Partnership agreements between startups and strategics need to be based on terms that are fair otherwise they will be rejected. Inbrain Neuroelectronics SL turned down a term sheet agreement with Medtronic plc in favor of a deal with Merck & Co. as the terms were not fair, Carolina Aguilar, CEO and co-founder of Inbrain, told delegates at the LSX World Congress, in London.

Europe was a bigger counterpart to China in pharmaceutical dealmaking than the U.S. last year, speakers at Chinabio Partnering Forum said April 23, and the trend is likely to continue in 2025 with the shuttering of U.S. capital and volatility ailing global markets.

Vivasure Medical Ltd. received CE mark approval for its Perqseal Elite vascular closure system which manages bleeding complications associated with large-bore arterial vessel closure. The sutureless, fully bioresorbable device has the potential to reduce problems associated with traditional closure methods in patients undergoing complex structural heart procedures.

The Heart Rhythm Society and American College of Cardiology published guidance for same-day discharge of cardiac ablation patients during Heart Rhythm 2025, the society’s annual meeting, which was held in San Diego April 26-27.

Argenx NV is now well on the way to establishing a Vyvgart (efgartigimod alfa) franchise in severe autoimmune diseases, after getting the nod from the EMA in the treatment of progressive or relapsing chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy.

The EMA has granted European orphan drug designation to Purespring Therapeutics Ltd.’s PS-002 for IgA nephropathy (IgAN).

Regulatory reliance is all the rage of late, but some nations employ a four-tier risk classification scheme while others use a three-tier scheme.

AMT Medical BV raised $25 million in a series B financing round for its Excimer Laser Assisted Non-Occlusive Anastomosis heart bypass system. The funds will go towards clinical trials and regulatory approval for its sutureless coronary bypass technology designed to replace traditional open-heart bypass surgery.

Named after Swiss mountains, Granite Bio AG emerged from stealth with $70 million in funds through a series B to advance two immunology treatments incubated at Versant Ventures.

“They are not zombies, they are fallen angels.” That is view of Nick Johnston, a U.K-based banker who has come up with a new plan to rescue listed companies whose market capitalizations have fallen below the cash in hand after failures in clinical development programs.