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Why destroying IgG faster can treat myasthenia gravis without depleting B cells

FcRn normally rescues IgG antibodies from intracellular destruction and returns them to circulation. Blocking that recycling pathway accelerates IgG clearance, including pathogenic autoantibodies, without directly eliminating the B cells that produced them.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Cytrellis launches ellacor in Australia as Micro-Coring expands from facial wrinkles to body resurfacing

Cytrellis has commercially launched ellacor in Australia after TGA registration of its Class IIa handpiece and cartridge, opening a broader body-resurfacing market for its nonthermal Micro-Coring platform.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Hyperfine publishes 125-patient portable MRI study as outpatient Swoop use passes 3,000 scans

The prospective NEURO PMR study found 92% blinded concordance between portable and conventional brain MRI, rising to 98% after clinical review, as Hyperfine reports more than 3,000 office scans.

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Pharma & Biotech

Nicox reaches FDA review with NCX 470 after two Phase 3 trials beat glaucoma pressure baseline

FDA has accepted Kowa’s NDA for NCX 470 and set an April 30, 2027 PDUFA date after two Phase 3 trials established noninferiority to latanoprost in lowering intraocular pressure.

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Pharma & Biotech

Lytix moves ruxotemitide toward registrational melanoma trial after FDA backs EFS endpoint

FDA raised no objection to a randomized Phase 3 comparing neoadjuvant ruxotemitide plus pembrolizumab with pembrolizumab alone and indicated that one well-controlled study could potentially support an NDA.

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Features & Analysis

Why atrial fibrillation ablation is moving from heat and freezing to pulsed electric fields

Radiofrequency burns and cryoballoon freezes cardiac tissue to isolate pulmonary veins. Pulsed field ablation instead uses microsecond electrical pulses to disrupt myocardial cells, offering a nonthermal route that may reduce collateral injury while delivering comparable rhythm control.

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Pharma & Biotech

New soquelitinib data support Corvus Pharmaceuticals’ pivotal push in relapsed T-cell lymphoma

Soquelitinib shows durable T-cell lymphoma responses and 28.1-month median survival as Corvus Pharmaceuticals advances its Phase 3 trial.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

PENTAX Medical takes MAGENTIQ-COLO AI across four regions after adenoma miss-rate data

PENTAX Medical will integrate and distribute MAGENTIQ-COLO across the US, EMEA, JAPAC and Latin America after randomized evidence showed higher adenoma detection and a lower miss rate than conventional colonoscopy.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

NeoGenomics wins Medicare coverage for RaDaR ST immunotherapy monitoring in advanced solid tumors

MolDX coverage now includes RaDaR ST for monitoring immune-checkpoint inhibitor response in late-stage solid tumors, expanding reimbursement while current ASCO guidance still treats ctDNA as complementary rather than a replacement for standard assessment.

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Pharma & Biotech

SK Biopharmaceuticals bets up to $795m on Biohaven’s opakalim before pivotal data

SK Biopharmaceuticals is acquiring worldwide rights to opakalim and Biohaven’s Kv7 platform, providing $400 million in near-term cash and assuming additional obligations while pivotal RISE3 data remain due in the second half of 2026.

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