According to multiple reports, Amazon will wind down Amazon Care, a hybrid virtual/in-home care service, by the end of the year. The company is now focused on building a health care organization through acquisitions.
Amazon is shutting down its Amazon Care health care service just a few months after announcing plans to expand it.
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Haemonetics will acquire Quebec-based OpSens for CAD $2.90 per share, or about US $253m at current exchange rates. Haemonetics expects OpSens' fiber-optic technology to complement its interventional cardiology portfolio.
The retail giant will sell the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitoring system to eligible customers through a new online platform.
Stimdia is trying to restore respiratory function in ICU patients with phrenic nerve stimulation.
Reuters reported that global private equity firm Carlyle Group has offered to pay at least $7bn for Medtronic’s patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses. Medtronic announced its plan to get out of those businesses about one year ago.
Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest remains one of the most challenging and resource-intensive emergencies in cardiovascular care. At SCAI 2025, clinicians presented a novel algorithm that improved triage decisions and reduced unnecessary interventions.
A battle may be forming over the 2027 FDA user fee reauthorizations. At a conference Friday, Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss supports them for their effectiveness, while Deputy FDA Commissioner Grace Graham echoed criticisms from HHS Sec. Kennedy, among others, in calling for reform to ensure public trust.
Israeli-based SpotitEarly hopes to bring an early cancer-detection test, which uses dogs’ noses to detect compounds in exhaled breath and AI analysis, to US homes in 2026.
