Medtech Insight talked to two leaders at the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation about current therapies and the role of biomarkers and digital tools to build on recent advancements in the space and accelerate progress to identify the disease early and slow cognitive decline.

The notice of opportunity for hearing on the US FDA’s proposal not to approve an insomnia sNDA for Vanda’s Hetlioz opens another front in the company’s aggressive campaign against complete response letters and generic competition to the sleep disorder drug.

Guest Andrew McConaghie from Scrip's UK team joins Brian Yang and Dexter Yan to discuss AACR highlights from Chinese biotechs, European perspectives on the proposed US BIOSECURE Act, two recent acquisitions and Boehringer Ingelheim's recent quarterly results.

In this mixed Chinese- and English-language episode, guest speaker Treehill Partners co-founder Ali Pashadezah joins Brian Yang and Dexter Yan to discuss updates on the proposed BIOSECURE Act in the US Congress and US-China biotech movements. Also discussed is how Chinese biotechs are becoming acquisition targets for overseas biotech companies, including the recent purchases of Profound by Genmab and AnHeart Theraputics by Nuvantion.