Bristol’s CEO offered assurances about Medicare negotiations under the IRA as the company delivered better-than-expected second quarter results across new and legacy products.

An analysis of new ADCs in Phase III studies shows the difficulties, and possible rewards, of developing these drugs. The earlier stage pipeline boasts a range of mechanistic approaches. 

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. 

Both of the first two companies to report second-quarter financials maintained full-year sales guidance. But while Johnson & Johnson’s investors seemed cheered, Novartis’s may have been concerned about familiar issues.