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Conor Hale

Washington, D.C.

Senior Editor at Fierce Biotech

Writing and reporting on medical developments for @FierceMedTech and @FierceBiotech

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  • 2 days ago | fiercebiotech.com | Conor Hale

    Roche plans to invest as much as $550 million in its Indianapolis diagnostics campus during the next five years, with plans to build it into a U.S. manufacturing and distribution hub for its wearable diabetes blood sugar sensors.

  • 3 days ago | fiercebiotech.com | Conor Hale

    CapsoVision has filed to go public, with plans to raise up to $30 million to support the development of its swallowable capsule camera and screening programs for gastrointestinal diseases, cancers and internal bleeding.

  • 6 days ago | fiercebiotech.com | Conor Hale

    The FDA has approved its first at-home collection kit that allows women to screen themselves for human papillomavirus and cervical cancer risk by mailing a sample to a lab—where it is analyzed by the same Pap smear test used in clinics. Developed by Teal Health, the Teal Wand is available with a prescription. It uses a sponge-like swab to gather a sample from within the vagina, with no speculum required.

  • 6 days ago | fiercebiotech.com | Conor Hale

    Following the FDA’s clearance earlier this year of its large-bore catheter for removing oxygen-blocking blood clots, Imperative Care is rolling out a new technique for treating stroke that combines two of its systems. The company said its Zoom DuoPort approach enables uninterrupted aspiration during thrombectomy by connecting two catheters to a single vacuum source dubbed the continuous dual aspiration technique, or CDAT.

  • 1 week ago | fiercebiotech.com | Conor Hale

    The FDA has appointed its first chief artificial intelligence officer, with an eye on supporting the agency’s internal IT systems and potentially accelerating its reviews of medical products. Jeremy Walsh was named head of IT and AI, according to his post on LinkedIn. The move was first reported by Politico. Walsh previously held the role of chief technologist at Booz Allen Hamilton, managing AI- and cloud-based projects for 14 years at the consultancy.

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