Phase III trial reports survival gain for anti-B7-H3 antibody-drug conjugate in relapsed small-cell lung cancer
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MRI surveillance alone improves cognitive outcomes in SCLC trial, researchers say
A phase III trial found that brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation reduced the risk of…
Intuitive will build surgical robot instruments in Penang
The da Vinci maker plans a 316,000-square-foot plant in Penang that will begin operating in 2028 and, the company…
Indonesia crowdsources health AI, and asks what happens next
The health ministry's first healthcare AI hackathon drew 278 participants from ten countries to work on five diseases…
A New Zealand hospital software firm signs its first Vietnamese hospital
McCrae Hospitals, spun out of Orion Health, takes over a hospital information system at FV Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City…
Olympus opens its first endoscopy training centre in the Philippines
Olympus Singapore and a Manila hospital will train endoscopists together, in a country where finding digestive cancers…
An AI that measures the brain gets its first US clearance
VUNO's software quantifies more than 100 regions from a brain scan, and the company presents the clearance as a way…
A urine test for cervical cancer screening reaches Hong Kong
New Horizon Health's CerviClear is sold as the first urine-based HPV test; a private clinic group will distribute it…
Qure.ai raises US$40 million to sell chest X-ray AI beyond India
The company says its software reads a chest X-ray in under a minute, and the new money is aimed at markets where…
A blood test for stomach cancer raises US$77 million for the harder part
MiRXES says GASTROClear is the first RNA blood test for early gastric cancer; the money is for the trials and approvals…