It’s a quad-pack for Edwards Lifescience Corp. as it reported its third and fourth deals this month – agreements to buy Jenavalve Technology Inc. and Endotronix Inc. for a combined up-front cost of about $1.2 billion plus up to $445 million in contingent milestone payments. Read More
Triastek Inc., of Nanjing, China, scored a potential $1.2 billion collaboration and platform technology license deal with Biontech SE to manufacture oral RNA therapeutics with 3D printing technology. Read More
Tricares SAS raised $50 million in a series D financing round to support upcoming clinical trials in the U.S. and EU for its transfemoral tricuspid heart valve replacement system, Topaz. Read More
Regulation of artificial intelligence for medical devices is still a developing space, but market competition authorities in the European Union, the U.K. and the U.S. are already examining the potential for anticompetitive behavior in this rapidly growing technological arena. Read More
In just the second PCT filing published in the name of Newmanbrain SL, co-founders Carlos Belmonte and Joaquin Ibañez seek specific protection for the use of Newmanbrain’s functional near infrared spectroscopy system, Theia, in the diagnosis of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Read More
New hires and promotions in the med-tech industry, including: Exai Bio, Imperative Care, Intuitive Surgical, Kestra Medical, Komodo Health, Koru Medical. Read More
Med-tech firms raising money in public or private financings, including: 4D Medicine Ltd., Deepc, Imperative Care, Navigantis, Scopio Labs, Tricares. Read More
Clinical updates, including trial initiations, enrollment status and data readouts and publications: Hinge Health, Imperative Care, Theranica. Read More
Med-tech happenings, including deals and partnerships, grants, preclinical data and other news in brief: Avenda, BD, Correct Medical, Econavista, Endomag, Eisai, Hologic, Perosphere, Quest. Read More
Regulatory snapshots, including global submissions and approvals, clinical trial approvals and other regulatory decisions and designations: Microstructure Imaging, Soterix. Read More