Medtronic plc hit a sweet spot with its diabetes devices, with the unit leading the company in growth in its first quarter 2025 results. Diabetes device sales grew 11.8% to $647 million for the quarter, an important boost that pushed total revenue up to $7.9 billion ($8.01 billion, adjusted), a 2.8% reported increase or 5.3% exchange rate impact. No other unit saw more than single-digit increases in sales.

The U.K. Medicines and Health Care Products Regulatory Agency enacted its AI Airlock program for artificial intelligence – the agency’s branding for its regulatory sandbox for this type of medical software.

Andera Partners involvement in a string of recent deals in the cardiovascular space demonstrates the ongoing appetite for devices to treat heart diseases, Olivier Litzka, a partner at Andera Partners told BioWorld.

The $180 million Caresyntax GmbH recently raised in a series C extension round allows the company to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of its precision surgery platform, Bjorn von Siemens, CFO and CBO of Caresyntax told BioWorld.

The first patenting from Hemeo BV describes its development of Vantage, an artificial intelligence powered clinical decision support software for coagulation management.

Stereotaxis Inc. Genesisx received the greenlight from the EU authorities for its next generation robotic system, which it says builds on the benefits and performance of the previous Genesis while greatly reducing its barriers to adoption.

There is no evidence to support the differences in prices that the U.K.’s national health service (NHS) is paying for transcatheter heart valves from Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific Corp., Edwards Lifesciences Corp. and Medtronic plc, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Molecular Health GmbH believes that the integration of all the different types of data currently used to aid in the analysis of health conditions will be essential to the future of diagnostics.

Ondine Biomedical Inc.’s Steriwave light-activated antimicrobial technology will be used in a pilot program at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K. to help fight infections in patients undergoing skull base sinus surgery. The Steriwave technology offers a quick nasal decolonization treatment that reduces the need for antibiotics and the risk of postoperative infections.

The European Medicines Agency seems focused on pharmaceuticals to the near exclusion of medical technology, but the agency recently reported the launch of a pilot program for orphan medical devices.