Anca Spanu

May 18, 2024 | healthcareweekly.com | Anca Spanu

AstraZeneca announced May 7th it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a “surplus of available updated vaccines” since the pandemic. A request to withdraw it from European markets had been filed since MarchThe company also proceeded to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria’s marketing authorizations within Europe.

May 18, 2024 | healthcareweekly.com | Anca Spanu

Amgen May 2nd financial results for the first quarter 2024, and its shares soared right after the announcement, which was followed closely by a FDA approval of a lung-cancer drug. “With many of our innovative products delivering strong growth and promising new medicines advancing through our pipeline, we are excited about delivering attractive long-term growth,” said Robert A. Bradway, chairman and chief executive officer, when announcing how the company has fared during the first quarter.

May 16, 2024 | healthcareweekly.com | Anca Spanu

Samsung Medison, a global medical equipment company and an affiliate of Samsung Electronics, announced May 8th it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Sonio SAS, a fetal ultrasound AI software company. Co-founded by Cecile Brosset (CEO) and Rémi Besson (CSO) in 2020, Sonio most recently secured $14 million in a Series A led by Cross Border Impact Ventures in August 2023.

May 15, 2024 | healthcareweekly.com | Anca Spanu

CellChorus®, the dynamic single-cell analysis company™, announced  May 2nd that the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded CellChorus a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Fast-Track grant. The funds will help advance the development of its Time-lapse Imaging Microscopy In Nanowell Grids™ (TIMING™) platform for dynamic single-cell analysis.

May 6, 2024 | healthcareweekly.com | Anca Spanu

Various US medical care providers, from primary care physicians to urgent care chains, encounter major financial difficulties after a cyberattack on the country’s largest medical billing and payment system, operated by Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group. The hacking shut down the nation’s biggest health care payment system, and financial chaos ensued, affecting everything from large hospitals to single-doctor practices, with patients and medical specialists being caught in this web.