Dexcom may be planning to purchase Insulet to enter the insulin pump market and transform itself into a diabetes tech giant.
DexCom is reported to be in talks with Insulet to acquiring the insulin pump manufacturer, as reported by Bloomberg on 23 May.
The deal, which would combine Dexcom’s $31.8bn market cap with Insulet’s $14.1bn market cap, would form an indisputable giant in...
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Biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has partnered with start-up “unicorn” Owkin to develop an AI-powered tool to prescreen for gBRCA mutations on the basis of morphological features in digitized pathology slides. Built on extensive, high-quality data sourced from the France-based PortrAIt consortium, the AI will help to prioritize patients for further testing, streamlining the diagnostic process, Owkin says.
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