Healthcare Systems

Danaher expands into telehealth diagnostics via Masimo deal

BUSINESS & MARKETS USA

Danaher agreed to acquire Masimo in an all-cash transaction valued at $9.9bn.

India’s GST changes cut taxes on cancer drugs and raise tobacco rates

WORLD & POLITICS INDIA

India’s GST Council recommended a zero-GST rate for 33 lifesaving drugs (including cancer therapies) and certain medical equipment, while moving tobacco products to a 40% GST slab.

Telangana NEET-PG mop-up allotment fills PG seats with very low scorers after qualifying threshold reset

WORLD & POLITICS INDIA

NBEMS lowered NEET-PG 2025 qualifying percentiles on January 13, cutting the General/EWS cut-off score from 276 to 103 (7th percentile) and the General-PwBD cut-off from 255 to 90 (5th percentile).

Madras High Court limits post-deadline medical seat counselling orders

WORLD & POLITICS INDIA

The Madras High Court set aside a single-judge order and held that High Courts cannot direct counselling to fill vacant medical seats after the annual admissions cut-off date, leaving any exception-making to the Supreme Court.

ICMR study backs six-month all-oral regimens for drug-resistant TB

HEALTH & MEDICINE INDIA

An ICMR-NIRT economic evaluation published in the Indian Journal of Medical Research found six-month bedaquiline-based BPaL and BPaLM regimens for MDR/RR-TB in India are cost-effective versus current 9–11 month and 18–20 month regimens, with BPaL cost-saving and BPaLM near cost-neutral per QALY gained.

Amazon Pharmacy scales same-day prescription delivery footprint

BUSINESS & MARKETS USA

Amazon Pharmacy said it will expand same-day prescription delivery to nearly 4,500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of 2026, adding about 2,000 new communities including in states such as Idaho and Massachusetts.

TransMedics clears FDA gate to run next-generation OCS Heart study

HEALTH & MEDICINE USA

The FDA granted TransMedics full, unconditional IDE approval for its OCS ENHANCE Heart trial, a two-part study expected to enroll more than 650 patients.

India tightens adverse-event reporting for medical devices

LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY INDIA

The Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission ordered medical-device marketing rights holders to promptly report all adverse events—serious and non-serious, known and unexpected—via the Materiovigilance Programme of India (MvPI) platform.

China blocks a Sun Pharma Alzheimer’s dementia medicine over manufacturing controls

HEALTH & MEDICINE CHINA

China’s National Medical Products Administration ordered a halt to the import, sale, and use of Sun Pharma’s rivastigmine hydrogen tartrate capsules after a remote inspection found production and quality-management shortcomings.

BioticsAI gains FDA clearance for AI-powered fetal ultrasound software

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION USA

BioticsAI, the TechCrunch Disrupt Battlefield 2023 winner, said it received FDA clearance for AI software that helps detect fetal abnormalities in ultrasound images.

AstraZeneca agrees to acquire Modella AI to speed oncology drug development

TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION USA

AstraZeneca agreed to acquire Boston-based Modella AI to integrate its AI models and agents into AstraZeneca’s oncology clinical development processes and speed drug development.

FDA approves Novo Nordisk's Wegovy pill for weight loss in adults with obesity

HEALTH & MEDICINE USA

FDA approved Wegovy pill for chronic weight loss, offering a daily oral alternative to weekly injections.

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