For health-care providers and medtech manufacturers alike, the decade ahead will require a coming to terms with digital technologies and integrating new methods of payment. Quality of service delivery remains the market-entry criterion, but companies will have to adapt to evolving health-care models. The stakes are high. Will manufacturers be able to capitalize on the changes in a market that is more competitive and unpredictable than ever?

BioNTech's $150m offering, after a prior large venture capital financing, gives it the third-largest market cap for a newly public drug developer in the US. Also, Innovent raises $300m in Hong Kong offering, Heron leads US follow-ons and Five Prime restructures to save $20m annually.

Israeli firm DreaMed has scored a new US Food and Drug Administration clearance for its AI-based diabetes decision support system Advisor Pro. The clearance enables physicians to use the software for patients with type 1 diabetes using continuous glucose monitoring (CGMs) and blood glucose meters (BGMs).

The combination of the molecular diagnostic companies is structured as an acquisition of Curetis by OpGen. The merged companies will be a based in the US.