With Johnson & Johnson bowing out of the diabetes device market, US firm CeQur has benefited from by securing assets from the health-care giant's Calibra Medical insulin delivery device business.
With Johnson & Johnson bowing out of the diabetes device market, US firm CeQur has benefited from this exit by securing assets from the health-care giant's Calibra Medical insulin delivery device business.
CeQur, a 10-year old company, has acquired selected assets of J&J's Calibra's OneTouch Via product – a three-day, wearable, on-demand bolus insulin-delivery device. J&J acquired the technology in 2012, after buying start-up Calibra Medical; it was due to launch the patch in 2016
An interactive look at medtech and diagnostics deals made during March 2025. Data courtesy of Biomedtracker.
The firms recently announced they will operate as combined company LXE Hearing marketing Eargo’s namesake line and hearX’s Lexie brands. Eargo majority owner Patient Square Capital added $100m to its investment.
Health tech is at the forefront of the women's health sector, securing 38% of venture capital in 2024. However, panelists at the Anglonordic Life Science Conference held 3 April asserted that a successful therapeutic breakthrough is key to gaining investor confidence and accelerating venture capital.
Careology and Entia are partnering to “alleviate the burden of routine patient assessments” on people with cancer. The two early-stage London-based health tech startups already provide services to UK National Health Service (NHS) patients.
Despite Danaher’s confident outlook, the company acknowledged near-term profitability fluctuations, particularly in the second quarter. Matt McGrew, Danaher’s CFO, clarified during the company’s first-quarter earnings call on 22 April, that expected operating margin softness in the second quarter – forecast at 25.5% – was not related to tariffs, but to seasonal dynamics in its respiratory diagnostics business.
After publishing encouraging results from first-in-human trials of its brain-computer interface, Axoft announced plans to sell its BCI-enabling material Fleuron to researchers and private organizations for R&D use. The company sees this as a revenue stream and feedback loop to refine its BCI platform designed for safer, longer-lasting brain implants.
Roche’s Indianapolis site currently produces 5.2 billion Accu-Chek test strips annually and supports distribution to 53 countries. The new CGM line will add to an already diversified operational footprint, which includes R&D, laboratories, manufacturing, and IT services.
