Compremium AG has hired Dr. Kolaleh Eskandanian as chief strategy and innovation officer and head of the new Division of Pediatrics and Special Populations. Eskandanian was previously VP and chief innovation officer at Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., and was also executive director of its Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation and founding […]
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Biolinq closes $100M Series C funding round for biosensor platform
Biolinq said today it has closed a $100 million Series C funding round to advance its biosensor platform. “This financing will bolster Biolinq’s commercial readiness efforts while we pursue regulatory approval for the first intradermal glucose sensor that incorporates activity and sleep information into a single wearable device,” Biolinq CEO Rich Yang said in a […]
EBR wins FDA nod for leadless pacing system
EBR Systems announced that it received FDA approval for its wireless cardiac pacing device for heart failure. The FDA approved its WiSE cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) system through the premarket process. Australia-based EBR Systems — which has its U.S. base in Sunnyvale, California — says WiSE is the world’s only wireless cardiac pacing device for […]
Intuitive aims at the heart with a new cardiac surgery leader
Three decades after Intuitive Surgical launched to develop surgical robotics for cardiac surgeries before finding success in a range of other procedures, the company may be renewing its focus on the heart. Darla Hutton today announced her new role as Intuitive’s global VP of cardiac surgery, saying on LinkedIn she’ll “be going back, in a […]
FDA’s chief medical officer is out after HHS layoffs; Reports surface other leaders and teams who were cut
FDA Chief Medical Officer Hilary Marston said she’s no longer with the agency as the Trump Administration started layoffs in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “In this role, I’ve had the joy of working with some of the smartest, most dedicated colleagues within my office, throughout the agency and across the […]
Mass layoffs start at HHS: ‘FDA as we’ve known it is finished’
The Trump Administration has started mass layoffs at the FDA, CDC, NIH and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, following up on a plan announced last week for Elon Musk’s DOGE team to shrink the workforce by 20,000 people through voluntary separations and new terminations. UPDATE: FDA’s chief medical officer is […]
GE HealthCare has U.S. launch of imaging agent to detect CAD
GE HealthCare says its Flyrcado (flurpiridaz F 18) PET imaging agent injection is now available in select U.S. markets. The Chicago-based medtech giant made the announcement at the 2025 American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Session & Expo, which is taking place March 29–31 in Chicago. GE HealthCare’s ACC.25 announcements also included AI-powered innovation […]
RFK Jr. plans thousands of layoffs at FDA and other HHS agencies through Musk’s DOGE team
The Trump Administration plans to cut thousands of employees from the FDA and other agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said today in a video posted to Elon Musk’s social media website X (formerly Twitter). The layoffs of 10,000 full-time employees include 3,500 FDA employees, equal […]
FDA clears Imperative Care’s Symphony 16F 82cm catheter
Imperative Care today announced FDA 510(k) clearance of its Symphony 16 Fr 82cm catheter for venous thrombosis and announced the first successful cases. Campbell, California-based Imperative Care said the catheter joins the Symphony Thrombectomy System’s 16 Fr 117 cm and 24 Fr 85 cm catheters. “The customized length of the 16 Fr 82 cm catheter […]
Solventum offers new details on layoffs and plans for growth
Solventum said today that it cut 800 employees in a previously reported restructuring after spinning out from 3M last year. The layoffs and other restructuring expenses cost $120 million to execute but are estimated to save the company $120 million per year going forward. In the first year, the savings from the restructuring “offsets the […]
Nvidia’s GTC 2025: Here’s the top medtech AI news
Nvidia‘s “Super Bowl of AI” is seeing excitement around autonomous cars and robots — but there is plenty of medtech AI innovation work to discuss, too. GTC 2025 — running March 17–21, 2025 in San Jose, California — has seen news about using artificial intelligence to advance autonomous imaging, surgical robotics, brain-computer interfaces, and more. […]
