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Manipal Health commits Rs 816 crore on 30-year Bengaluru hospital lease
Hospital operator backed by Temasek and TPG signed a 2.45 lakh sq ft lease in Yelahanka with 10% and 15% escalations built in. Signals acceleration of urban property strategy.
Paras Healthcare files Rs 1,800-cr IPO, plans 800 new beds by 2028
Paras Healthcare, which operates 2,211 beds across six states, filed IPO papers with Sebi on Thursday. The Gurugram hospital chain plans to expand capacity to 3,011 beds within two years.
ADC Therapeutics shares crash 50% over blood cancer trial deaths
ADC Therapeutics' stock plunged after a Phase 3 trial showed a death rate one analyst called unacceptable to physicians and regulators. What the safety signal means for the drug candidate.
Alnylam bets $2B on Inceptive's AI for RNA drug discovery
Alnylam and AI startup Inceptive inked a deal valued up to $2 billion to accelerate RNA therapeutic development. The partnership taps machine learning to filter candidate drugs faster.
Pharma's PD-1/VEGF bet targets lung cancer. Liver data suggests a mismatch.
Drugmakers are investing heavily in PD-1/VEGF bispecific antibodies for lung cancer, but clinical evidence points to liver tumors as the more promising indication. A strategic misalignment that could waste years of development.
Medtronic files for Hugo robot clearance in new surgery types
Medtronic is pursuing FDA 510(k) clearance to expand its Hugo surgical robot into additional procedures. The move would let it compete with Intuitive's da Vinci in core robotic surgery markets.
Diabetes device makers race to kill meal announcements—but safety trade-offs loom
Insulet, MiniMed and Tandem Diabetes Care are all developing fully closed-loop systems that remove manual meal logging. The automation promise comes with control and data gaps practitioners need to understand.
Wearable health device ownership rises, but adoption skews wealthy and healthy
More U.S. adults own smartwatches and connected health devices, and many share data with providers. But Rock Health research shows uptake concentrates among those least likely to need monitoring.
Mayo Clinic picks Microsoft for frontier AI model in diagnostic push
Mayo Clinic and Microsoft are developing an advanced AI model to support earlier diagnoses and treatment planning. Details on capabilities and timeline remain scarce.
WVU Health System moves toward Independence Health acquisition in Pennsylvania
West Virginia University Health System is advancing plans to acquire Independence Health, expanding its footprint into southwestern Pennsylvania. Details on timing and deal structure remain unclear.
More Americans own health wearables, but adoption skews wealthy
Wearable and connected device ownership is rising, per Rock Health survey. Yet healthier, wealthier users adopt them most—those who need monitoring least.
Epic sues SelfRx over 100K stolen medical records; SelfRx denies knowing who took them
Epic Systems accused SelfRx of accessing over 100,000 patient records for financial gain. SelfRx now claims ignorance of the breach source, complicating the high-stakes healthcare data lawsuit.