WHO Urges Countries to Expand Newborn Screening for Birth Defects
WHO is encouraging all countries to begin newborn screening with priority conditions and gradually expand as healthcare capacity grows.
WHO is encouraging all countries to begin newborn screening with priority conditions and gradually expand as healthcare capacity grows.
The regulator said it had received reports that ART media and related products were being supplied to unregistered facilities, thereby posing risk to patient health and welfare.
The move follows a public notice issued on February 11, 2026, seeking feedback on the existing exemption list covering 354 medical devices
The approval of Satri-cel in China marks the first time a CAR-T therapy for a solid tumour has successfully reached the market, offering new hope to patients with advanced gastric cancer.
China-based Valgen Medtech has announced that its proprietary DragonFly Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System has received CE mark approval in the European Union for the treatment of Functional Mitral Regurgitation (FMR). The latest approval follows the device’s EU authorization for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation (DMR) in April 2025, making DragonFly the first transcatheter mitral valve repair […]
The EU has cleared Sanofi’s Cenrifki (tolebrutinib) as the first therapy to target disability progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis without relapses, while Japan has approved Wayrilz for immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).
Abu Dhabi DoH and Sanofi have strengthened their partnership to advance vaccine innovation and to jointly explore the development of a Vaccine Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi.
CPHI/Hi Korea 2026 is expected to bring together more than 420 companies from over 70 countries.
AbbVie has received two European Commission (EC) approvals: MAVIRET has been approved for the treatment of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in adults and children aged three years and older, while SKYRIZI’s indication has been expanded to include children and adolescents aged six years and older with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.
Surgical robotic systems are projected to account for the largest share of the medical robots market.