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Posted: 16 august 2025

Bye bye, bifocals? New eye drops can fix farsightedness

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first eye drop that could allow users to ditch their bifocals—or at least rely on them far less often. Developed by the pharmaceutical company LENZ, VIZZ is an aceclidine ophthalmic treatment in the form of…

Gates Foundation pledges $2.5B to women’s health research

The Gates Foundation said it is committing to invest $2.5 billion over the next five years to accelerate research and development in neglected areas of women’s health. Lack of investment often slows the research necessary for biotechnology companies to develop new medicines,…

OpenAI's Sam Altman touts benefit of GPT-5 for healthcare

OpenAI released its most advanced reasoning model, GPT-5, which it touts as its most useful model for healthcare. Read more here.

Ascension launches new Clinical Innovation Institute to vet leading-edge IT

St. Louis-based Ascension this week announced its new Clinical Innovation Institute, designed as a center of excellence devoted to vetting emerging technologies and harnessing that innovation for enterprise-wide growth, quality improvement, and improved patient and provider experience. Read more here.

Korea, Singapore harness AI to drive GI cancer detection, prediction

New AI-driven systems for detecting and predicting gastrointestinal cancers have been developed through research projects in Singapore and South Korea. Read more here.

Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing medical image analysis

AI is showing up in our lives more prominently than ever, with the arrival of ChatGPT and other chatbots. The latest version of ChatGPT, for instance, incorporates visual-language models (VLM) which add visual understanding on top of the LLM's language skills. …

NHS to fast-track patients with head and neck cancer into vaccine trial

More than 100 patients with advanced head and neck cancer in England will be matched to the trial, running at 15 NHS hospitals over the next year, supported by the NHS’ Cancer Vaccine Launch Pad (CVLP). Read more here.

AI Powered Dementia Care App Gains Global Recognition for Innovation and Impact

A groundbreaking dementia care app developed on the Isle of Man is rapidly gaining international acclaim for its innovative approach to supporting people living with dementia. Memory Lane Games, a clinically approved and scalable technology, is improving wellbeing and sparking…

Ergéa UK and Newton’s Tree partnership to deliver AI-enabled MES for healthcare

This collaboration brings together Ergéa’s deep expertise in lifecycle management of medical equipment and Newton’s Tree’s cutting-edge platform for deploying and monitoring AI applications across clinical and operational domains. Read more here.

AI tool gains Class IIB regulatory approval in UK first

Sanome has secured Class IIb CE certification and MHRA approval for MEMORI - an AI-enabled warning system for the early prediction/prevention of healthcare‑associated infections (HAIs). Read more here.

CONEXEN is launching in Manchester

Driven by demand, Conexen are hoping to launch a new community in Manchester this October. They have an amazing team of local executives ready to go and excited to bring everybody in life sciences, biopharma and health together. Contact them:…

Could AI Replace Google for Self-Diagnosis?

According to a study from InstantScripts, nearly a third (30%) of respondents admitted they had used online research to self-diagnose a physical or mental health issue in the past. Data shows that many Australians are guilty of using tools like Google to…

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