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Alec Morton of NUS explains how AI is changing health technology assessment, what stays human, and why cheaper analysis could mean more health economics.

An independent UK commission has published its recommendations for regulating AI in healthcare. The report calls for staged approvals and continuous real-world monitoring, alongside stronger enforcement powers for the MHRA. #SyenzaNews #AI #Healthcare #MarketAccess

Nova SBE's Saúde em Perspetiva podcast asks what Portugal's National Health Service should want from AI, and where the red lines sit. #SyenzaNews #DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare

Sandoz has put a date on its golden decade for biosimilars. The Bio100 plan targets more than 100 biosimilars by 2040, about 80% coverage of biosimilar-addressable LoE value from 2035, and a doubling of 2025 net sales. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #Biosimilars #ValueCreation

Camizestrant (Etcamah) gains accelerated FDA approval for ESR1-mutated advanced breast cancer, with median progression-free survival of 16 months versus 9.2 months in SERENA-6. #SyenzaNews #BreastCancer #FDA #Oncology

An Insilico Medicine phase 2a trial found six proteomic aging clocks all detected lower biological age in patients treated with rentosertib, an AI-designed drug for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. #SyenzaNews #Proteomics #AgingClocks #DrugDiscovery #IPF

Novartis and Bristol Myers Squibb have paused autoimmune CAR-T trials after inflammatory events and three deaths, putting the immune-reset thesis to its first real safety test. #SyenzaNews #CellTherapy #AutoimmuneDisease #MarketAccess

FDA has authorized Stryker SportSuite Vision, the first surgical application built for Apple Vision Pro. The De Novo clearance is narrow: hip arthroscopy display, used alongside standard monitors. #SyenzaNews #DigitalHealth #MedTech #FDA #AppleVisionPro

The United States has added nine more manufacturers to its most-favored-nation drug pricing program, taking the total to 26 companies that now cover 89% of the branded drug market. #MarketAccess #DrugPricing #Pharma

Cipla has licensed Sino Biopharm's HER2 biparatopic ADC TQB2102 for India, South Africa and five other emerging markets. The deal caps at USD 123 million plus double-digit royalties, with access to HER2-low breast cancer as the core case. #SyenzaNews #Oncology #MarketAccess #DrugDevelopment

Insurers are spending billions on breakthrough medicines, but the tests that decide who gets them are still an afterthought. Kathryn Phillips lays out four reforms to link drug and diagnostic policy pathways. #SyenzaNews #diagnostics #healtheconomics #MarketAccess

A new benchmark in npj Digital Medicine finds frontier AI models at near-perfect accuracy on German medical licensing exams, yet image questions still cut their scores far more than for students. #SyenzaNews #AIinHealthcare #DigitalHealth