In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights VR, AI and other high tech trends in rehabilitation and gait training. Hannah Daniel discusses cybersecurity updates such as the new NIST published draft for an updated version of the Cybersecurity Framework, a recent report by Health-ISAC, and an interview with MedCrypt’s Naomi Schwartz about the upcoming FDA cybersecurity regulations for premarket approvals.

ReWalk Robotics’ planned $19m acquisition of AlterG will put ReWalk on the path to profitability and positive cash flow, creating a combined company with trailing 12-month revenues of about $26m.

Turnstone’s initial public offering comes just one week after Apogee and Sagimet launched US IPOs. Also, Westlake Village BioPartners raised $450m for its third venture capital fund and argenx grossed $1.27bn in a post-Phase III follow-on offering.

Alnylam is using its RNA interference technology to target hypertension, which could create a true mass-market cardiovascular blockbuster drug for the firm – but upcoming Phase II data will need to be compelling.