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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FIND Neuro gets FDA clearance for CN-Suite as epilepsy surgery moves toward quantitative seizure-network mapping

FIND Neuro’s CN-Suite analyzes intracranial EEG to rank seizure-driving brain regions, giving epilepsy teams quantitative decision support during presurgical evaluation for patients aged three and older.

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Pharma & Biotech

BRII-179 shows its strongest signal before treatment, not during it, as Brii Bio reshapes its hepatitis B cure strategy

ENRICH recorded HBsAg loss rates of 42.9% and 40% after BRII-179 priming, while a concurrent triple regimen underperformed expectations and a recalled assay kit now requires retesting of another cohort.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can an inhaled peptide do more than slow lung fibrosis? Rein Therapeutics moves LTI-03 deeper into Phase 2

FDA Fast Track gives Rein Therapeutics closer regulatory access as its 120-patient RENEW trial tests whether inhaled LTI-03 can translate promising biomarker effects into measurable preservation of lung function.

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Features & Analysis

How should FDA regulate a medical AI system that can generate a different answer every time?

FDA is exploring competency assessment, risk-based monitoring and new lifecycle controls for generative AI medical devices whose outputs can vary by prompt, context and software evolution.

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Can cancer-style T-cell engagers reset autoimmune disease without manufacturing CAR-T cells?

Bispecific T-cell engagers developed for blood cancers are being repurposed to eliminate pathogenic B cells and plasma cells in severe autoimmune disease, potentially offering CAR-T-like depth without individualized cell manufacturing.

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Pharma & Biotech

Can patients slow AFib-RVR at home? Milestone enrolls first patient in pivotal ReVeRA-301

ReVeRA-301 will test self-administered etripamil in about 150 patients, using ventricular-rate reduction within 30 minutes as the primary endpoint and the same regimen already approved for PSVT.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

HealthTab brings Abbott HbA1c and lipid testing into UK pharmacies under multi-year deal

Avricore Health’s HealthTab will distribute Abbott’s Afinion 2 through NHS-linked pharmacies, combining rapid HbA1c and lipid testing with a connected platform for community-based screening.

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Pharma & Biotech

Orum takes ORM-1153 into human testing after FDA clears first-in-human AML study

Orum plans an approximately 42-patient Phase 1 study of ORM-1153 after FDA cleared the CD123-targeting conjugate to deliver a GSPT1 protein degrader into AML cells.

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Features & Analysis

Digital pathology is moving beyond tumor detection. Can foundation models learn how pathologists reason?

Pathology foundation models learn reusable representations from millions of tissue images and can be adapted for cancer detection, biomarkers and prognosis, potentially replacing one-algorithm-per-task development.

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Can Alzheimer’s disease now be diagnosed from blood instead of a PET scan or spinal tap?

Blood tests measuring phosphorylated tau and amyloid-related biomarkers can identify Alzheimer’s-associated brain pathology with high accuracy, but they are not interchangeable with population screening or a complete dementia diagnosis.

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