Indegene’s CTO talks to Scrip about the state of GenAI implementations in pharma amid hype and limited clarity on ROI, the need to address foundational issues early on, promising pilots, the firm’s alliance with Microsoft and Google’s generalist LLM for therapeutics.

In this month’s Digital Health Roundup, Medtech Insight’s Marion Webb highlights AI discussions at the HLTH Europe conference and an interview with Motif Neurotech's CEO Jacob Robinson. Elizabeth Orr discusses DeepWell DTx's newly launched VR game for treating stress-related hypertension and anxiety. Natasha Barrow provides an overview of Digital Mental Health Technologies regulation in the UK and Brian Bossetta reports ‘the good and bad’ from Medtronic's report on digital technologies' use in the operating room. 

AI and generative AI ruled much of the discussion at HLTH Europe 2024. A panel of health care leaders from Microsoft, Philips, insitro and Johnson & Johnson discussed how these new technologies are already transforming health care and pointed to risks and challenges.

In an interview with Medtech Insight sister publication the Pink Sheet, Troy Tazbaz, director of the US FDA's Digital Health Center of Excellence, says the agency lacks authority to regulate assurance labs, which would be used to help AI developers ensure their models are working correctly before submitting them for approval.