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Applications of AI in healthcare, including medical diagnostics, drug discovery, patient care solutions, and biotechnology research.

Oct 5, 2026

AKASA Launches Autonomous AI Platform for Inpatient Coding

AKASA launched an autonomous AI platform that handles inpatient medical coding and clinical documentation tasks without human intervention.

Oct 5, 2026

XtalPi Advances Hair Loss Drug Into IND Enabling Studies

XtalPi has started pharmacology, safety and manufacturing studies for a hair loss drug candidate ahead of a planned Investigational New Drug application.

Oct 5, 2026

Signia Launches MaX AI Hearing Aid Platform in US

Signia has launched its MaX hearing aid platform in the US, using four deep neural networks to adjust sound during conversations and in noisy environments.

Oct 5, 2026

Quotient Sciences and Acesion Apply AI to Atrial Fibrillation Drugs

Quotient Sciences will use machine learning to help Acesion Pharma select oral formulations for its atrial fibrillation drug candidates.

Oct 2, 2026

Avimer Bio and CNIO Detail AI Method for Protein Cage Design

Avimer Bio and CNIO developed computational methods for designing self assembling protein cages and validated the structures with cryo electron microscopy.

Oct 2, 2026

SPHERE HEALTH Opens Early Access to AI Hormonal Care Platform

SPHERE HEALTH opened early access to a virtual care platform for women managing hormonal and metabolic conditions. Its Rosalyn system uses AI to organize patient records and prepare information for physician review.

Oct 2, 2026

MontoHealth Develops AI Agents for Healthcare Administrative Work

MontoHealth is developing AI agents that can complete routine healthcare tasks across existing systems, including scheduling, referrals, prescription refills, billing and insurance requests.

Oct 1, 2026

RFK Jr. says AI can give patients better medical second opinions

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said AI can provide patients with a better informed second opinion than any physician in the country.

Oct 1, 2026

miRoncol Health Launches AI Cancer Screening Blood Test in Ontario

miRoncol Health has launched miCheckup, a blood test that uses an AI algorithm to identify miRNA patterns associated with cancer. The service costs CAD $1,299 and includes an eligible MRI follow up when the test detects a signal.

Oct 1, 2026

TransPerfect Acquires Synterex for AI Assisted Medical Writing

TransPerfect acquired Synterex, adding clinical and regulatory writing services and the AgileWriter.ai authoring platform. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Oct 1, 2026

Glintt Life Wins Silver Award for Pharmacy Visual Support

Glintt Life won a Silver award for integrating TechSee visual support into its pharmacy service operations.

Oct 1, 2026

Codoxo Named to TIME's 2026 Health Tech Ranking

Codoxo was included in TIME's 2026 list of the World's Top HealthTech Companies. The company provides AI tools that help healthcare payers identify payment risks before claims are submitted.

Oct 1, 2026

Hansa Biopharma Partners With Cradle on AI Protein Design

Hansa Biopharma will use Cradle's AI platform to design and optimize therapeutic candidates for severe autoimmune diseases.

Sep 30, 2026

LateralCare brings revenue alai to Microsoft Marketplace

Healthcare organizations can now discover and deploy LateralCare's revenue alai platform through Microsoft Marketplace.

Sep 30, 2026

NYU Langone Tests AI Tool to Fill Radiology Training Gaps

An NYU Langone study found that an AI tool could identify gaps in radiology residents' clinical exposure and select targeted teaching cases with more than 90 percent accuracy.

Sep 30, 2026

Healthcare Triangle Plans North American Humanoid Nursing Robot Venture

Healthcare Triangle and AI World signed a nonbinding memorandum to form a North American joint venture for humanoid nursing robots. The proposed robots would assist hospital patients with toileting and hygiene care.

Sep 30, 2026

Xtalks Plans Webinar on AI Governance in Clinical Development

Xtalks will host an October 13 webinar about governance, data quality and operational preparation for AI use in clinical development.

Sep 30, 2026

Suvoda Updates Clinical Trial Platform With AI and Unified Access

Suvoda has updated its clinical trial platform with AI tools, shared data and one login for eight products covering trial operations, payments and patient services.

Sep 30, 2026

Medical Image Analysis Software Market Forecast to Reach $6.3 Billion by 2031

Wissen Research forecasts the medical image analysis software market will grow from $4.2 billion in 2026 to $6.3 billion by 2031 as healthcare providers adopt AI for image interpretation.

Sep 30, 2026

Netwrix Finds Identity Governance Gaps at 79% of Healthcare Organizations

A Netwrix survey finds that 79% of healthcare organizations do not fully govern AI agents and other nonhuman identities, while 31% experienced unauthorized access to sensitive data.

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