Weekly Recap: 14 Health Press Releases You Need to See
A roundup of the most newsworthy healthcare press releases from PR Newswire this week, including a breakthrough in dental manufacturing, a new alopecia treatment and an app to help women navigate perimenopause.
NEW YORK, July 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help healthcare journalists and consumers stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a recap of some major stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
The proposed transaction creates the broadest, most flexible portfolio of orthopedic robotics and navigation technologies to meet surgeons' needs.
This investment furthers Cardinal Health's longstanding advocacy around the future of independent pharmacies and ongoing partnerships with industry organizations to support pharmacists' efforts to build relationships with elected officials at all levels of government.
LEQSELVI demonstrated rapid results in clinical trials with one third of patients regaining almost all of their hair by Week 24. Some patients (3%) achieved 80% or more scalp coverage as fast as 8 weeks.
The transaction will bring together complementary technologies to serve high-volume testing in attractive and regulated end-markets. The combined company will have best-in-class liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, flow cytometry, and diagnostic solutions, doubling Waters' total addressable market to approximately $40 billion.
The proceeds will be used to accelerate the development of GAIA-based Alzheimer's Disease therapeutics, expand its target indications to various immune disorders, and broaden its pipeline of potential blockbuster drug candidates. The company is actively pursuing early-stage collaborations with global pharmaceutical companies and research institutions to add value to internal programs.
If approved, MCO-010 has the potential to be the standard of care for retinitis pigmentosa, delivered via a one-time, in-office intravitreal injection with the ability to restore vision in patients with severe vision loss regardless of their underlying genetic mutation.
OpenEvidence rapidly surfaces relevant medical knowledge, synthesizes medical research, and gives clinicians the power to make faster, more evidence-based decisions—accelerating both medical literature review and clinical decision support. By reducing the lag between new evidence and bedside application, OpenEvidence enables improved patient outcomes.
The in-app feature offers educational content that is backed by research and insights, and created in collaboration with a team of 100+ medical experts. With Flo for Perimenopause, Flo Health is redefining how women navigate one of the most misunderstood and underserved stages of life.
Colorectal cancer remains the third most common cancer globally and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths. In 2022, over 1.9 million new cases were reported, with approximately 904,000 deaths. Of these, about 95% of mCRC cases are classified as microsatellite stable (MSS) or proficient mismatch repair (pMMR), which traditionally show poor responses to immunotherapy and the tumors are often referred to as an "immune desert."
HeyGears' biocompatible photopolymer resin materials and high-precision 3D printing solutions ensure the quality and reliability of the results. AI-powered digital workflows optimize every step, from model design to post-processing, achieving highly efficient and intelligent large-scale dental production.
"Our collaboration with iOncologi aims to create a new and effective treatment for this challenging condition, pairing the most comprehensive oncology datasets with advanced quantitative AI tools and simulation techniques, greatly accelerating the drug discovery process," said Jack Hidary, CEO of SandboxAQ.
This new agreement expands Citius Oncology's commercial distribution network, providing additional access and product availability upon launch. The agreement with Cencora, a leader in specialty pharmaceutical distribution and services, builds on a previously announced distribution services agreement to support long-term scalability and market reach of LYMPHIR.
Scripps Research and Viome will conduct the observational clinical study in a cohort of healthy patients undergoing routine gastrointestinal exams. Leveraging Viome's RNA sequencing and AI platform, trained on the world's largest gene expression database, the test seeks to identify molecular signals years before standard screenings.
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