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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

FDA approves RASONQUE after 500-patient trial nearly doubles pancreatic cancer survival

Revolution Medicines’ once-daily daraxonrasib improved median overall survival to 13.2 months from 6.7 months with chemotherapy in RASolute 302, giving metastatic pancreatic adenocarcinoma its first FDA-approved broad RAS-targeted therapy.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Masimo gets FDA clearance for continuous oxygen-delivery monitoring on Root with LiDCO

Masimo’s FDA-cleared Root with LiDCO combines cardiac output, SpHb and oxygen saturation to continuously trend calculated oxygen delivery during major surgery and other periods of physiological stress.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FDA authorizes Abbott Libre Duo as first continuous glucose-ketone wearable

Libre Duo 10 Day continuously measures glucose and ketones every minute for people with diabetes aged two and older, creating the first US integrated glucose-ketone monitoring category.

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Pharma & Biotech

Lancet Oncology publishes Summit’s global ivonescimab Phase 3 with PFS at 6.8 months versus 4.4

Global HARMONi data show ivonescimab plus chemotherapy reduced progression or death risk by 48% after third-generation EGFR-TKI failure, while overall survival had not reached statistical significance at the primary analysis.

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Pharma & Biotech

Jazz wins first-line Ziihera approval as HERIZON-GEA-01 resets the HER2 treatment benchmark

FDA has approved two Ziihera-based first-line regimens in HER2-positive advanced gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma after the Tevimbra combination improved median overall survival from 19.2 to 26.4 months.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Tempus gets FDA clearance for ECG-PH as standard ECG gains a pulmonary hypertension AI layer

Tempus ECG-PH analyzes routine 12-lead ECGs from symptomatic adults aged 40 and older and returns a binary signal associated with elevated pulmonary artery pressure, but it is not a stand-alone diagnosis.

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Pharma & Biotech

United Therapeutics gets June 2027 FDA date for once-daily oral ralinepag

FDA has accepted United Therapeutics’ ralinepag NDA with a June 24, 2027 PDUFA date after ADVANCE OUTCOMES showed a 55% reduction in first clinical worsening events.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

FDA clears Freyja’s second-generation VereSee miniature laparoscope with VisualEntry

FDA has cleared Freyja Healthcare’s second-generation VereSee, combining a 2 mm miniature laparoscope with visual entry technology intended to show anatomy during initial laparoscopic access.

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Medical Devices & Diagnostics

Nipro launches ELISIO-HX in the US as expanded hemodialysis targets harder-to-remove toxins

Nipro’s newly FDA-cleared ELISIO-HX is designed to remove larger uremic middle molecules while retaining essential proteins and working with existing hemodialysis infrastructure.

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