This week, Neuralink announced it received US FDA breakthrough device designation for a device to restore sight; medtechs Discure and DeepLook secured new funding; FDA pump recalls from B. Braun Medical and Fresenius Kabi; Axonics prevails in patent infringement lawsuit with Medtronic; Merit Medical buys Cook Medical for $210m.

Fresenius Kabi has completed the divestment of its Chilean subsidiary Laboratorio Sanderson to Peru’s Medifarma, including the transfer of an IV drug facility in Santiago de Chile, as part of streamlining the German group’s manufacturing operations.

The latest figures on uptake of rivals to AbbVie's Humira in the US show adalimumab biosimilars beginning to capture significant market share from the originator after an initially slow start in 2023.

Lupin’s CEO highlights market access strategy as a key tool to ensure biosimilars success in the US while being relieved the company didn’t launch a Humira biosimilar. She also mentions Amazon and Mark Cuban have not upset market dynamics for generics in the US and a Lucentis biosimilar is closer to a global launch post Phase III trial success