Medtech Insight spoke with Stephen Hahn, ex-FDA commissioner and CEO of Harbinger Health, who attended SXSW, about the firm’s blood-based cancer test in development.

In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb provides highlights from the recent HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Reed Miller and Barnaby Pickering offer an overview of the highly competitive diabetes tech market. We also talk about digital health in Germany and Europe.

This year’s annual HLTH meeting drew more than 9,000 people to Las Vegas from 13-16 November and hundreds of exhibitors. In this first part of a two-part roundup, Medtech Insight highlights interviews with C-suite executives at Mirvie, Grail, Biofourmis, Komodo Health and Babson Diagnostics.

Liquid biopsy represents potential advantages over traditional approaches to cancer surveillance, treatment selection and recurrence monitoring. But one size does not fit all, requiring tailored solutions for less developed markets.