News We’re Watching: Cancer Screening Partnership, New Abbott Electrophysiology Head, V-Champs AI Challenge
Executive Summary
This week, Bioventus announced plans to sell its wound business; Pfizer and Thermo Fisher Scientific partnered to increase cancer screening access; and the FDA expanded the magnetic resonance imaging labeling for Abbott’s Eterna spinal cord stimulator.
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