developed across several other immune-mediated

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