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Clinical Practice
EpiScreen epilepsy detection model beats specialists on routine clinical notes
A University of Minnesota model fine-tuned on routine clinical notes separated epileptic from psychogenic seizures with an AUC of up to 0.875, and helped neurologists lift their own accuracy by up to 14.3 percentage points. #SyenzaNews #epilepsy #AI #digitalhealth #MarketAccess

Clinical Practice
FDA Grants Rhapsido First Symptomatic Dermographism Approval
Novartis has won the first FDA approval for symptomatic dermographism. Rhapsido (remibrutinib) is now cleared for adults whose hives and itch stay uncontrolled on H1 antihistamines, with 29.3% of patients achieving complete hive resolution at Week 12 against 14.0% on placebo. #SyenzaNews #dermatology #MarketAccess

Sub Saharan Africa
FuturePHARMA Targets Local Pharmaceutical Manufacturing in South Africa
The CSIR FuturePHARMA facility in Tshwane aims to turn South African research into medicines made locally.

Health Policy
PhRMA’s GLOBE Drug Pricing Lawsuit Seeks to Block the Medicare Rule
PhRMA has sued HHS and CMS over the GLOBE rule, arguing the agency has no authority to tie Medicare Part B drug payments to the prices paid in 19 other countries. The complaint leans on the major questions doctrine and a statutory ban on quality-adjusted life years.
#SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #pharmaceuticals #healthcarepolicy #drugpricing

Diseases
Dutch Court Grants Keytruda SC Injunction in Eight European Markets
Halozyme has won a Keytruda SC injunction in the Netherlands, ordering MSD to stop supplying the subcutaneous form of pembrolizumab in eight European markets. The case turned on how the patent’s stability test is measured, and the injunction lapses country by country if a national court invalidates its part of EP 2 797 622. #SyenzaNews #oncology #patentlitigation #MarketAccess

Diseases
Liver Cancer Burden in Portugal Set to Claim 6,600 Lives by 2027
A national study projects the liver cancer burden in Portugal will reach 4,851 cases and about 6,600 deaths by 2027, at a cost near 370 million euros. #SyenzaNews #oncology #hepatology

Biologics And Biosimilars
Biosimilar Uptake Policies Work Only as a Mix, Observatory Says
A new European Observatory toolkit says biosimilar uptake policies only work as a mix. Denmark pushed adalimumab biosimilars past 90%, Ireland shared €10 million of savings with clinical teams, and Finland cut reimbursement spending by €42 million. #SyenzaNews #Biosimilars #MarketAccess #HealthPolicy

Europe
European medtech industry 2026: patents rise, market share slips
MedTech Europe’s Facts & Figures 2026 lands a split verdict on the European medtech industry 2026: record employment, near-record patent filings and a 77.4% EPO grant rate on one side; 1.8% market growth, a world market share down to 25.6% and the first fall in company numbers on the other. Digital reimbursement keeps expanding, led by Germany’s 59 DiGA. #SyenzaNews #medtech #MarketAccess #digitalhealth

Clinical Practice
Epcoritamab R-CHOP DLBCL combination cuts progression risk 51% in Phase 3
Genmab and AbbVie report topline Phase 3 results in which epcoritamab plus R-CHOP cut the risk of progression or death by 51% in newly diagnosed diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, the first positive readout for a bispecific combination in the first-line setting. #SyenzaNews #DLBCL #bispecifics #oncology #MarketAccess

Innovative Medicines And Medical Devices
CDRH FY 2027 guidance list targets AI device software and 510(k) reform
The CDRH FY 2027 guidance list is out. AI-enabled device software and change control plans top the A-list, 510(k) reform sits Under Construction, and comments close on November 30, 2026. #SyenzaNews #medicaldevices #FDA #MarketAccess

Healthcare Spending
BD US Government Partnership Commits $19 Billion to US Manufacturing
BD has agreed a $19 billion partnership with the US Government to expand American manufacturing of essential medical consumables. The deal includes $3 billion for production sites, roughly 5 billion more units a year and Section 232 tariff relief tied to milestones. #SyenzaNews #MedTech #MarketAccess

Europe
Lundbeck Europe strategy leans on regional partners as patents expire
Lundbeck is trading scale for depth. Michala Fischer-Hansen, EVP for Europe and international markets, explains why 51 affiliates became 22, why a fifth of revenue now goes to R&D, and why US price pressure can decide where a medicine launches. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #brainhealth #pharma

Clinical Practice
VAX-31 pneumococcal vaccine meets all Phase 3 endpoints
Vaxcyte’s VAX-31 met every prespecified primary endpoint in the OPUS-1 Phase 3 trial in adults, including superiority for the three serotypes unique to the vaccine. The 31-valent candidate now heads toward a BLA filing in 2028. #SyenzaNews #vaccines #pneumococcal #MarketAccess

Clinical Practice
Jaypirca First-Line CLL Approval Extends Pirtobrutinib to Untreated Patients
Jaypirca becomes the first non-covalent BTK inhibitor cleared for previously untreated CLL/SLL in the United States. BRUIN CLL-313 showed a hazard ratio of 0.20 against bendamustine plus rituximab, but the comparator is not the drug class that dominates first-line care. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #oncology #CLL

Big Data Analysis
Transparency in Coverage Final Rule Rewrites US Payer Price Files
US group health plans and issuers must rebuild their public price files under the Transparency in Coverage final rule: quarterly publication, an 11-claim threshold for out-of-network data, a new utilization file and attestation, and consumer phone disclosure from January 2027. #SyenzaNews #MarketAccess #PriceTransparency #HEOR

Clinical Practice
EU clinical trials decline 13.5% as academic sponsors pull back
Clinical trials authorised across the EU and EEA fell 13.5% between the pre-pandemic years and 2022 to 2025, and the drop lands hardest on academic sponsors. Biologics now feature in nearly half of all new trials. #SyenzaNews #clinicaltrials #HTA #MarketAccess

