Pharma is embracing GPT-5, shifting AI from chatbot to enterprise agent as it accelerates productivity amid regulatory challenges.
Large pharmaceutical and biotech companies have spent the last couple of years running specific pilots involving artificial intelligence (AI). Learnings from these forays have formed a basis for AI readiness and a guide for industry to weave generative AI into enterprise strategies. Even regulators have been experimenting with AI to offset staff shortages and
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Philips Launches AI-Powered DeviceGuide for Minimally Invasive Valve Repair
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- Philips, a global leader in health technology, today launched DeviceGuide, a new AI-powered software solution. The technology is designed to assist physicians during the highly complex procedures used to repair leaking heart valves, specifically through a minimally invasive approach.
- Built on Philips’ established EchoNavigator platform, DeviceGuide translates complex X-ray and ultrasound imaging into intuitive, real-time visual guidance.
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voize Nabs $50M to Scale AI Nursing Companion to U.S. and Europe
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- voize, the AI company redefining nursing care, has secured $50M in Series A funding led by Balderton Capital.
- The investment will fuel its expansion into the U.S. and Europe, accelerating its mission to give nurses up to 30% of their time back from administrative work.
The Crisis Point: Administrative Burden and Nursing Shortage
Healthcare systems across the globe are facing a staffing crisis. The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts a global deficit of
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Butterfly Network Launches Compass AI to Power Next-Gen POCUS Management
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- Butterfly Network, Inc. ("Butterfly"), a digital health company specializing in whole-body ultrasound imaging, has launched Compass AI™.
- The challenge in POCUS has long been the reliance on traditional, radiology-style, order-based workflows, which often lead to undocumented, unreviewed, and unreimbursed exams. Traditional workflows often capture only about 15% of compliant studies, meaning up to 85% go unbilled.
- Compass AI replaces this
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Barbados to Establish $200M Life Sciences Hub for the Caribbean
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- Export Barbados (BIDC) and the Dubai-headquartered EarlyHealth Group (EHG), a global pharmaceutical services and life sciences company, have signed a Letter of Intent to jointly establish EarlyHealth City Barbados.
- The $200M world-class pharmaceutical and life sciences cluster aims to attract international pharmaceutical partners, drive industrialisation through sustainable contract manufacturing, and expand laboratory and clinical research capacity in
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Lunit and Labcorp Collaborate to Transform AI-Powered Digital Pathology Research
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- Lunit, a provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and precision oncology, and Labcorp, a global leader in innovative and comprehensive laboratory services, today announced a strategic collaborative initiative. The partnership is designed to accelerate innovation in digital pathology (DP) and artificial intelligence (AI) for both oncology research and clinical care.
- The core of the collaboration is leveraging Labcorp’s extensive clinical and pathology expertise
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AI Risk Alert: Hospitals Underinvest in Governance Despite Looming 2026 Scrutiny
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- Despite the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence across clinical and operational workflows, a new survey by Black Book Research of 182 U.S. hospital leaders reveals widespread underinvestment in AI governance, safety, and compliance.
- The survey reveals the median 2026 budget share for AI governance and safety is critically low, standing at just 4.2% of the combined IT and Quality/Safety budget.
The Quiet Risk: Widespread Underinvestment in AI
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AISAP Launches FDA-Cleared Platform in Ghana to Solve Cardiologist Shortage
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- AISAP, an AI Point-of-Care Diagnostics company, announced a landmark field initiative in Ghana to deploy its FDA-cleared AI-powered cardiac diagnosis platform. This program directly addresses the profound challenge of healthcare access in Ghana, a country of approximately 35 million people served by fewer than 30 cardiologists.
- The initiative, in collaboration with the G-ACT Foundation, aims to establish a global model for bringing expert-level cardiac diagnostics
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InterSystems Launches: Generative AI AI Assistant for Faster Patient Record Access
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- InterSystems, a creative data technology provider powering over 1 billion health records worldwide, announced the launch of the InterSystems HealthShare AI Assistant.
- The new generative AI capability is designed to assist clinicians, case managers, and administrators in accessing and understanding patient information faster and more intuitively.
Generative AI: The New Conversational Interface for Health Records
Built on the trusted foundation
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AI Digital Stethoscope Detects Heart Failure with Near-Echo Precision in Ghana
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- Researchers from the G-ACT Foundation and Eko Health have announced groundbreaking results from the DAMSUN-HF (Detection and Management of Heart Failure with SENSORA in Underserved Nations) study.
- The prospective validation study demonstrated that AI-enabled digital auscultation can effectively identify Heart Failure with reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF) in patients who lack access to traditional echocardiography.
AI-Enabled Auscultation Achieves
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