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Sector intelligence across MedTech, HealthTech, AI in Healthcare, and AI Drug Discovery, with a quarterly BioTech review. A new edition publishes every week; each sector runs bi-weekly. Subscribers receive editions the week they are published. Website versions follow two weeks later.

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MedTech, August 2026: everything that mattered happened after approval

MedTech's opening cycle shows devices clearing approval, then losing on reimbursement, vigilance, and evidence standards: three tests approval cannot predict.

AUG 25, 2026 · 16 MIN
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PERSPECTIVE

Why European Health Companies Stall Before They Scale

Health biotech in the US raised EUR 219bn against Europe's EUR 25bn. The 532-day median wait from approval to reimbursement is a large part of why.

AUG 24, 2026 · 6 MIN
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PERSPECTIVE

An AI-designed drug reached Phase III. The evidence bar did not move.

An AI-designed molecule is in Phase III and the evidence bar has not moved. Four questions investors and pharma should ask before a partnership moves.

AUG 22, 2026 · 5 MIN
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PROGNOSIS

The Approval Is No Longer the Milestone

Healthcare's innovation machinery has outpaced its adoption machinery. RAPID, ACCESS and the EHDS show regulators and payers starting to close the gap.

AUG 20, 2026 · 18 MIN
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REFERENCE

EU AI Act deadlines for healthcare AI

The EU AI Act deadlines that apply to healthcare AI and medical devices, what moved to 2028, and which obligations are in force right now.

REVIEWED AUG 12, 2026 · 6 MIN
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VITAL SIGNS

The AI Act deadline moved a year. Three obligations did not

The EU moved the AI Act deadline for AI in medical devices to August 2028, but three obligation sets kept their original dates and are in force today.

AUG 12, 2026 · 14 MIN
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PERSPECTIVE

North Africa's Digital Health Moment, and the Gap That Decides It

HealthSeed AG joins Telehealth Connect 2026 in Tunis as a strategic partner. Why the region's growth story will be settled where products meet health systems.

JUN 30, 2026 · 5 MIN
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PERSPECTIVE

AI Drug Discovery: What's the Deal?

AI has largely solved drug discovery's chemistry problem, yet no AI-discovered drug has been approved. The value was never in the molecule.

JUN 25, 2026 · 9 MIN
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