US FDA unveiled multiple cybersecurity-related initiatives, including two memoranda of understandings to launch information sharing organizations and playbook for health-care delivery organizations. The agency is continuing a multi-front attack in the area, despite limited resources.
The health-care sector is not as prepared as it could be to prevent cyber attacks the could impact the function of medical devices. To help address the gaps, US FDA says it is taking several additional steps in the coming months on top of cybersecurity efforts it is has taken in recent years.
"What we have found over the course of the past few years...is that hospitals, health-care organizations of different sizes at this point are not necessarily well-poised to be able to...
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Medtronic announced it received expanded MRI labeling for its DBS systems, which is critical, given that almost 70% of all DBS-eligible patients will likely need an MRI at some point in their care, says Ashwini Sharan, CMO for Medtronic Neuromodulation.
In this episode, Medtech Insight reporter Natasha Barrow speaks to LungLife AI CEO Paul Pagano. Lung Life AI is a US-based AIM-listed medical technology company that has developed a liquid biopsy test for the early detection of lung cancer called Lung LB. Pagano runs through the highlights of Lung Life AI journey to date and its future ambition for a strategic partnership. He also provides advice to similar diagnostic companies seeking reimbursement andcompliance with the US FDA Lab Developed Test ruling.
TRiCares presented data from the first-in-human study for its tricuspid valve replacement system – Topaz – at EuroPCR 2025 on 22 May.
The US’ 90-day suspension of higher “reciprocal tariffs” will expire on 9 July, raising fears that the 31% tariff rate on Swiss medtech and other goods exported to the US might make a comeback. While the tariff situation changes on an almost daily basis, medtechs should forearm for any eventually, say local business organizations.
Guardant Health introduces a new germline panel test to help guide cancer treatment, assess the risk of secondary cancers in patients and identify family members at risk of cancer.
