Leaders of burgeoning ophthalmology companies pitched innovations for treating glaucoma, macular degeneration and corneal blindness to potential investors and partners at the LSI Emerging Medtech Summit in Dana Point, CA. Here’s what Medtech Insight heard and learned in on-site interviews with chief executives.

Medicare announced coverage for the Dexcom G7 continuous glucose monitor, as well as a breast cancer indication for Natera Inc.’s Signatera; the FDA authorized a new monkeypox test; the FDA issued a warning letter to a Texas masks firm; and a new report says NIST labs are failing behind. 

In his recent report on Alcon, BTIG analyst Ryan Zimmerman estimated that its pharmaceutical portfolio could generate close to $900m in fiscal year 2022.

The market for new company creation in the biopharma sector remains healthy and poised to continue fostering the establishment of start-ups, based on a new In Vivo study of the strong initial investments that pharma and biotech companies receive.