Editas regains rights to ocular programs first partnered with Allergan in 2017. Newly public F-star will focus on bispecific antibodies for cancer, TriSalus acquires oncology candidate from Dynavax.

Medical device companies – including Sientra, Endologix and Invacare – won loans from the US government’s Paycheck Protection Program, intended to protect jobs during the coronavirus pandemic. In total, nearly 1,400 device makers collected as much as $1.6bn, according to a Medtech Insight analysis of PPP data.

The global market for endoscopic and pelvic surgery procedures is expected to reach $17.7bn in 2023, a CAGR of 6.4%, driven by patients' demand for less invasive surgeries and physicians' preference for minimally invasive surgeries versus open surgeries. By 2023, the number of general and pelvic endoscopic procedures performed globally will reach about 29.7 million, representing a CAGR of 3.6%.

The Flex system, originally cleared in 2015 for transoral applications, is now available for robot-assisted visualization in general surgical, gynecological and thoracic procedures.